80-year-old Harrison Ford has said that “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny,” will be the fifth and final time he plays the titular hero.
“It’s the last time for me,” he told Variety’s Marc Malkin. Sayanora to the iconic fedora and bullwhip.
One last premiere and then, maybe, some other actor takes over. Variety has confirmed that ‘Indy 5’ will will world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, either on the second or third day of the festival.
We’re not very surprised by this news. It was inevitably going to happen. “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of Crystal Skull” also had a big splashy Cannes premiere in 2008.
Ford is an Octogenarian and he’s already stretching it by appearing in this upcoming Indy movie, set for summer release. The trailers looked good enough, but there’s an air of been-there-done-that surrounding this fifth film.
What Disney are surely hoping for is a successful Cannois launch akin to last year’s incredible “Top Gun: Maverick” reception, which was met with positive reviews and an honorary Palme d’Or for Tom Cruise.
‘Dial of Destiny’ has a $300 million budget. I don’t sense any genuine excitement for this film, but people will show up this summer to see it (I think). The stench of ‘Crystal Skull’ is still felt by many fans, but given that this is Ford’s final hurrah with the fedora and whip maybe that’ll be enough to sway audiences to buy a ticket.
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