Dec 13, 2011 by The MovieWeb Team

Indiana Jones 5 Has George Lucas Stumped

Indiana Jones 5 has George Lucas stumped.
Indiana Jones 5 has George Lucas stumped.
Indiana Jones 5 story MacGuffin has George Lucas stumpedIn a recent Entertainment Weekly interview, Steven Spielberg revealed that George Lucas has figured out the genre of Indiana Jones 5, and that they have a concept in mind, but he doesn't know where the story is at.

"It's up to George. We have already agreed on the genre of the fifth movie, we already have a concept in mind. I don't know where George is with the story. There is no Indiana Jones 5 until George says there is."


George Lucas has now come forward to admit that the story has him stumped. While he has figured out a genre and a concept for Indiana Jones 5, he has not yet been able to find the perfect MacGuffin, the device (such as the Ark of the Covenent or the Crystal Skull) upon which to hinge the plot upon. And it may be a while before he settles on one.

"I really haven't found the MacGuffin yet. I mean, I know what it's about, but I just have to find a MacGuffin that fits into the arena we're working in."


When asked if Henry Jones, Jr.'s extended family would be playing a part in the story, George Lucas only had this to say.

"Yeah, we'll see!"

Indiana Jones 5 is in development .



Sources: Vulture

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Comments (70)

  1. Bellandedward1

    what ever George come up with will be worth the wait.

    1 year agoby @bellandedward1Flag

  2. PointMan528491

    Please, no more aliens.

    1 year agoby @PointMan528491Flag

  3. RyanMoranMita

    i am sure they can think of something

    1 year agoby @RyanMoranMitaFlag

  4. ROFLitschristian

    @bawnian-dexeus "Like it's been done before." I read that and the one before it so quick, with @ghostman's being chipper and yours being monotone. Made me laugh pretty hard.

    1 year agoby @ROFLitschristianFlag

  5. Bawnian©-Dexeus

    No love for Tower of Babel?

    1 year agoby @bawnian-dexeusFlag

  6. thedude-abides

    @ghostman I'd be down for that. I like anything having to do with Atlantis and the Bermuda Triangle. The time travel thing I'm not sure about, even though most people believe the triangle itself to be some kind of worm hole, so in theory what you're saying could work. I'm just not sure if it's plausible for an Indy movie.

    1 year agoby @thedude-abidesFlag

  7. Sean

    @ghostman
    Yeah, that sounds like a good story for the fifth movie.

    1 year agoby @themoviefanaticFlag

  8. slysnide

    @bawnian-dexeus: Sure, that was the case with "The Jewel of the Nile." Shoot--

    1 year agoby @slysnideFlag

  9. Bawnian©-Dexeus

    @slysnide Could a human be a macguffin?

    1 year agoby @bawnian-dexeusFlag

  10. slysnide

    @ghostman: I'm still researching. There's plenty of other pagan religions out there, and foreign cultures which would make good macguffins.

    1 year agoby @slysnideFlag

  11. Bawnian©-Dexeus

    @ROFLitschristian Which comment?

    1 year agoby @bawnian-dexeusFlag

  12. Ghostman

    @slysnide I know, but still what is there left to do? Can't do the Monkey-King, that idea was terrible! and if it takes place in the 1960-1970's then it must have to do with The Cold War...any ideas YOU have to share?

    1 year agoby @ghostmanFlag

  13. ROFLitschristian

    @bawnian-dexeus Bwahaha! That was great. I spit my tea everywhere.

    1 year agoby @ROFLitschristianFlag

  14. slysnide

    @ghostman: No offense, but that time travel thing sounds horrible. The thing that was cool about "ToD" was that a cult from the distant past was discovered to still be practiced to the extreme. Ya know, like a lost temple scenario. If they went with that sorta thing, it could quasi work, but Atlantis has been done to death, and as I said, there's no mystery about the Bermuda Triangle or even its most famous disappearing act. They should try for something we seldom hear of.

    1 year agoby @slysnideFlag

  15. Bawnian©-Dexeus

    @ghostman Since we have Atlantis as an option, how about we consider the Tower of Babel?

