It's official!!! Steven Spielberg & Harrison Ford are coming back to do another Indy in 2019!!!

Harrison Ford will crack that whip again. Disney officially announced today that Indiana Jones 5 is coming in summer 2019, with Ford back as the world’s coolest archaeologist and Steven Spielberg, who helmed all four previous installments of the franchise, returning to direct.

Indiana Jones 5 has officially been set for July 19, 2019. It’s currently the only film slotted for that date. The Marvel adventure The Inhumans scheduled for the weekend before (July 12), but it seems likely Inhumans will move away from Indiana Jones 5 before we get there, especially since both are being released by Disney — there’d be no point in the studio cannibalizing its own box office.

Kathleen Kennedy and Frank Marshall are producing Indiana Jones 5. Interestingly, the press release makes no mention of creator George Lucas — so if he’s involved at all, it’s likely in a reduced capacity. It doesn’t sound like Lucas has creative control over the new Indiana Jones, which is probably for the best if for no other reason than that it’ll allow the new team to have creative control. No other writers or stars have been announced at this time.

Speculation about a fifth Indiana Jones movie has been swirling ever since Disney acquired Lucasfilm in 2012, and Disney has continually insisted that it does plan to return to the Indiana Jones series eventually. But understandably, resurrecting Star Wars seemed to be the studio’s first priority. Now that The Force Awakens has successfully charted a new course for that series, it looks like the studio is finally ready to turn its attention to everyone’s other favorite Lucasfilm franchise.

Ford will be 77 by the time Indiana Jones 5 opens in 2019, and as charismatic and badass as he still is today, it seems a reasonable bet that Indiana Jones 5 will see him hand the franchise off to a younger star. Marshall has said they wouldn’t be taking the “James Bond” approach of simply casting a new actor as Indiana Jones, and Ford’s return confirms that — but the question remains as to how, exactly, the series could continue with a new lead. Will we go back to Indy’s younger days? Will Indy pass the torch to a younger relative or colleague? Does this mean Crystal Skull‘s Shia LaBeouf will be back as Mutt? (On that last one, probably not.)

Woohoo!!! I love the Indy series, both the Young Indy and the grown up version!!!

Geesuz, he'll be flirting with that octogenarian thing. Always thought Leo would have made a great Indy .... still (some) time to make that happen.

I can't wait. I LOVE INDY as much as I LOVE MACGYVER!

Hopefully Lucas' involvement will be minimal.

If they do hand it off to a younger actor I hope they focus on the time line between the end of "The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles" TV series and 1934, the year before "Indiana Jones and The Temple of Doom" takes place which is really a prequel to "Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark" which took place in 1936. I'm hoping they do not "re-boot" or "re-imagine" what made Indy Indy. It would be great to see a how he met Professor Ravenwood, Marion, Sala, Jock, Belloq, etc.

But, given that that possibility is much farther down the road, let's focus on IJ5.

WOOHOO!

According to sources, Lucas is not involved. But that matters little to me. So long as Spielberg & Ford are there, it will work.
My only hope is that John Williams will do the score. But he could end up retiring any day now, that might not happen. Still if this is John's swan song, I'll be thrilled.

When I read the news yesterday i was extremely happy, I love the Indy series, Raiders is my favorite movie ever.

It's great to see both Harrison and Spielberg returning for another adventure.

2019 can't come soon enough

I'm thrilled but a little more cautious though. Good to see Ford and Spielberg coming back. I think they're more important than Lucas who kinda held everything back the last time. Shia LeBeouf they should keep him away and don't they dare bring in Chris Pratt because I hold him as one of the many responsible for the disaster of Jurassic World.

I'd rather see Bradley Cooper take on the role if they decide to go back to younger days or maybe Anthony Ingruber. There is still so much they can do with Indiana Jones. The books are mostly set during the late twenties and the early 40's. Indiana Jones in World War II must be so cool. No, Last Crusade does not count, that's 1938.

I also would like to see Short Round again. 'You listen to me, you live longer.'

Maybe we should have a look on Raidersnet.com that's I think the most official site on Indy.

Oh and don't worry Denizen: John Williams is set to score Indy 5 according to his filmography and the official coming Star Wars movies episode VIII & IX. However IX is also set for 2019. And he already was unavailable for Bridge of Spies because of episode VII. But his name is on it so, we'll see.

Now I'm just wondering: why three years from now?

I would love to see some World War II action as well. From Crystal Skull I caught the reference that Indy won a pile of medals. I couldn't imagine him doing anything otherwise! I'm all for Short Round again too!

Plenty of books set in the war mostly between 1939-1943. But indeed, yes. Crystal confirmed Indy and Mac doing at least twenty or thirty missions during the war for the OSS. I think he was ranked Colonel and the general was vouching for him after the nuclear explosion so in some way he is a well respected man. Duh!

