Disney should have bought tomb raider instead

There was a huge backlash to Shia labeoof who played his estranged son in the fourth. The problem is these were never supposed to be A list movies. Nothing against Shia, but he takes himself way too seriously and it showed through. They would have been better off with a Chris Pratt or the hemsworth Thor guy.

I had an awesome idea they could do. Have Indiana jones in the late 60's Middle East. Just at the very beginning of the radical Islamic uprising that ultimately grew into the 1979 Iranian revolution. You have him looking for an artifact in Syria or Iran, and he runs into these evil hyper religious sharia dogs, and then he gets captured.

While in prison We see a present day grandson of Indiana jones fighing Isis in the Middle East. He is Very young just out of school. This young Indy could be played by a number of young actors who don't take themselves too seriously. I personally think the guy who played Thor would be good. Have them both going on adventures in two different timelines in the same region of the world. that ultimately tie together through artifacts.

Boom. Got your new Indy. And the bad guys will feel as relevant as nazis still did in 1980