“It’s the last time I play the character”

Now it’s really time to say goodbye: Harrison Ford has in an interview with the US magazine “Total Film” confirms that he will slip into the role of Indiana Jones for the very last time in the fifth and final Indiana Jones film “Indiana Jones and the Wheel of Destiny”, which is scheduled to hit German cinemas on June 29, 2023. This also means that Ford will not be involved in the Indiana Jones series, which is currently said to be in the works at Disney+.

The 80-year-old actor explained in the interview: “This is the last film in the series and it’s the last time I play the character. I expect it will be the last time he appears in a movie.” He added that while he knows about the new series, he “won’t have a hand in it if it comes to fruition.” Re There is not much information about the new series adaptation, except that Disney + and Lucasfilm are said to have already had talks about as “Variety” reported last November.

The upcoming movie Indiana Jones and the Wheel of Destiny is set in the 1960s and will have its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2023. In addition to Harrison Ford, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Antonio Banderas, Shaunette Renée Wilson, Thomas Kretschmann, Toby Jones, Boyd Holbrook, Ethann Isidore, and Mads Mikkelsen also star in the action-adventure film. It is the first and only film in the series not to be directed by Steven Spielberg and not written by George Lucas. However, both are represented as executive producers. James Mangold is directing.