Harrison Ford Indiana Jones

Indiana Jones 5 wowed fans at D23, but some folks are still surprised that Steven Spielberg gave up the director's chair. But he has his own very good ...

Said Mangold, “When you’re dealing in a world of a very pressured franchise—for all of the things, and there were many that I freed myself from in the canon, in the baggage, to try and make the best story—the core values of Logan, of Wolverine, and of Charles Xavier and the X-Men, were something that I felt we never abandoned… It appears that Spielberg is in a more reflective, personal stage of his career, looking back on his past and his own mythology instead of revisiting his works of fiction. [Collider](https://collider.com/indiana-jones-5-update-script-james-mangold-frank-marshall/) that Mangold was a perfect choice because of “his love of the franchise. And in any franchise I take in, I’d always be trying to capture and make sure that we preserve those core ideas that are at the center, because that’s why these stories are more than franchises. It was all of the right pieces coming together at the right time.” Marshall added, “Steven is staying on as a producer, so we’ve got the best of everything.” At least for me, in the dances I’ve had with any franchises, serving the same thing again, the same way, usually just produces a longing for the first time you ate it. It makes sense that after the lukewarm response to 2008’s Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, a film that Spielberg reportedly needed convincing to direct in the first place, the director would want to see fresh blood injected into the beloved franchise. Give me a little air to make the film. After one “journalist” told fans to temper their expectations about the project, Spielberg has remained onboard Indiana Jones 5 as a producer and creative consultant, which further proves the filmmaker remains dedicated to the character he had such a large hand in creating. Standing onstage alongside producer Kathleen Kennedy, co-star Phoebe Waller-Bridge, and director [James Mangold](https://www.denofgeek.com/james-mangold/), Ford said, “Indiana Jones movies are about mystery and adventure, but they’re also about heart, and I’m really, really happy that we have a really human story to tell, as well as a movie that will kick your ass.” Ford also told the crowd, “This is it,” confirming that this will be the last time he’ll don Indiana’s signature hat onscreen.