Indiana Jones 5 will subvert fan expectations, hints Harrison Ford
"I don’t really want to give them what they want to see"
Harrison Ford has finally updated us on the sequel we’ve all been yearning for: Indiana Jones 5. The actor has hinted that Indy’s return won’t exactly be predictable – and compared the archaeologist's comeback to the MCU.
Ford isn’t returning just to deliver a formulaic entry in the long-running franchise, which has laid dormant since 2008’s Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. “I don’t really want to give [the fans] what they want to see,” he told Hey U Guys. “I want to give them something they didn’t anticipate.”
While Ford admitted that there is a degree of success to be found in keeping things grounded with safe storytelling – and cited the Marvel movies as “a spectacular example of a success that worked the other way around” – that’s not what Indiana Jones 5 will set out to do.
“We’re not going to make another Indiana Jones unless we are in a position to kill it,” Ford said. “We want it to be the best. We’ve got some scheduling issues and a few script things to do, but we are determined to get it right before we get it made.”
While Indiana Jones 5 doesn’t have a set release date, it’s a project that’s been mooted for some time and is finally looking to be back on track. Judging by Ford’s words, it needs a few tweaks but it could offer a face-meltingly exciting epilogue to everyone’s favourite fast-talking, even-faster-whipping archaeologist. Just leave out the fridges, nukes, and aliens this time...
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