2020

February 2, 2020
Kathleen Kennedy: "It's, we're working away, getting the script where we want it to be and then we'll be ready to go. Oh, Harrison Ford will be involved. Yeah, it's not a reboot. It's a continuation. Oh yeah, he can't wait. He absolutely is."

February 5, 2020
Harrison Ford: "To do another Indiana Jones movie, it seems like a good idea, if we had a good script and I believe we are very close to have the script that we really want, so I am excited about the idea."

February 10, 2020
Shia La Beouf: "Those people really didn't like me. A lot of people like me a lot, but not them."

February 13, 2020
Harrison Ford: "Trying not to look silly, you know, and running around in tight pants and high boots. I'll give you a more appropriate answer considering that I'm going to start doing Indiana Jones in about two months. I'm always delighted to come back to these characters. You know, when we have the opportunity to make another it's because people have enjoyed them. I feel obliged to make sure that our efforts are as ambitious as they were when we started. You have a sense of responsibility to your customers. I think of the people that go to my movies more as customers than I do as fans. Fans feels kind of weird to me, but always has. But the fact that these people support my business and I'm responsible to them for the quality of the service that I offer, that feels better to me."

February 14, 2020
Harrison Ford: "I can deny that it's not happening. I don't know, we're going to start, we hope to start soon, this summer. This late summer. Yeah. It's going to be fun. I am excited, yeah, yeah. They're great fun to make, and travel."

February 14, 2020
Harrison Ford: "Well, I'm not going to share the story with you because it's, that doesn't seem like a good idea. But we'll see new developments in his life, his relationship. We'll see part of his history resolved. It's a very good script. I'm looking forward to it."

February 18, 2020
Harrison Ford: "A whole lot of it's luck and a lot of it has to do with the talented people that I get the chance to work with. The success of George Lucas and Steven Spielberg rubbed off on me. I've been blessed. I'm excited to play the character again. I love making those films. They're great entertainment. We're very close to beginning to be able to begin to start."
Q: "You are so fine for 77. You are a snack. Okay, bye, gotta go."
Harrison Ford: "A snack?"

February 18, 2020
Harrison Ford: "Well, I mean, it's easy. The hat and the whip and the clothes. The clothes make the man. But we're working on refining elements of the script. We're just about ready to start. We're having some scheduling issues right now with people that we really want to be involved. So we're close, but we're close to success with the preproduction elements. We just have to really make sure that we've got it before we start working. Because I don't want to disappoint people. I really want this to be the best Indiana Jones movie."

February 19, 2020
Harrison Ford: "I don't really want to give them what they want to see. I want to give them something they didn't anticipate seeing. I think they're right. They're used to a degree of disappointment when you revisit. I mean, certainly the Marvel movies have made a spectacular example of a success that worked the other way around. They killed it. Well, we're not going to make another Indiana Jones unless we're in a position to kill it. We want it to be the best. So we've got some scheduling issues, a few script things still to do, but we're determined to get it right before we get it made."

February 19, 2020
Harrison Ford: "Well, it's coming. It is coming. It's coming. We're having scheduling issues right now, but we're well on our way and I'm looking forward to it."

February 19, 2020
Harrison Ford: "We're working away as hard as we can to get it all together and to be able to start later this year."
Q: "Indy could be frightened of Bambi in this one."
Harrison Ford: "Oh really. Stick to your day job."

February 19, 2020
Harrison Ford: "My attachment to the success of George Lucas and Steven Spielberg has given me not just the opportunity to serve them and their films, but to do other kinds of things. And I am ready to go back for Indiana Jones. I love making those movies. They're great family films, as this is, and I'm honored to be able to make that kind of film."

February 19, 2020
Harrison Ford [translated]: "He's definitely not going to die anytime soon (laughs). Very soon. It's a complicated shoot, so we keep pushing the start back and forth to find the right time. But as I said: it will start very soon!"

February 19, 2020
Harrison Ford [translated]: "Legacy! It's also a word that I don't care about. I can not do anything with that. But yes, Spielberg and I are making a new Indiana Jones film. And unlike Han Solo, he won't die. But more details about the plot concern you about as much as my political stance (laughs)."

February 19, 2020
Harrison Ford: "Well, it's coming to a new generation, and because it's been off the screen for ten, fifteen years. But I do believe that wonderful thing about family films is that they're not locked into a period of time, that they're useful to the delevopment of children, these stories over a period of time, and they're good opportunities for families to talk about important things. So I think that the story about Indiana Jones is the story of a man who is an adventurer, but also interested in the mystical world, the spiritual world. But he's a bit of a rapscallion, a bit of an outlaw. But you go interesting places and meet interesting people. You know, Indiana Jones I think is more about the movies than it is about archaeology. But they're sure fun to watch."

February 19, 2020
Harrison Ford: "It's a part of myself. It's like seeing an old friend. You pick up where you left off. It's not that complicated. Sure, your old friend is even older, and different, and if you accept the difference and are at ease with that, then it's nice. But if you go back looking for what was there before, and you don't have the ambition to develop something new, it's not so interesting for the audience."

