{"id":38133,"date":"2016-03-15T17:21:43","date_gmt":"2016-03-15T21:21:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/?p=38133"},"modified":"2016-03-15T17:24:46","modified_gmt":"2016-03-15T21:24:46","slug":"indiana-jones-5-officially-announced-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2016\/03\/15\/indiana-jones-5-officially-announced-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"INDIANA JONES 5 Officially Announced For 2019!!!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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There has been some rumors circulating for the last few years that it might be happening, but Disney has made it official – Director Steven Spielberg and star Harrison Ford are reuniting for a fifth Indiana Jones film!<\/p>\n

Here is the official press release sent out today – <\/p>\n

Indiana Jones will return to the big screen on July 19, 2019, for a fifth epic adventure in the blockbuster series. Steven Spielberg, who directed all four previous films, will helm the as-yet-untitled project with star Harrison Ford reprising his iconic role. Franchise veterans Kathleen Kennedy and Frank Marshall will produce.<\/p>\n

\u201cIndiana Jones is one of the greatest heroes in cinematic history, and we can\u2019t wait to bring him back to the screen in 2019,\u201d said Alan Horn, Chairman, The Walt Disney Studios. \u201cIt\u2019s rare to have such a perfect combination of director, producers, actor and role, and we couldn\u2019t be more excited to embark on this adventure with Harrison and Steven.\u201d<\/p>\n

Famed archaeologist and explorer Indiana Jones was introduced in 1981\u2019s Raiders of the Lost Ark \u2013 one of AFI\u2019s 100 Greatest American Films of All Time \u2013 and later thrilled audiences in 1984\u2019s Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, 1989\u2019s Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, and 2008\u2019s Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. The four films have brought in nearly $2 billion at the global box office.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The first thing to note is the absence of a certain name in the press release – George Lucas. Co-creator of the franchise with Spielberg, in the past he had veto power over any story that the franchise would tell, which is what turned Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull<\/strong> into a compromised mess of a film. Speculation that Disney could mount a Lucas-less Indiana Jones film not that he had sold his production company Lucasfilm to the Mouse House began almost before the ink on the deal was dry. Presumably with Lucas not in the picture, we may get a film more pure to the ideas that Spielberg and Ford wish to explore. It worked for Star Wars<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Up until this point, Paramount had the distribution rights to the Indiana Jones<\/strong> franchise, and that was seen as somewhat of a possible sticking point for Disney moving forward with a fifth film. Presumably some sort of deal has been worked out between the two giants, and at some point details of it will leak out.<\/p>\n

Indiana Jones 5<\/strong> his currently set for a July 19, 2019 release, with no other film having claimed that date yet. The week before is Marvels’ The Inhumans<\/strong>, but I am guessing that since both are subsidiaries of Disney, Inhumans <\/strong>will probably be moved in order to let both of them have some breathing room.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The adventuring archaeologist will be swinging back into theaters in 2019.<\/div>\n

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