Having kept its Indiana Jones cards close to its chest while it relaunched the Star Wars franchise, it was announced back in March that Harrison Ford will be reuniting with director Steven Spielberg for a fifth outing for the archaeologist and adventurer in 2019.
Given that he’ll be 77 years old by that point, you’d have to assume that Harrison Ford doesn’t have too many cracks of the bullwhip left in the tank. However, Disney’s Bob Iger has revealed that while Disney doesn’t have the same kind of plans for Indy as it does for Star Wars, Indiana Jones 5 “won’t just be a one-off”.
“Not like Star Wars, no,” said Iger. “But we hope … right now, we’re focused on a reboot, or a continuum and then a reboot of some sort. We’ll bring [Harrison Ford] back, then we have to figure out what comes next. That’s what I mean. It’s not really a reboot, it’s a boot — a reboot. I don’t know. We [got] Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones in the film. But then what’s the direction? I’ve had discussions about what the direction is, [but] I don’t want to get into it. I don’t think it reaches the scale of the universe of Star Wars, but I see us making more. It won’t be just a one-off.”
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Steven Spielberg has previously said that he would not make an Indiana Jones movie without Harrison Ford, nor will he kill off Ford’s Indy, so it’s not quite clear what to make of Iger’s comments about a reboot. Perhaps Disney is keen to keep Ford involved in the franchise as a framing device around a younger actor in the role?
How would you like to see in the Indiana Jones franchise proceeding? Could you see Ford back for a sixth movie? Would you like to see a reboot? Or is it time for Indy to call it a day? Let us know in the comments below…
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Originally published June 26, 2016. Updated April 15, 2018.
