“Indiana Jones 5” director James Mangold hinted at what fans can expect from Harrison Ford’s swan song, which debuts in theaters on June 30, 2023.
“It became really important to me to figure out how to make this a movie about a hero at sunset,” Mangold said in an interview with Empire.
In taking the reins from Steven Spielberg, who directed the first four installments in the franchise, Mangold wanted to address the character’s age (Ford turned 80 this year) head-on.
“The issues I brought up about Indy’s age were not things I thought were being addressed in the material being developed at the time.