James Mangold, director of the fifth and final Harrison Ford Indiana Jones adventure Dial of Destiny has signed an overall deal with Paramount Pictures, continuing his association with the studio after Indy 5 and kicking off what looks set to be a fruitful partnership between the five-time Oscar nominated filmmaker and Paramount, (now also known as Paramount Skydance). What this means for the long-gestating Dawn of the Jedi project and Mangold’s involvement in it is unknown, but we can look forward to more exciting adventures from a filmmaker who has worked with the cream of the crop of Hollywoods biggest stars.
Paramount Pictures has just inked an overall deal with five-time Oscar-nominated filmmaker James Mangold, under which the Logan and Ford v. Ferrari filmmaker will develop, direct and produce feature film projects for the Skydance owned studio.
The deal comes in the wake of the new Paramount announcing its first big project under Studio Co-Chairs Josh Greenstein and Dana Goldberg on day one, that being Mangold’s reteam with Timothée Chalamet, High Side. Paramount won that project in a highly competitive bidding war.
Said Paramount Pictures Co-Chairs Josh Greenstein and Dana Goldberg, “James Mangold is one of the most talented filmmakers working today and we could not be more excited to welcome him to the Paramount family, starting with High Side and many more collaborations to come.”
