The organizers of the Cannes Film Festival said on Monday that Indiana Jones will return to action in May, with Harrison Ford marking the global premiere of his final tour as the daring archaeologist.
‘Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny’, which also stars Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Antonio Banderas, is the fifth installment of the action franchise and will premiere at the Cote d’Azur festival on 18 May.
Ford has stated that this will be his final appearance as the whip-cracking, fedora-wearing archaeologist, who became one of Hollywood’s most iconic characters after the first part, ‘Raiders of the Lost Ark,’ was released in 1981.
‘Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull,’ the preceding entry, also premiered at Cannes in 2008.
The new picture, which is set in the 1960s space race, features a flashback segment in which the 80-year-old actor has been digitally de-aged.
It is the first film in the series that was not directed by Steven Spielberg. He remains executive producer, but James Mangold takes over as director.
“In 1995, I was honored to come to Cannes with my first film ‘Heavy’ as part of the Director’s Fortnight. Twenty-eight years later, I am proud to return with a slightly larger spectacle,” Mangold said in a statement.
Mangold has had a steady run of Hollywood successes, including ‘Logan’ (2017), ‘Ford v Ferrari’ (2019) and Johnny Cash biopic ‘Walk the Line’ (2005).
The festival will take place from May 16 to May 27, and the entire lineup will be released in the coming weeks.
‘Killers of the Flower Moon,’ the latest film from Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio, has already been set to have its global premiere at the festival on May 20.
