At 80 years old, Harrison Ford is busier than ever. He’s the star of an AppleTV+ dramedy in “Shrinking” with Jason Segel, he plays a hardnosed cowboy in the “Yellowstone” prequel series, “1923,” and he’s joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe and will be playing General Thunderbolt Ross in “Captain America: New World Order” (and possibly may turn up in “Thunderbolts” too). But that’s not all. Ford seems to be really going for it and trying out all kinds of things in this winter chapter of his career. For an encore? The fifth “Indiana Jones” film is titled, “Indiana Jones and “The Dial Of Destiny.”
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Originally meant to be directed by Steven Spielberg, and his goodbye to the franchise, eventually he passed on the film to filmmaker James Mangold known for propulsive action thrillers like “3: 10 To Yuma,” “Ford v Ferrari,” and “Logan.”
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Not that much is known about the plot of ‘Dial Of Destiny,’ but we do know that the film is set in 1969 there is a thread of Nazis in it. As in the dark chapter of history where the American government employed ex-Nazi scientists to help them in the space race against the Russians. The film is also due this summer, June 30, 2023, in a very crowded month that also includes “The Flash,” “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse,” and “Transformers: Rise of the Beasts.”
Here’s all that Disney/Lucasfilm has provided as a synopsis:
For Lucasfilm’s “INDIANA JONES AND THE DIAL OF DESTINY,” the highly anticipated fifth installment of the iconic “Indiana Jones” franchise, Harrison Ford reprises his iconic role as the legendary hero archaeologist, and directed by James Mangold (“Ford v Ferrari,” “Logan”). The film will open in theaters on June 30, 2023.
Starring along with Ford is Phoebe Waller-Bridge (“Fleabag”), Antonio Banderas (“Pain and Glory”), John Rhys-Davies (“Raiders of the Lost Ark”), Shaunette Renee Wilson (“Black Panther”), Thomas Kretschmann (“Das Boot”), Toby Jones (“Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom”), Boyd Holbrook (“Logan”), Oliver Richters (“Black Widow”), Ethann Isidore (“Mortel”) and Mads Mikkelsen (“Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore”).
Directed by James Mangold, the film is produced by Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall, and Simon Emanuel, with Steven Spielberg and George Lucas serving as executive producers. John Williams, who has scored each ‘Indy’ adventure since the original “Raiders of the Lost Ark” in 1981, is once again composing the score.
‘Dial Of Destiny,’ the final ‘Indiana Jones’ film, at least for Harrison Ford, arrives on June 30, 2023. Check out the new Superbowl trailer below.