    1 year agoby @bawnian-dexeusFlag

  16. Ghostman

    @bawnian-dexeus As long as they don't go with their Monkey-King idea that they had planned, then I'm fine with anything they decide with doing :)

    1 year agoby @ghostmanFlag

  17. Bawnian©-Dexeus

    @ghostman Well, you did ask "how it sounds" and I responded. :P

    1 year agoby @bawnian-dexeusFlag

  18. Ghostman

    But remember @bawnian-dexeus EVERYTHING has been done before, this is Hollywood we're talking about :P

    1 year agoby @ghostmanFlag

  19. Bawnian©-Dexeus

    @ghostman Like it's been done before.

    1 year agoby @bawnian-dexeusFlag

  20. Ghostman

    @slysnide@shuabert@sean@ROFLitschristian@bawnian-dexeus@ChiRep-1@thedude-abides

    The idea for Atlantis would be that say Indy is on retirement and is soon sucked into the Bermuda Triangle that makes him travel back in time to Atlantis where he has to save the city from being destroyed by finding some sort of "MacGuffin Device" ala Temple of Doom, and on the side sub-plot, I'm assuming Shia LaBouf's character would be trying to save and rescue his dad? How does that sound?

    1 year agoby @ghostmanFlag

  21. MovieFreak97

    In complete agreement with @thedude-abides@shuabert AND @slysnide. Don't understand the hate for KOTCS and yes, if Lucas told us the genre, we'd give him a MacGuffin in a heartbeat.

    1 year agoby @moviefreak97Flag

  22. Basquat

    @ChiRep-1 Are you absolutely sure he got the message

    1 year agoby @basquatFlag

  23. Basquat

    Indiana Jones and the golden wheel chair

    1 year agoby @basquatFlag

  24. Sean

    @escapist
    That won't happen.

    1 year agoby @themoviefanaticFlag

  25. Escapist

    Why not throw in some dinosaurs

    1 year agoby @escapistFlag

  26. thedude-abides

    @bawnian-dexeus Thanks, pal :)

    1 year agoby @thedude-abidesFlag

  27. Bawnian©-Dexeus

    @thedude-abides Well said!

    1 year agoby @bawnian-dexeusFlag

  28. thedude-abides

    @shuabert Agreed. I think it's on par with Last Crusade, if not better.

    @narrator I agree, I was dissatisfied with the ending also. The entire film, I thought, sort of tailed off in the last ten minutes. But I'm glad you mentioned the artifact and the adventure. That's actually the reason I think most people aren't in favor of the film, whereas I think it's probably the strongest aspect.

    The crystal skulls are science fact. There are 13 known crystal skulls on the planet, all of which are carved from a single block of crystal with absolutely no tool marks, and of which are said to possess supernatural healing and other powers, just as in the film.

    Modern science has recently proposed that these are, in fact, ancient alien artifacts, as they're origin can't possibly be explained by ordinary means. Most people, I think, mistake the Indy franchise as dealing in the biblical, when in fact, it deals in the occult. And they hate the fact that the film is about aliens, as they think it's a derivation from the Indy they grew up with, when it's actually the same. Even Raiders of the Lost Ark, to some extent, dealt in the occult, as Hitler was a firm believer in extra-terrestrials as well as the supernatural.

    Everything in Crystal Skull as it pertains to the artifact and the adventure was cutting-edge, and something I think most people aren't quite aware of. Picking up in the 50s after Roswell was perfect seeing as Ford had aged, and it was the probably the most obvious direction to take the franchise, in my opinion.

    1 year agoby @thedude-abidesFlag

  29. ChiRep_1

    @ROFLitschristian Bold move my friend, I might have to agree with you on that one.

    1 year agoby @ChiRep-1Flag

  30. ChiRep_1

    @ROFLitschristian Bold move my friend, I might have to agree with you on that one.

    1 year agoby @ChiRep-1Flag

  31. ChiRep_1

    @ROFLitschristian Bold move my friend, I might have to agree with you on that one.

    1 year agoby @ChiRep-1Flag

  32. ChiRep_1

    @ROFLitschristian Bold move my friend, I might have to agree with you on that one.

