Harrison Ford to be digitally rejuvenated for ‘Indiana Jones 5’ sequence

After new details were revealed about one of the most important film franchises in contemporary history, it has been revealed that, ‘Indiana Jones 5’ will contain a sequence of scenes in which we will see Harrison Ford in his young stage. This will be possible thanks to digital rejuvenation, VFX technology will remove the actor’s age to bring him back to the forties.

A few days ago the first images of ‘Indiana Jones 5’ were exclusively published empire magazinewith them, it was revealed that actor Harrison Ford will be aged using visual effects to make it look like it was in the original trilogy. It should be noted that we will not see him as a young man throughout the film, but in a scene that we will see at the beginning when the archaeologist is in the castle in 1944 and faces a group of Nazis.

The fifth installment of ‘Indiana Jones’ will take place in the late 1960s, as has long been known. James Mangol, director of the film, said that the opening sequence in which we see a young Harrison Ford will take place in 1944, when the henchmen of Adolf Hitler posed a great risk to Indy.

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According to the director, opening the film with such a scene was born from the decision to pay homage to the first films created by Steven Spielberg and George Lucas. It’s this same opening sequence that will take the archaeologist to the castle, and while it’s confirmed that this will be the plot, no further details have been revealed about what we’ll be able to enjoy at its premiere which will take place in 2023 .

I wanted the opportunity to immerse myself in this kind of George and Steven film and give the audience an adrenaline rush… [Quiero que el público] I’ve literally experienced the buccaneer spirit of those early days and then the beginning of now,” said Mangold.

Harrison Ford proud of his age and admired by technology in the new ‘Indiana Jones’

After the fight that Indy will have against the Nazis in the 1940s, we will return to the 1960s, according to James, who assures that the passage between the years is intended to bring the public the experience of living the buccaneer spirit of the Primes days.

My hope is that even if it’s going to be talked about in terms of technology, you just look at it and say, “Oh my god, they just found some footage.” It’s something they filmed 40 years ago,” added producer Kathleen Kennedy.

Empire reports that there were several techniques that got Harrison Ford rejuvenated for “Indiana Jones 5”, the sequence was obtained through a new ILM software which allows the tracking of archived images of the actor, comparing the previous scenes and the new ones that correspond to the current era.

Meanwhile, Harrison Ford He has claimed to the same media that he is surprised to see himself digitally rejuvenated and while it is surprising to him, what he has achieved has taken him back to his youthful days and being proud of his age.

It’s the first time I’ve seen it and I believe it. It’s a little creepy. I guess I don’t even want to know how it works, but it works… It doesn’t make me want to be young though. I’m glad I earned my age.”

The film up to now is kept with a title reserved not to anticipate more about the plot, but it is a fact that ‘Indiana Jones 5’ opens June 30, 2023 in theaters, with a cast primarily composed of Ford, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Mads Mikkelsen, John Rhys-Davies, Boyd Holdbrook, Toby Jones and Antonio Banderas, among many others.

The long-awaited film is being developed and released and at a time when Lucasfilm and Disney as described Variety, they are trying to revive the franchise in every way. Even the new ‘Indiana Jones’ would be part of the Disney+ catalog.