Shia LaBeouf joins "Indiana Jones 4"?

By: Karl Schneider
Date: Monday, February 19, 2007
Source: AICN

According to AICN, Shia LaBeouf, star of the upcoming Transformer's film, may be in talks to play the role of Indiana Jones' son in the upcoming sequel: Indiana Jones 4.

AICN writes:

The thing is, we know Spielberg loves La Beouf right now. DISTURBIA became a pet project for The Beard, and it evidently came out well. TRANSFORMERS is a big deal for the company, and a lot of the weight of that falls squarely on the shoulders of Shia. So as much as I pray that there's no Indy Jr., I’m starting to think that this may in fact be true.

Indiana Jones 4 is currently scheduled for a May 22, 2008 release.

KJ's Take: Assuming this is true, Shia really has a chance at becoming a big star in Hollywood. I never really pegged him for the leading man type, but maybe I was wrong.

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Comments/Responses

mckracken • Feb 19, 2007, 02:20am •

wait-a-minute.... Indiana Jones has a kid? in which of the past three flicks did THAT happen? Isnt this supposed to be a spoiler? guess not. Oh Well...
(he doesnt push pianos around...does he?)

thucydides1967 • Feb 19, 2007, 02:57am •

Hmmm, it looks like things are slowly starting to gather some steam. I can't wait..I have been looking forward to this Indiana Jones for well forever..

ponyboy76 • Feb 19, 2007, 03:36am •

Well, I`m sure that they`ll have to explain how he has a kid all of a sudden, considering he was involved with a different woman in each of the movies. and only 2 were actually alive. Come to think about it, did they ever actually explain why he never stayed with the 1st girl from Raiders?

madmanic999 • Feb 19, 2007, 04:38am •

What needs explaining.... and kids don't necessarilly mean bad story... I'll bet ten bucks Shia will play an absolutely uninterested and unexperienced kid who will be a nice foil for his adventurer dad... hopefully Indy's dad is in it too

ponyboy76 • Feb 19, 2007, 05:14am •

So you`ll just be happy with a kid just comng out of nowhere? That just wouldn`t make any sense. Like we know in Die Hard McClane has kids, because we`ve heard it mentioned so there would be no reason to explain why his kid is in the next movie, but I think they need to say something about Indy`s kid. It doesn`t have to be a huge thing. A line or two of dialogue would do. Maybe he didn`t even know he had a kid, or something like that.

ncc74656b • Feb 19, 2007, 07:07am •

Indiana Jones hasn't had a movie in 18 years. He had to do something to entertain himself. Don't see where it needs much explaining.

ncc74656b • Feb 19, 2007, 07:08am •

I'm sure it will be explained in the the movie. Most things like that are.

Kevn • Feb 19, 2007, 07:35am •

I was thinking this could happen for a while.

Indy's kid gets in trouble, and Indy and his Dad have to go rescue him.

jmaxx30 • Feb 19, 2007, 08:32am •

This should be really interesting. Shia holds his own pretty well in Greatest Game ... althought the little short kid would be hilarious as Indy's kid. Shia has a certain level of intensity that leading men usually need. Although my guess is that Transformers could make or break him as a serious contender for leading man status.

Either way, I saw Raiders like a bazillion times so no matter what I will be in line for this if/when it finally hits the screen.

nrollins • Feb 19, 2007, 10:08am •

Is there any reliable source, AT ALL, on this story? There was a time where Cinescape at least had a semi-reputable tip from someone in the know. Now this whole story is based on some what someone at AICN said? Where's the backup for this?

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