For the first time in franchise history, legendary filmmaker Steven Spielberg will not be at the helm of the next Indiana Jones film. He has stepped down from directing the currently untitled fifth film by his own accord and was not involved in any creative differences, according to Variety. Instead, he reportedly wished for a younger generation of filmmakers to tell their version of an Indiana Jones story.
Sources say that James Mangold, best known for the smash hit finale to Hugh Jackman's Wolverine character Logan and the recent awards season favourite Ford v. Ferrari is in talks to direct the next installment. Spielberg will remain on the project as a "hands-on producer", while there has been no word if the other half of the original Indy braintrust, George Lucas, will come out of retirement to be involved with the fifth installment. Harrison Ford is also set to don Jones' iconic hat and whip once more, and mentioned that filming would begin in a few months, while also mentioning that the creative team wanted to make sure they got it right before they began.
Indiana Jones 5 is currently set to release on July 9, 2021.
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