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41 years after the release of Raiders of the Lost Ark, Indiana Jones 5 will see Harrison Ford, now 79 years of age, back in his iconic fedora – the only time a fedora has ever been acceptable? – for another round. 14 years in the making, Indiana Jones 5 has finally been filmed, and a release date has been announced for 30 June 2023, so just over a year from now.
The announcement was made at Disney’s Star Wars Celebration in Anaheim, California, where LucasFilm trotted out actual Harrison Ford – who famously told an interviewer, during the Rise of Skywalker press run, “I have no fucking idea what a Force ghost is and I don’t care”. But apparently, he's all in on this one…
They didn’t let anything slip about the actual plot of the film, but it has to be said, the crew they’ve pulled together is pretty impressive. Indiana Jones 5 is directed by James Mangold of Logan fame. That film was a brilliant sendoff for an ageing, larger than life character, so Mangold feels like a good fit for this one. It’s written by Jez Butterworth, best known for Ford vs Ferrari and Spectre. And the cast is stacked with big names, like Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Mads Mikkelsen, Antonio Banderas and the wildly underrated Toby Jones. Shia LaBoeuf, of the much-derided fourth film? Nowhere to be found, thankfully. Oh, and John Williams is back to do the music.
At the event, Ford, presumably with a gun to his head said: “We have almost completed the next Indiana Jones film featuring the music of John Williams. I had a wonderful experience working with James Mangold, with [producer] Kathy [Kennedy] … I’m really proud of the movie that we made.”
If this is the end of the series, and surely, it has to be, then odds on they'll be going out on a high.
