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David Mumpower: I could see an Indiana Jones reboot working after a time where someone is cast as Henry Jones Jr. The era is rife with with great villains due to the historical landscape. If we move forward to a Mutt Williams period after 1957, who are the villains? The Vietnamese? More Russians? And the other problem is that a switchblade, Mutt's novelty item, is in no way memorable. A whip, on the other hand, has grown iconic over time. Even if I thought Shia LaBeouf were worthy of carrying on the franchise (River Phoenix was, but he isn't), I would still think this whole thing came from the creators of Bad Idea Jeans. The franchise should be done for at least a decade unless Harrison Ford is willing to turn around and do another one quickly.

Calvin Trager: Though I agree with all of what y'all are saying, I think it is a virtual certainty we'll see Indiana Jones V within three years (with or without Harrison Ford).

David Mumpower: On a semi-related tangent, Steven Spielberg is 62 in December. George Lucas turned 64 a couple of weeks ago. Assuming fine health for both men, how much longer should we expect them to make movies? I would guess about eight more years for Spielberg and 6 for Lucas with a special project here and there for each in their 70s.

Calvin Trager: I don't know about Lucas (the sooner the better), but I think Spielberg will likely go out like so many of his auteur brethern have, and simply make movies until he dies (see Kubrick, Stanley; also Altman, Robert).

Kim Hollis: I think you're right about Spielberg. Movies are his life, and that's what he'll do until he simply isn't alive enough to do it anymore. As for a follow-up featuring Mutt as the lead character, I think it's not an Indiana Jones series anymore. It's going to require totally reinventing the franchise if that is truly the plan, and I don't think people will accept it.

*insert falling bomb sound effect here*

Kim Hollis: Despite holiday weekend inflation, The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian fell a huge 59% in its second weekend. Given that it's basically dead now, are we ready to write it off as a box office bomb a la Evan Almighty?

Tim Briody: It'd be understandable for Prince Caspian to not match The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe, but this thing isn't even going to hit $150 million, and perhaps top out in the $125-130 range. I hate calling $100 million earners bombs, but yeah.

David Parker: Prince Caspian seems like it's destined to become the worst perfoming sequel to a blockbuster in terms of dollar value of the original's grosses. From $290 million to $130 or $140 million. Not even Evan Almighty or Lost World dropped off that much. The only saving grace seems to be overseas grosses.

Joel Corcoran: This drop saddens me. I was really looking forward to the entire string of Narnia books being made into movies. And worse, I now fear for the future of The Hobbit.

Max Braden: Not just Caspian, but we've been talking about the fantasy genre minefield for a while now. A fall this fast from the great height of The Lord of the Rings could usher in a slump similar to the decline of the Western genre decades ago.

David Mumpower: Independent of how Prince Caspian performs overseas, this is a disastrous result. Walden Media lost 50% of its market share in one movie. That's hard to do.

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