February 20, 2020
Harrison Ford: "I have to relearn to use the whip every time, because it's not something I keep up with, and uh, but that's about it. No, nothing special."

February 21, 2020
Harrison Ford [translated]: "Absolutely. The script is in development and it is taking longer than expected because we want to bring a new experience to Indy fans. It is out of the question to make a new episode by taking the same ingredients as in the past. You need an original plot."

February 21, 2020
Harrison Ford won't reveal any details but says he's looking forward to his standard Indy tasks: running, jumping, falling and rolling around on floors. "They're hard," he says of the Indiana Jones films, "but they're fun."

February 26, 2020
Variety: Steven Spielberg is handing the directing reins on Indiana Jones 5 to another filmmaker for the first time in the franchise's 39-year history. Sources say, while a deal hasn't closed, Ford v Ferrari director James Mangold is in talks to take the job. Spielberg will remain as a hands-on producer on Indy 5.

February 26, 2020
Vanity Fair: A source close to Spielberg told Vanity Fair, "The decision to hand over directing duties was entirely Steven's. He felt now was the perfect time to let a new director and a new generation give their perspective to the overall story and this film." Multiple sources said Spielberg is likely to stay closely involved with the project, and will serve as a producer.

March 31, 2020
Jon Kasdan: "Development on these movies, especially Indy, is a long road. You work on it for awhile, try something, then somebody else works on it, and you hope some of what you did was useful in getting to the movie that's ultimately made. Contrary to stuff I've read, the Gold Train was not any part of what I was working on, though I LOVED what we came up with and sitting with Steven, Harrison & KK talking about Indy will, I think, remain one of the coolest and most surreal experiences of my life."

April 3, 2020
Variety: Disney has overhauled the release calendar for most of its upcoming films as movie theaters remain closed for the foreseeable future due to the coronavirus pandemic. Indiana Jones 5, initially set for summer of 2021, launches on July 29, 2022.

May 27, 2020
James Mangold: "I can't comment on anything like that. But like in all my work, I'm always trying to find an emotional center to operate from. I think the most important thing is, in an age when franchises have become a commodity, that serving the same thing again. 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. Meaning, it makes an audience wish that they just had the first one over again. So you have to push something to someplace new, while also remembering the core reasons why everyone was gathered. And to use Logan as an example of that, 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 Charles Xavier and the X-Men, were something that I felt we never abandoned. The core ideas of their honor, their sense of duty, and the uniqueness of this particular set of characters that they were outcasts, oddities. Beings that had no home in this world, and yet we're trying to do good. Were trying to do something right and find their way. Those core issues were at the heart of the movie. 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. They're the fairy tales of our contemporary culture."

May 31, 2020
Q: "Where are you at with the writing process on Indiana Jones 5?"
Frank Marshall: "It just started."
Q: "What was it that made James Mangold the right choice?"
Frank Marshall: "His love of the franchise. He's a wonderful filmmaker. I think he also has a relationship with Harrison. It was all of the right pieces coming together, at the right time."
Q: "Was that a bittersweet situation, with Steven Spielberg stepping down?"
Frank Marshall: "Yeah. We were very, very lucky to have James to turn to. I think it's a positive move, in every aspect. And Steven is staying on as a producer, so we've got the best of everything."
Q: "How to get back into production safely?"
Frank Marshall: "Well, the number one thing, obviously, is the safety of everybody: the cast, the crew, and all of us. So, we're looking at the guidelines that are coming slowly, from the health experts and the studios and the different parts of the business, and we're just trying to incorporate everything, so we can move forward and be safe. It's going to obviously slow things down, so we're trying to adjust. You won't see a lot of big crowd scenes, for example, for awhile. There won't be any more craft service, so maybe that'll be good for people, in keeping more fit. It's a moving target right now. There are a lot of people working on the solutions, to be able to work and be safe."

June 14, 2020
David Koepp: "Not anymore. When James Mangold came in and I, he deserves a chance to take his shot at it. So I'd done numerous or several versions with Steven. So when he, when Steven left, it seemed like the right time to, you know, let Jim have his own take on it and have his own person or himself to write it."

June 16, 2020
David Koepp: "I'm not anymore. I'd done several versions of it with Steven over a few years. And, you know, we got close several times, but there are complicated things to try to get everybody to agree on. And they're hard to make, they're hard to do good ones, as you can imagine, and some may attest. So I'm not on it anymore. When Steven left, it seemed like a good time to let Jim Mangold try his way, so I'm dying to see what he comes up with. But they're really, they're exceptionally difficult. And I feel like, I hope they, I hope they hit a good one. When the first Spider-Man came around, the Internet was fairly young but it was pretty nasty already. It had already become an inhospitable place. And I felt like, you know in a basketball game when they are on the road and you're shooting free throws and the opposing fans are all screaming and waving those things and banging them together to try and make you miss? I kind of felt like that's what writing was like on those movies. So much noise, and so many opinions, and so much, Lucasfilm fans, in particular, are difficult to please. There's a lot of pressure, and it can be very distracting."