Just saw the news on Facebook! Can't wait!

Crystal Skull was the first movie that referenced the TV series. In the TV series, Indy joins the Belgian army during the first world war. He is sent on multiple missions. But he leaves the army to study where he decides to become an archaeologist. In fact, Crystal Skull even referenced Indy's encounter with Pancho Villa which is also in the TV series. Loved that!

Just spotted this - can't beat a good bit of Indy :-D I wonder why they are pitching 3 years on - it doesn't take that long to make a film does it? Lets hope Harrison Ford stays in good health. He has been very lucky to be involved with two such huge franchises and yet not really get type cast into either. i.e. I don't watch Star Wars and see Indy and neither do I watch Indy and see Han Solo. Also he is very convincing in all his other various films when again you can watch and see neither of his two big characters - that's the mark of a good actor I think. Our own fave RDA got away with it too. Jack was entirely different to Mac, except in just the odd scenes where you can see the other character coming through - I've been watching SG-1 lately and it tends to be when jack does a more thoughtful comforting bit that you could see Mac doing. These actors must have to work so hard to see they don't tend up type cast.

A new Indy is going to be great though!

My only concern is that david koepp (Kingdom of the Crystal Skull) is writing this one also.

David Koepp also wrote the screenplay to Jurassic Park.

You need to remember that the Crystal Skull script went through 20 years of changes. Also, all had to be met by Lucas' approval. In order for Koepp to write the screenplay, he had to work closely under Lucas' orders. Various early versions were met with approval from Ford & Spielberg. But Lucas was not happy.

Going back, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade was actually about a haunted castle! Lucas even wanted a Scottish ghost to appear in it.

It was Spielberg who made the change to the search for his dad and ultimately the Holy Grail. He said that he made Last Crusade to apologize for Temple of Doom because it was too dark. He even hired a renowned Playwright to make the dialogue for Indy & his father. And of course, he wanted Denholm Elliot & John Rhys Davies to return as well to get the feel of Raiders.

In Spielberg we trust!

And here's the latest

Fans have questioned whether or not George Lucas would be involved in the upcoming Indiana Jones 5, especially after the Lucas-free production of the new Star Wars films. But according to director Steven Spielberg, Lucas will definitely be involved in the film.

During a press roundtable event for The BFG, the film's director Spielberg revealed that Lucas will be an executive producer on Indiana Jones 5, returning to the character he and Spielberg last brought to the big screen in 2008's Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.

When asked about Lucas's involvement with the project, Spielberg said:

"George is gonna to be an executive producer on it with me. ... I would never make an Indiana Jones film without George Lucas. That'd be insane."

It shouldn't come as a surprise that Spielberg will make the film with input from Lucas. After all, the pair have successfully worked together on every Indiana Jones flick, creating one of the film world's great adventure heroes. How much input he'll have as an executive producer remains to be seen, though given the pair's close friendship, we suspect Lucas will at least provide advice during the development stage. We knew Harrison Ford and Spielberg were returning, and with the help of Lucas we expect another exciting adventure from cinema's greatest archeologist.

And in case you missed it, John Williams has also confirmed that he will score Indy 5 & Star Wars Episode VIII & IX!

George Lucas was mostly a (the) problem I have heard. Always holding everything back when everyone else was happy. He even had a fallout with Frank Darabont who once wrote a version of the movie that was backed by Spielberg and Harrison but not by Lucas. Darabont afterwards made The Mist. But that doesn't have to mean I won't like Lucas' return.

David Koepp writing again... Mostly he made good solid scripts but there also less interesting ones but if you look at it he wrote: Mission Impossible, Jurassic Park, Panic Room and others. And it won't be the first time he will collaborate with Spielberg.

I always figured Spielberg didn't had anything to apologize for after Temple of Doom. As kid it was one of the first movies I liked with horror elements in it. It starts with a bang in fancy nightclub and with his tux a nod to James Bond? Followed by a chase through the street and a plane crash, a walk through the jungle and lovely dish scene, bug tunnels, human sacrifice, a moment of total desperation when they're all caught and than fighting your way out. They don't make that stuff anymore.

However returning to the roots of Raiders with Last Crusade was also a nice touch. Crystal Skull was just less interesting. Spielbergs less interesting movies are still countable on one hand. I've seen all his movies after that at the theatre and not one disappointment. But I do hope he can make a better one. It's all still fantasy though and like I said earlier, there is still so much you can do with Indiana Jones.

The possibilities are almost endless....I thought for sure there'd be a handoff to the next generation after Crystal Skull, but am thrilled that Harrison Ford is coming back !! I agree that Crystal Skull wasn't quite what the other ones were, but it's hard to top Sean Connery in any role. Either way, I can hardly wait!!

More Indy news. This is a no brainer though...

