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With the nextIndiana Jonesfilm pushed back to 2021 , Harrison Ford is reportedly in talks to star in a new movie version of Jack London ’s classic adventureCall of the Wild . London ’s curt story , release in 1903 , tells the fib of a pampered heel named Buck who is stolen from his owners and sell off , eventually becoming a sled dog in the Klondike where he meets and befriends the outdoorsman John Thornton . The civilized Buck gradually loses his domesticity and last reverts entirely back to wildness , get together a wolf pack .
Call of the Wildachieved immense popularity straightaway upon its release , and is now think one of the great American narration . Multiple film versions have been made over the age , including a 1935 production star Clark Gable that massively cut down the original story for put more spotlight on Gable . Charlton Heston starred in another motion picture version in 1974 . London ’s story also serve as the brainchild for the Peanuts TV specialWhat a Nightmare , Charlie Brown ! , in which a spoilt Snoopy dream he ’s a sled - wiener running in the Iditarod .
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Now thatIndiana Jones 5is on hold whileJonathan Kasdan reworks the script , Varietyreports Harrison Ford is eying a role inCall of the Wild , an adventure narration even more iconic thanRaiders of the Lost Arkor any of the three otherIndiana Jonesmovies . Ford would play the prospector John Thornton , who befriend the mistreated Buck and thereby wins an unshakably loyal companion in the abrasive wild of nineteenth Century Alaska . Chris Sanders ( The Croods ) is manoeuvre the big - budget twentieth Century Fox film from a playscript by Michael Green ( Logan ) .
Production onCall of the Wildis reportedly limit to begin in September , with effects act by Technoprops , the company that worked on largely computer generate moviesAvatarandThe Jungle Book . Fox latterly acquired Technoprops and looks to give them a practiced exercise withCall of the Wild , a story that will call for a passel of computer - animated animal character , including the fundamental character Buck .
Ford is of course no unknown tostarring alongside non - human characters , having appeared as Han Solo in fourStar Warsmovies . Next up for the iconic star is a voice role -the first of his career- inThe Secret Life of Pets 2(another moving-picture show feature animated dogs).Call of the Wildwould give Ford a chance to once again indulge in outdoor adventure ( even if much of the movie ends up being shot against a dark-green screen ) , but this time without his famous homburg and party whip .
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