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Looks like Harrison Ford has a date with destiny… the Dial of Destiny, to beprecise. The first trailer for the fifth — and final — Indiana Jonesadventure, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny just dropped, and based onthis action-packed teaser, it doesn’t look like incoming director, JamesMangold, nuked the fridge. Due in theaters on June 30, the film features the80-year-old Ford back once again picking up his alter ego’s trademark fedoraand whip for a farewell that’s gonna feature a few familiar faces and places.(Watch the trailer above.)
First off, it’s worth noting the two familiar faces who aren’t in this firstpeek at The Dial of Destiny : Indy’s wife, Marion Ravenwood (Karen Allen),and their son, Mutt (Shia LaBeouf), who both played big roles in the divisivefourth installment, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Thatmovie proved to be director Steven Spielberg’s farewell to the franchise hecreated with George Lucas, as the filmmaker opted to make The Fablemans_instead of returning for one last _Last Crusade. (Spielberg and Lucas areboth executive producers on the fifth film.)
But one face that is back is Indy’s younger face: Ford recently revealed inan interview with Empire magazine that he was given the de-aging treatmentfor a flashback sequence that takes place in 1944, eight years removed fromthe events of the franchise-launching, industry-changing Raiders of the LostArk. Mangold doesn’t keep the actor’s newly youthful appearance under wraps,including footage from that sequence that apparently sets up the movie’scentral plot.
Harrison Ford was given the de-aging treatment for a flashback scene in_Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny_. (Photo: Lucasfilm/Walt DisneyStudios)
The rest of the story plays out in the then-present day of the late ’60s, whenIndy is living and teaching in New York City, long removed from finding lostmystical objects and punching Nazis in the face. Enter his old friend, Sallah(John Rhys-Davies) who tries to coax him back into the game. “Those days havecome and gone,” Dr. Jones insists. “Perhaps,” Sallah responds with maximumportent. “Perhaps not.”
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While we don’t learn what the “Dial of Destiny” is in this first glimpse, wedo see some of the other people searching for it — including ex-Nazi aerospaceenthusiast, Voller (Mads Mikkelsen), his gun-toting sidekick, Klaber (BoydHolbrook), and Helena (Phoebe Waller-Bridge) who appears to have a personalconnection to Indiana. “I’m her godfather,” he tells a curious crook, whileHelena offers an unenthusiastic “He’s partly related” remark.
Mangold has prior experience helming the final adventures of popular heroes.In 2017, he oversaw Hugh Jackman’s final outing as Wolverine in the fanfavorite Logan — although the actor recently picked up the claws again touse on frenemy Ryan Reynolds in dead pool 3. But Ford seems well and trulydone with Indiana Jones, shutting down discussion of another sequel… or areboot.
Indiana Jones (Ford) rides in again Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.(Photo: Lucasfilm Ltd./Walt Disney Studios)
“Don’t you get it? I’m Indiana Jones,” Ford remarked on Today in 2019. “WhenI’m gone, he’s gone. It’s easy.” Lucasfilm head, Kathleen Kennedy, echoed thatsentiment when she spoke with Yahoo Entertainment at Star Wars Celebration inMay. “His energy is amazing, he is the Bionic Man,” Kennedy enthused. “I mean,Harrison in real life, and as Indiana Jones. He’s just remarkable. We had anabsolute blast. And he worked almost every day of the shoot. It wasremarkable.”
On Twitter, Indy fans are willing to believe that age ain’t nothing but anumber if Mangold delivers the action goods as this trailer suggests.
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny premieres June 30, 2023.