Yeah, you read that right. This months Empire Magazine – in stores Thursday and landing with subscribers any day now – reveals that the opening of the fifth film will kick off in 1944 and a post-The Last Crusade / pre-Mystery of the Blues Indy featuring a de-aged Harrison Ford that according to director James Mangold will be very much in the mold of those 80’s adventures.
“I wanted the chance to dive into this kind of full-on George-and-Steven old picture and give the audience an adrenaline blast. And then we fall out, and you find yourself in 1969, so that the audience doesn’t experience the change between the ‘40s and ‘60s as an intellectual conceit, but literally experiences the buccaneering spirit of those early days… and then the beginning of now.”
Producer (Fantha Tracks Honorary Member and Temple of Doom dancing girl cameo) Kathleen Kennedy doubled-down on that description.
“My hope is that, although it will be talked about in terms of technology, you just watch it and go, ‘Oh my God, they just found footage. This was a thing they shot 40 years ago’. We’re dropping you into an adventure, something Indy is looking for, and instantly you have that feeling, ‘I’m in an Indiana Jones movie.’”
Ford himself has his thoughts on the technology used to bring a younger Indy to life.
“This is the first time I’ve seen it where I believe it. It’s a little spooky. I don’t think I even want to know how it works, but it works.
Doesn’t make me want to be young, though, I’m glad to have earned my age.”
We…cannot…wait. Indiana Jones 5 opens 30th June 2023, and stay tuned to Fantha Tracks for all the news – as we do with all Lucasfilm productions – as it comes.
