Harrison Ford will put on the hat one last time: Kathleen Kennedy confirmed today at Disney’s Investor Day presentation that Indiana Jones 5 will bring the iconic character’s story to a close.
Lucasfilm is in pre-production on the next installment of Indiana Jones. At the helm is James @Mang0ld, director of Ford v Ferrari, and Indy himself, Harrison Ford, will be back to continue his iconic character’s journey. Adventure arrives July 2022.
— Disney (@Disney) December 10, 2020
Once upon a time it was rumored that Steven Spielberg would return to direct this installment, but James Mangold is now officially on board. Could there be a better choice than the director of Logan to see a beloved character like Indy into retirement?
As previously reported, the movie has been delayed repeatedly, and now won’t arrive until 2022. It’s in pre-production now and is scheduled to begin filming in summer of 2021, barring any further delays, but there’s no word on who is writing the script. Last year, Cinema Blend tracked the list of screenwriters who have at some point been attached to the project, ranging from David Koepp (Jurassic Park; Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull) to Jonathan Kasdan (Solo) to Scott Beck and Bryan Woods (A Quiet Place) and back to Koepp, who was last rumored to be back on board.
Little else is known about Indy’s final adventure, but now is as good a time as any for a rewatch of the first four movies, right?
Huh… I would have sworn that Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade was the last Indy movie, and that came out 31 years ago.
I am cautiously pessimistic
As far as I’m concerned there are only two indiana Jones movies, the original and Last Crusade.
There’s a typo.
“now is as good a time as any for a rewatch of the first four movies, right?”
Three movies. I’m eager to finally see what happens after The Last Crusade.
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Any time someone says that, I have to ask: Was Kingdom of the Crystal Skull really, truly worse than Temple of Doom?
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I think it’s debatable. They’re both dumb messy movies, but I find them fun messes to watch for the most part. Guess I’ll give ToD a slight edge for being made in the age of practical effects. Much better cinematography than KotCS too.
@5: I don’t know what you’re talking about. There are only three Indy movies—Raiders, Crusade, and Crystal Skull. No offense, but “Temple of Doom”? That sounds absolutely terrible.
(Seriously, I’ve hated ToD since about halfway through seeing it opening weekend in 1984. It’s the only Indy I’ve watched less than twice. Bad as KotCS is, it’s still perfectly watchable on a weekend afternoon if you’re sick on the couch.)
@6:
Yeah, I wish KOTCS had relied more on practical effects and less on CGI. I remember watching it in theaters back in 2008 and the first shot of the CGI Gopher mound had me going, “Ah, crap, not you too, Steven.”
I also agree about the cinematography. In fairness to Janusz Kamiński, the late Douglas Slocombe set the bar high with the first three movies. And I know Kamiński studied Slocombe to try to ensure visual consistency, but…yeah, it didn’t really awork.
Ford had gotten too slow to do a movie like this ten years ago. He cannot carry a movie like this as lead. You can do him as a side character (like Connery), but not the lead
I have NEVER understood the hate for Temple of Doom.
It was my first Indy movie, and just the opening sequence –with Kate Capshaw and about a thousand dancers vamping their way through a Shanghainese* version of “Everything Goes”– is worth the price of admission.
KotCS is truly bad –Indy learns Quechua IN MEXICO? With PANCHO VILLA? Why not Shanghainese, while we’re at it?– but still has its charms.
*At least I presume it is Shanghainese, given they’re in Shanghai. Of course, given the abovementioned blunder, it could very well be Korean.
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Since Villa’s army included mercenaries from various countries, it’s not out of the realm of possibility that a few of them could have spoken Quechua.
Just for the sake of contrariness, I submit that there were no previous Indiana Jones films at all, and the character’s only appearance thus far is in the Star Wars comic where the Millennium Falcon crashes on Earth and Chewie becomes bigfoot.
In all seriousness, I strongly doubt this will be the last Indiana Jones film made. Perhaps the last before a hard reboot, but what are the odds that this movie franchise is going to be the one to actually be put permanently to rest?
@12 – I am assuming they’re referring to Harrison Ford’s iteration. I’m very curious to see how much he can still do in the role. At almost 80 years old, I doubt he’s going to be punching many Nazis…
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I keep wondering why Lucasfilm and Disney haven’t leveraged the franchise since the acquisition.
Yeah, I know the reason is that Indy is nowhere near the cash cow that Star Wars is (or even the MCU). But at the very least, I’m surprised there hasn’t been another attempt at a TV series, or even an animated series.
That way, they wouldn’t have to worry about someone taking over the role in live-action and there are plenty of openings in the Indy timeline to tell weekly adventures.
@12: Why so much hate for The Fate Of Atlantis?
Indiana Jones and the Getting Out Of My Yard
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of Bingo
Indiana Jones and the Walker of Doom
Indiana Jones and the What? Eh?
Indiana Jones and the Raiders of Del Boca Vista
Indiana Jones and the Crystal Bedpan
Re. Temple of Doom, I grant you Indy in black tie and white dinner jacket was a delight. The rest of the movie? Blahh!
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Yeah, the opening prologue in Shanghai at least is fine — and if anything, it’s even stronger now with the context from Young Indy about the Diamond’s historical background and its role in Indy’s early history.
I have to wonder if Ford is only in it to kill the character off ;)
But count me as one who despises Temple of Doom. The humor/tone is just not for me, I find Short Round annoying, I find Capshaw’s screaming annoying, and it’s one of those movies where it feels like it should be over about a half hour before it is. I love Raiders and Last Crusade (incidentally, Last Crusade was the first one I ever saw). Crystal Skull was meh, but I don’t hate it either (nor do I feel a big pull to a sequel). Temple of Doom I can’t stand.
I have to wonder if Ford is only in it to kill the character off ;)
I was wondering that, too.
He already got to kill off his other most iconic role in the last half decade. With his career winding down, why not go for a double hitter, so to speak?
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That is a bit of a stretch (to put it mildly) and would have needed a bit more expository dialog: “When I was with Pancho Villa, I met a Peruvian who knew Quechua and taught me.”
Instead, the impression we get is that Spielberg and Co. don’t know the difference, or the distance, between Mexico and Peru.
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Yeah, I mean, I like the basic intent of slipping in a nice wink to the events of the Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (especially as it was the only Indy production between TLC and KOTCS).
But the execution of that continuity nod…yeah, it could’ve been handled better.
I believe this will be the last Indiana Jones tour the same way I believe the Rolling Stones when they claim “This is our last last tour mates, next year we start gathering moss, honest” – it may be, but on the other hand it might very well be nothing of the sort!
@@@@@ 23: That could very well be the case.
It helps that Harrison Ford has aged very well. I mean, he is 300 years old (in movie star years; he’s 78), but he still looks recognizably like himself (unlike, say, Peter O’Toole), and he accidentally punched Ryan Gosling in the face a couple years ago and almost knocked him out.
I can easily see 95-year-old Ford carrying the tenth Indy movie with ease, while carrying Ryan Gosling on his shoulder…