INDIANA JONES 5 Set Photos Seemingly Confirm Recently Leaked Plot Details - Possible SPOILERS

INDIANA JONES 5 Set Photos Seemingly Confirm Recently Leaked Plot Details - Possible SPOILERS

Some new photos from the set of James Mangold's Indiana Jones 5 have found their way online, and they seemingly confirm some recent - and highly divisive - plot details about the movie. Spoilers ahead...

By MarkCassidy - Jul 09, 2021 08:07 AM EST
Filed Under: Indiana Jones

The first plot details for the upcoming fifth Indiana Jones movie found their way online back in May, and they indicated that director James Mangold may have some surprising things in store for Harrison Ford's intrepid archaeologist. Now, we appear to have confirmation that the leaks were accurate.

We had heard that the movie will be set in the 1960s during the space race, possibly incorporating elements of Operation Paperclip. Now, some photos from the Glasgow, Scotland set reveal that the story will take place in New York in 1969, with "welcome home" posters for the three astronauts who made history as the first men to set foot on the moon, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins, on display in the shop windows.

Of course, this doesn't necessarily mean we'll see Indy and co. rocket off to the stars for a full-on sci-fi adventure, but the last movie did feature aliens, so we're not discounting any possibilities. The late '60s setting would place this adventure after the events of Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, but since previous set photos have confirmed that Ford will be "de-aged" for certain scenes, it's safe to assume that the story will play out over different time-periods.

Ford recently suffered a shoulder injury while rehearsing a fight scene, and is not expected back on set for at least another week or so.

Indiana Jones 5 is expected to find Dr. Jones once again coming up against his favorite foes, the Nazis. Mads Mikkelsen is believed to be playing the villain (shocking, we know), and his character is described as "a Nazi scientist enlisted into NASA by the United States government to work on the space agency’s moon landing initiative."

The movie will also star Phoebe Waller-Bridge (Fleabag, Solo: A Star Wars Story), Thomas Kretschmann (Avengers: Age of Ultron) and Shaunette Renee Wilson (Black Panther). Logan director James Mangold is taking the helm, and it's also been confirmed that John Williams will return as composer. Kathleen Kennedy, Steven Spielberg, Frank Marshall and Simon Emanuel will serve as producers.

Indy 5 will whip into theaters July 29, 2022.

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inkniron
inkniron - 7/9/2021, 8:04 AM
Sounds pretty interesting. I can dig it.

BTW, Michael Collins never stepped foot on the moon; just Neil and Buzz
GwenLantern
GwenLantern - 7/9/2021, 10:10 AM
@inkniron - That is incorrect. Nobody has ever set foot on the moon. The moon, like the Earth, is flat. Stanley Kubrick faked the whole thing to stop Native Americans from monopolising all the cheese.
WruceBayne
WruceBayne - 7/9/2021, 3:53 PM
@GwenLantern - that is absolutely ridiculous and fraudulent! Kubrick stopped the Native Americans from monopolizing the MILK to make the cheese. Sheesh, check you facts. 😂🤣
GreedoSarducci
GreedoSarducci - 7/9/2021, 4:35 PM
@GwenLantern - flat Earthers might be the funniest group of morons out there. So brilliantly stupid.
Nightwing1015
Nightwing1015 - 7/9/2021, 8:04 AM
I don't really care that it's about the space race.

Maybe would've preferred something like the Bemuda Triangle but IDC
bkmeijer2
bkmeijer2 - 7/9/2021, 8:06 AM
I hope the space race isn't the main focus of the movie, because after aliens from another dimension appearing in the last movie space doesn't feel so special anymore.

1969 feels like a good setting though. If we get an Indy movie in the 70s I hope we have one with a different protagonist (Short Round?), because we know Ford is old and having the 70s only reinforces that even more.
bkmeijer2
bkmeijer2 - 7/9/2021, 11:39 AM
@TyrantBossMedia - that's an interesting angle, but in that case I do want Short Round to still be an ally to Indy. Feels weird to have him as a villain (although it could work depending on the execution).

I always thought Short Round would serve as a good guide when Indy and whoever accompanies him in a quest to find the Monkey King.
bkmeijer2
bkmeijer2 - 7/9/2021, 1:11 PM
@TyrantBossMedia - That would be work great. Now I kinda wanna see that
BlackIceJoe
BlackIceJoe - 7/9/2021, 8:08 AM
If Nazis do play a part in the film, I wonder how crazy Disney will go with this movie, because there is so many crazy things you hear like the Nazis had a base on the moon.

Would Disney go into things like how Nazis did just that in the Wolfenstein universe or try to keep it more like the reason America landed on the moon was to stop some alien invasion plan.
bkmeijer2
bkmeijer2 - 7/9/2021, 11:39 AM
@BlackIceJoe - I'm kinda hoping it's neither and the moonlanding is only used a recognizable thing to establish the timeframe
Kyos
Kyos - 7/9/2021, 8:11 AM
I am cautiously neutral about this. Could be a cool send-off for the character Indiana Jones. I hope they really let Indy be old this time, because he [frick]ing is.
Kyos
Kyos - 7/9/2021, 8:12 AM
I really need to find the time to replay the only canon 4th Indy story.
HeeroG
HeeroG - 7/9/2021, 8:21 AM
Indy is going to space on horse with rockets strapped to it.
BackwardGalaxy
BackwardGalaxy - 7/9/2021, 8:27 AM
Crystal Skull was embarrassing. Let's hope this one can at least clear that bar.
Dotanuki
Dotanuki - 7/9/2021, 8:28 AM
Mads is going to be a Nazi scientist designing a space station that looks like a moon.
BillyBatson1000
BillyBatson1000 - 7/9/2021, 8:35 AM
I hope we get to see Buzz Aldrin punching-out Nazis and (potential) moon-landing-deniers.
SpideyQuad
SpideyQuad - 7/9/2021, 9:24 AM
@BillyBatson1000 - Don't forget the "flat earth" posters
BillyBatson1000
BillyBatson1000 - 7/9/2021, 10:02 AM
@SpideyQuad - Yep, those guys too!!!
SpideyQuad
SpideyQuad - 7/9/2021, 12:35 PM
@BillyBatson1000 - LMBO
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