Indie Animators Made The Perfect ‘Indiana Jones’ Cartoon Pitch

Even back when Kingdom of the Crystal Skull was released, the reality was that Harrison Ford had aged out of the role. Peak Indiana Jones needed to be young. The only way to retain the adventuring archeologist’s look, feel, and spirit was through one medium only: animation!

Sadly, Disney has shown no interest in Dr. Jones outside of the films except for an upcoming game from Bethesda. While it’s great to get to play as Indy again finally, the game’s reveal also came with the dreaded concession that it was made for the mythical “modern” audience.

While the suits at the House of Mouse may not understand the appeal of classic Indiana Jones, those working outside the system do. What’s more frustrating is that a team of talented artists and animators gave us a template for an animated series starring our whip-cracking hero seven years ago!

The Adventures of Indiana Jones hit YouTube in 2016. The short showed us that the thrills of the films could be captured in animation. Patrick Schoenmaker‘s character designs nail the look of Indy while also adding a bit of 2000s DreamWorks Animation styling.

The clip is less than two minutes long, but it took Schoenmaker five years. The team’s love of Indiana Jones shows. This is a labor of love:

“Famous archaeologist Dr. Indiana Jones is on a quest of a lifetime, but this time he is fully animated in this passion project by life long fan and artist Patrick Schoenmaker. Over the course of 5 years, he has crafted the opening sequence of what would be the tv series to make all other tv shows redundant.”

Again, we have to go back to reality. We know modern Disney/Lucasfilm isn’t interested in classic Indy. Dial of Destiny showed us that the studio wants to continue tearing down established heroes to introduce new, poorly Xeroxed copies.

However, the spirit of adventure will live on through the fans, the original trilogy, and decades of books and comics.

[Source: Frame Order]