June 18, 2020
Q: "Why is it so difficult to crack an Indiana Jones 5 script?"
David Koepp: "If I knew! I don't know. Look, they're hard because the first one and the third one are incredibly beloved. The character's indelible, and that's an enormous amount of pressure. And I don't think anybody ever wants do one that is less than... I think the last one had a lot of stuff that really worked and had some stuff that didn't. I'm sure whatever was wrong was my fault. I'm not trying to blame anybody. But nobody wants to do it unless it's spectacular. And spectacular is hard to come by. So I guess the short answer would be, because it's hard."

June 19, 2020
David Koepp: "The reason Indiana Jones movies are so difficult is because it's really difficult. (Laughs.) It's hard. It has to be great. The first and third movies in that series are just utterly beloved, and 'utterly beloved' is a high bar. It's really tough to get there. So, I did a couple versions of this last one that I thought were good; the last one, in particular. But it didn't quite come together. Steven couldn't do it in the end and whatever. It just didn't come together. Sometimes, they do; sometimes, they don't. But if there's going to be another Indiana Jones movie, I think James Mangold is a great guy to explore it. Certainly, what he did with Logan was remarkable - with Scott Frank's great, great script. So, we'll see. But it's okay."

September 17, 2020
David Koepp: "I tried a couple different versions with Steven and they all had some good stuff about them and they all had some stuff that didn't work, which happens. But it was just very hard to have everybody come together and have all the elements, Steven, Harrison, the script and Disney, come together at once. And it didn't. When James Mangold came in and Steven stepped out, that was a pretty logical breaking point. It's a gracious time to step out the door because I think the last thing a new director wants is the old director's writer. I mean, that's a drag. The last thing you need is some guy sitting around with his arms folded saying, 'Well, the way Steven would have done it is...' I had one nice friendly conversation with him and then I'm sure he wanted to be able to move on anyway. Everybody was pretty polite, I thought."

September 23, 2020
We Got This Covered has heard from our sources that LaBeouf has reportedly let Disney know that he wants to return as Mutt at some point, preferably in Indy 5. Earlier this year, we had heard that Disney planned to introduce a different child of Indy's in the film, a daughter this time, who would follow in her father's footsteps and take over the franchise in future instalments.

October 8, 2020
David Koepp: "I did a couple of drafts, a couple of different versions with Steven when he was involved as director and they didn't come together for whatever reason. And when Steven stepped aside and James Mangold came in, clearly he needed his own vision. Because if you come in as the director of something, the last thing you want is a previous director or writer hanging around with his arms crossed, shaking his head every time he tried to change something. So I stepped aside, and I'm sure James Mangold will do something great!"

October 21, 2020
Phedon Papamichael: "Our next project is Indiana Jones 5, actually. Mangold's doing that. I'm excited. I hope to get people back in the theaters and get to do movies for a while longer for the big screen."

November 16, 2020
The DisInsider: The studio has set an August 2021 production start for the Harrison Ford-led film. The newest Indiana Jones feature will shoot at Pinewood Studios in the United Kingdom. Legendary composer John Williams will return to score.

November 19, 2020
LRM Online: According to our source at Pinewood Studios, the art department already got to work around two-three weeks ago.

December 8, 2020
Frank Marshall: "Yeah, we are working on the script. There will only be one Indiana Jones and that's Harrison Ford. What I'm excited about with Jim is a great story. I think you see that in his movies like Ford Vs Ferrari. It's all about characters and telling a good story. So I'm excited to see what he comes up with. I haven't seen (the script) yet so I don't know what to tell you."

December 8, 2020
Frank Marshall: "Yeah. I think we're on the right track now. I think everybody's together. Jim is off working on the script and we have a release date. Hopefully, everything will be safe to start next summer. It looks good!"

December 10, 2020
Disney Investor Day: Lucasfilm is currently in pre-production on the next installment of the Indiana Jones franchise. At the helm is James Mangold, director of the Academy Award-winning Ford v Ferrari, and Indy himself, Harrison Ford, will be back to continue his iconic character's journey. Indy will begin shooting late spring of 2021 and will arrive July 2022.

December 10, 2020
Kathleen Kennedy: "We also have some news to share on our theatrical slate. We're in pre-production on the next and final installment of Indiana Jones. At the helm, we have James Mangold, director of the Academy Award-winning film, Ford v Ferrari. And of course, Indy himself, Harrison Ford, will be back to conclude this iconic character's journey. Indy will begin shooting late spring of 2021 and will be released in July of 2022."

December 10, 2020
James Mangold: "Anything going on?"

December 18, 2020
Frank Marshall: "Hopefully, we'll be able to start shooting Indy at some point next year. It's getting to work with Harrison again, for me. Raiders was really a special movie for me. It was my first sole producing credit, my first nomination. I met my wife, I probably should have started with that. You know, it was my first movie with Steven and George. It was really, really a milestone for me. But those relationships, we've kept over the years. Harrison's still one of my best friends. I can't wait to work with him again. We're going to overcome the challenge, and we're going to be back next year sometime, and there'll be another Indiana Jones. In a cinema!"