LaBeouf won't be Indiana Jones, says Lucas

The son will not rise ... Shia LaBeouf will not be Indiana Jones, says George Lucas You might call it Indiana Jones and the Giant U-Turn - according to the MTV Movies blog, three months after talking up the possibility of Shia LaBeouf taking over from Harrison Ford as the fedora-sporting adventurer, George Lucas has dismissed the idea. Lucas, creator of the Indiana Jones and Star Wars franchises, told reporters before the Cannes film festival premiere of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull that a forthcoming fifth adventure would centre not on Dr Henry Jones, but on his son, Mutt Williams (LaBeouf). The chances of that happening seemed to be increased by a scene late in the movie in which LaBeouf almost gets his hands on Indy's famous hat, just as our hero looks to have hung up his whip for good. No one knows... [read full story]