    1 year agoby @ChiRep-1Flag

  33. Sean

    @ghostman
    I like that idea as well.

    1 year agoby @themoviefanaticFlag

  34. ROFLitschristian

    @ghostman I couldn't deal with regular Indy. All this sci-fi chiz just gives me a headache.

    1 year agoby @ROFLitschristianFlag

  35. ROFLitschristian

    @ChiRep-1 Only Spielberg's film won't be half as good. Oh yes, I said it.

    1 year agoby @ROFLitschristianFlag

  36. Bawnian©-Dexeus

    @shuabert Fine by me

    1 year agoby @bawnian-dexeusFlag

  37. Josh

    @thedude-abides I agree! A couple of lame moments aside, Crystal Skull is classic Indy, and a better movie than Temple of Doom, in my opinion.

    1 year agoby @shuabertFlag

  38. Josh

    @bawnian-dexeus Yeah, there is, but that concept could easily be retooled for a movie.

    1 year agoby @shuabertFlag

  39. Bawnian©-Dexeus

    @ghostman There's already a video game with Atlantis right?

    1 year agoby @bawnian-dexeusFlag

  40. ChiRep_1

    @ghostman If it has ANYTHING to do with aliens, you know Spielberg has considered it already. ;)

    1 year agoby @ChiRep-1Flag

  41. slysnide

    @ghostman: Nah, too much BS with the Bermuda Triangle. Literally it's no more dangerous nor has any higher number of disappearances than anywhere else in the ocean. Stats prove that. Just a bunch of hacks who want TV shows go around claiming it is. Flight 19 for example was solved the day it happened, yet it's still mysterious to the masses decades later. Skip Bermuda and inform us of the genre so we can aid in a macguffin if they indeed go through with the project.

    1 year agoby @slysnideFlag

  42. Ghostman

    @ROFLitschristian@ChiRep-1@slysnide@bawnian-dexeus@sean

    What about the Bermuda Triangle that takes Indy to the lost city of Atlantis? That sounds like a great idea to me :)

    1 year agoby @ghostmanFlag

  43. the Narrator

    @thedude-abides, my reasons for not liking it as much as I felt I should have were really the dialouge with certain characters, such as old age puns that were reminiscent of the Star Wars prequel dialouge. Then again, Lucas has always been that way with his words, it just used to be cooler then than it is now, and more fitting. another thing was the poor ending, which left me dissatisfied. And lastly, I guess the lack of any real draw to the film other than Indy, meaning that I wasn't in love with the artifact, or the adventure so much as the brand.

    ...that said, I did enjoy it. I can not lie about that. It also definitely had a few fantastic scenes in it, and a few bad ones aside (refrigerator scene, tree-branch/niagra falls scene), it was an overall entertaining and nostalgic experience. Worthy of a C grade IMO. Still, it could've been better.

    In all honesty, I'm surprised you actually liked it, so good on you. :)

    1 year agoby @narratorFlag

  44. ChiRep_1

    @ROFLitschristian ;) It only seems necessary given Abrams did an homage to Spielberg's alien film, return the favor!

    1 year agoby @ChiRep-1Flag

  45. Goliath

    Lucas..."Let it go!" (In Henry Jones Sr's voice)

    1 year agoby @goliathFlag

  46. ROFLitschristian

    @ChiRep-1 Oh. My. God. Yes. Best. I. Dea. Ever.

    1 year agoby @ROFLitschristianFlag

  47. Sean

    @ridgl
    They already did that for Pirates 4.

    1 year agoby @themoviefanaticFlag

  48. Worth5Bucks

    and he can stay STUMPED for all i care lol

    1 year agoby @mattbierwagenFlag

  49. ChiRep_1

    Collaborate with JJ Abrams again and have them hunt the monster from Cloverfield!! I need to know!

    1 year agoby @ChiRep-1Flag

  50. bipolarmassive

    Well until you figure out this"MacGuffin", in the meantime I suggest you keep it on the shelf. Or leave it alone as well...

    1 year agoby @addictionnonfatelFlag

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