Belloni:

You have another Lucasfilm property, Indiana Jones, and Steven Spielberg has agreed to make a fifth film. Will there be an Indiana Jones universe, eventually, like Star Wars?

Not like Star Wars, no. But we hope … right now, we’re focused on a reboot, or a continuum and then a reboot of some sort.

Reboot? You’ve got Harrison Ford for this movie, and then the presumption is there will be a younger …

Well, we’ll bring him back, then we have to figure out what comes next. That’s what I mean. It’s not really a reboot, it’s a boot — a reboot. I don’t know.

THR has been using the term “requel” for these sequels that reboot the franchise.

Requel. (Laughs.) We [got] Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones in the film. But then what’s the direction? I’ve had discussions about what the direction is, [but] I don’t want to get into it.

But you do see making more films?

Yes, I do. I don’t think it reaches the scale of the universe of Star Wars, but I see making more. It won’t be just a one-off.

More news on Indy 5:

During the Star Wars Celebration Europe, it was noted by Collider that ILM President Lynwen Brennan stated during a panel for "The Art of Storytelling" that Disney may be in the development stage of a new cinematic universe similar to what they have with the Marvel and "Star Wars" films but this time with the "Indiana Jones" franchise.

"Kiri Hart and her group have mapped out a story and timeline across multiple platforms many years in advance, many exhausting years in advance," Brennan stated. "We have a great honor to have responsibility for, so we want to be really careful with that. Not only for Star Wars but with Indiana Jones, which we're all really excited about as well".

Collider reports that just a while back Disney CEO Bob Iger said that the next film is indeed bringing back Harrison Ford to play Indiana Jones and then what comes after has yet to be decided. However, Brennan's statements now allude to a larger franchise that might include further sequels, prequels with a younger actor or even spin-offs.

However, the report does point out that the intention is likely to keep the Harrison Ford films as part of canon. This means there may not be any form of hard reboot. Instead, if a prequel were to be done with a younger actor as Indiana Jones, they will still be taking place in the same timeline as "Raiders of the Lost Ark."

GamesRadar points out that the role will be recast soon given that Ford is already 74 years old and may not be able to keep on making action films the way he used to. "Indiana Jones 5" may be the last with him as the older version and a future film may see Ford only in an introduction before it cuts back to the 1920s or 1930s with a younger actor.

Cinematic Universe???? With who? Short Round?!

What's there to laugh? I always figured there was still so much more to do in the IndyVerse and the good thing is; they are right about how a new Indiana Jones can remain in it's original timeline. Just as in Chronicles (even though that footage ended up on the cutting room floor) they used an old Indy telling stories and than flashbacked for the main stories. They could use that for future films but this time using Harrison Ford as old Indy, telling the story and use other or young actors to portray Indy. It worked last time and they told stories into the 20's. So no non-cannon stuff or alternate timelines because it is actually not necessary. You see a kid becoming a young man. There is still a gap of 13 years in which they can make new adventures with a younger person before we get to Temple. With a decent look-a-like and even then if they went to set a future movie back in the thirties, it can still happen. I don't know why but with Indy this just seem a piece of cake where other franchises might find it difficult to do. Maybe it's because Indy follows closely the history of 20th century so much. Chronicles was a nice prequel to his early adventures and it worked and it might neatly flow over into his adult adventures as we saw with the movies with going non-cannon or spin-offs or creating alternate timelines.

Yes, but for prequels thats another baby altogether.

If they intend on extending the universe so to speak and star other character's / spin-offs, then what on Earth are they planning on doing?

Mutt Williams. Shia's career has gone to deep ends anyway, maybe to bring him back, though I like him where he is now.

Short Round? Yeah, why not? I like him more than Mutt, that was 12 year old beating up grown ups in physical fights.

Maybe we get to follow Willie's singing career. Or maybe finally get to know Abner Ravenwood or where Belloq has started. I'm not sure of Chronicles adressed what happened between Indy and Belloq. It had something to do with a prize or award Belloq snatched away.

How did Indy's dad and Marcus Brody meet? There are so many options.

Yes but none of those have any pivotal direction. Especially when you judge the characters bio on their history.

If to say there was another character that equaled Indy or his ambitions, there would be a potential for a story.

It is doubtful they would make a Mutt Williams story-line seeing as he is not a fan favorite.

Pushed back a year to July 10 2020. Indy as an 80 year old at this rate.

He drank from the Holy Grail, we're good.

Octogenarian ..... Indiana Bones, then!?

Wow....I can't imagine how he's going to do it!

Possible titles:

Indiana Jones: The Geriatric Years
Indiana Jones and the Holy Walker
Indiana Jones and the Search for Dentures
Indiana Jones and the Missing Bed Pan

After KOTCS expect the worst , hope for the best.

I'm sure it will be a fitting end