Mads Mikkelsen says the upcoming and untitled Indiana Jones 5 still feels like a Steven Spielberg movie, despite the director only serving as an executive producer on the sequel. There remains much mystery surrounding the latest outing for Harrison Ford's intrepid archaeologist, with audiences relying solely on covert behind-the-scenes images and fan speculation for potential plot details. Even Indiana Jones 5's casting remains elusive. While the adventure sequel boasts an exciting line-up that includes Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Toby Jones, Antonio Banderas, Oliver Richters, Thomas Kretschmann, Boyd Holbrook, Shaunette Renée Wilson and Mikkelsen, it is still not known who any of them will be playing, aside from Ford reprising his famed role. However, filming has now wrapped on the movie, and director James Mangold has teased that the Indiana Jones 5 trailer is not far away.
Development on a fifth installment in George Lucas and Spielberg's beloved action-adventure series has been far from an easy ride. Research and early work on story ideas for the film began in earnest after the release of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull in 2008. However, following Disney's acquisition of Lucasfilm in 2012, the project remained shelved whilst the company worked primarily on the Star Wars sequel trilogy. Having set an original release date of July 19, 2019, Indiana Jones 5 has been delayed multiple times, with the screenplay undergoing a number of major redrafts with various different writers. Spielberg eventually stepped down as director to act as an executive producer instead in 2020, with Mangold taking the helm and co-writing the final script, making this the very first Indiana Jones film not to have Spielberg in the
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