How Indiana Jones 5’s Director Oh So Casually Alerted His Fans To The Major Harrison Ford News Last night's massive Investor Day presentation from Disney dropped a ton of news. Some of it was updates on movies and series that we knew were on the way, a lot of it was brand new announcements of projects that had never been revealed, or at least not confirmed. One of the movies that was only briefly touched on was the fifth Indiana Jones movie starring Harrison Ford. While we knew the movie was in development, it's been in development hell for all that time, continually being delayed. Last night Disney confirmed a lot of details that had already been reported, and that meant the film's director could finally start talking about it. It was first reported back in February that Steven Spielberg was stepping away from directing duties on Indiana Jones 5. At the time, the word was that Logan director James Mangold was in talks to take over the project. However, Disney never confirmed those reports. That is, until last night. As part of the Lucasfilm presentation at the Disney Investor Day last night, studio head Kathleen Kennedy finally confirmed that Mangold is, in fact, bringing the man with the hat back, and Mangold, just played it all off on Twitter like it was no big deal. Needless to say, yeah, there was something going on. The announcement from Kathleen Kennedy that Indiana Jones 5 is now in pre-production is certainly not the same thing as saying the movie is actually getting ready to shoot, but it's a step forward that the movie had yet to actually reach. And the fact that James Mangold is now allowed to publicly admit that he's directing the movie is probably a load off his mind. Having said that, he hasn't actually posted anything else on Twitter since his mild troll to Indiana Jones fans. Among all the other announcements last night, the Indiana Jones news almost felt like an after thought. Because we've been waiting for it for so long there's certainly a feeling that until something more tangible happens, it's still something that exists in the ether. Still, the fact that Disney did finally confirm that James Mangold is helming the project and Harrison Ford will be back in the title role, is something. Most importantly, if the movie is in the pre-production stage, that likely means that the script for the film is done, or close enough to it that things like location scouting can be done. The script had been the clear sticking point, as a number of high profile scribes had taken a shot at the film over the last few years, and it seemed none of them had put together something that was making everybody happy. We would appear to finally be there now, so the movie can finally move forward. Indiana Jones 5 is currently set to open in theaters in July 2022.
iono, indiana jones was really good, but who are they going to fight in the 80s? i think indy would be living im the 80s if the timeline matches
i think it will be late 60's and indy will be fighting commie hippies. will shea lebouf be in this one?
I still say you hire Tim Olyphant as his long-lost illegitimate son or younger brother Dakota Jones. Handsome Looks great in hat Can do deadpan and quips for comedic effect Is Timothy Olyphant Is not Shia LaBoof Is not Chris Pratt Really...he looks great in a hat
Between Deadwood and Justified, and more recently Fargo...if a role calls for a man to wear a hat, how could you not? And I take my Indiana Jones movies seriously, which is why I stopped watching the last one after about 15 minutes.
I know, don't spoil it for me. OK, so I may have a slight hetero mancrush on the guy. You have one too, who is it?
INDIANA JONES 5: Mads Mikkelsen Set To Join Harrison Ford And Phoebe Waller-Bridge Following the news that Fleabag star Phoebe Waller-Bridge has joined the cast of James Mangold's Indiana Jones 5, we've learned that Mads Mikkelsen (Another Round) is also on board in a mysterious role. RorMachine | 4/15/2021 Filed Under: "Indiana Jones" Source: Deadline Lucasfilm recently announced that Phoebe Waller-Bridge (Fleabag, Solo: A Star Wars Story) will be joining Harrison Ford in James Mangold's upcoming Indiana Jones movie, and Deadline is now reporting on another exciting addition to the cast. Mads Mikkelsen (Doctor Strange, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story) has landed a role in the fifth instalment of the iconic action adventure franchise. Details on his character are still under wraps, but we wouldn't exactly be shocked if he's been cast as the villain! Mikkelsen has made a career out of playing bad guys, and recently replaced Johnny Depp as Gellert Grindelwald in the third Fantastic Beasts movie when the Pirates of the Caribbean actor was forced to step away from the role. He has also brought life to some terrific heroic characters, however. Mikkelsen's most recent film was Academy Nominated Danish dramedy, Another Round. Logan director James Mangold is taking the helm, and it's also been confirmed that John Williams will return as composer. Kathleen Kennedy, Steven Spielberg, Frank Marshall and Simon Emanuel will serve as producers on the still untitled Indiana Jones 5, which will swing into theaters July 29, 2022.
