Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Pitch Meeting

Step inside the pitch meeting that led to Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull!!

Indiana Jones is one of the most iconic movie characters of all time. Along with his role as Han Solo, playing Indy is one of the defining works of Harrison Ford’s long career. So, in an age of constant reboots and sequels, it was kind of inevitable that Hollywood wanted to bring Indiana Jones back to the big screen. And with George Lucas and Steven Spielberg both on board, this had the makings of something great! Unfortunately yeah no it didn’t work out that way.

The movie definitely raises some questions. Like why are we focusing on aliens? Why do the good guys and the bad guys have the same goal? How did they think the nuke fridge scene was a good idea? How does Shia Laboeuf befriend monkeys so quickly and swing through the jungle faster than speeding vehicles? Why did the FBI decide to stop investigating Doctor Jones despite absolutely nothing changing from their perspective? What’s going on with Cate Blanchett’s voice?

To answer all these questions and more, step inside the pitch meeting that led to Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull! It’ll be super easy, barely an inconvenience.

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[JohnCena]

The worse a movie, the better the pitch meeting.
This is now a law of nature.

[jennifere.pergola]

"What if money, though?" - another golden addition to the roster of reasons why certain movies exist.

[SparkTheGenius]

Fun fact: “Indiana Jones and the What If Money, Though?” was the working title of the movie.

[electricbayonet]

"Okay, but what if literally anything else happened?"
"Well, that would probably be better, but we're gonna go with this."
Considering that you already covered Terminator: Dark Fate, The Predator, and GoT S8, I'm impressed you managed to save these lines until now.

[JoJoJoker]

“Harrison Ford’s beloved character is a deadbeat dad...”
*That’s so good we can probably use that again later!*

[zivkitaro]

“What if literally anything else happens?” I laughed so hard I woke my wife up.

[Citizen_Seen]

"But it's 1957 now so he's old."
"Right, because of how time works?"
"Exactly, yes."

[kanyewest]

The funniest line of this pitch is "He swings faster than speeding vehicles?"

[villehytonen]

"What if money though" is Disney in a nutshell.

[edmcclaran]

"I feel nothing"

- review of the entire film

[sidnew]

"I feel nothing" pretty much sums up the whole movie.

[PJMontoya]

I remember sitting in the theatre till the very end of the Last Crusade credits. Not because I was hoping for a bonus scene because they weren’t doing those yet, but because I was savouring the last moments of Indiana Jones on the big screen. Almost paying my respects to the character. Sigh, if only that were true and they let it end there. I was so innocent back then. And then came the monkeys, swinging on vines and an elderly man doing parkour

[rowdeemunkee]

The movie that evolved "jumped the shark" into "nuked the fridge"

[TheOdiousMonk]

"Isn't he being watched by the FBI?"

"Yah but it doesn't affect travel."

"Oh well good." 😂😂😂

[mikezerker]

“What if money though?” - the start of every Hollywood conversation!

[Dom-ljdw]

Must be super easy, barely an inconvenience keeping the whole screen rant channel alive

[opedromagico]

*"Well, okay, yeah, no, sure, I feel nothing."*
my reaction to most tv series

[berkpick]

I don't think he's ever been as excited about the tightness of a thing as he was for those monkeys.

[Flippokid]

"But what if literally anything else happened?"
"Well that would probably be better..."

[etsequentia]

*"...well, I mean, what if money though?"* is possibly the greatest line ever written.