Curry Barker has a pitch for an R-rated Indiana Jones movie

Barker’s vague pitch isn’t entirely out of left field for George Lucas’ beloved action-adventure franchise starring Harrison Ford as Indy. While the Indiana Jones movies are largely family-friendly adventures, that hasn’t stopped them from venturing into eerie, spooky, or downright gory territory. See: The infamous Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom scene in which the antagonist Mola Ram reaches into a human sacrifice’s chest with his bare hand and pulls out his heart. The moment was so graphic that it sparked waves of outcry from parents and prompted Temple Of Doom director Steven Spielberg to suggest an intermediate rating between PG and R, leading to the creation of the PG-13 rating. The last installment in the franchise, Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny, was released in 2023 and grossed $383 million worldwide, an underwhelming haul for a film that was one of the most expensive movies ever made, with a reported budget of $419 million. Dial Of Destiny was billed as the final film in the franchise, but given Hollywood’s tendency to recycle popular IP, it wouldn’t be surprising to see Indiana Jones get the reboot treatment eventually—and maybe by then, Barker will have a fully fleshed-out concept to take the adventurer in a more R-rated direction.