INDIANA JONES 5 is Reportedly Being Rewritten By THIS IS US Creator and Story Details Revealed For The Previous Draft

Disney and Lucasfilm announced that Indiana Jones 5 was in development last year and that David Koepp (Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull) was writing the script. Koepp was then replaced by Solo writer Jonathan Kasdan and he started developing a new story from scratch.

Well, now there’s a new report from Making Star Wars that says This Is Us creator Dan Fogelman is the new screenwriter that has been hired to take on the challenge of writing the film. Fogelman also wrote films such as Cars, Last Vegas, Fed Claus, and Life Itself.

Obviously, Lucasfilm wasn’t on board with what Kasdan was looking to do because Fogelman is said to be changing the whole story for the movie that Kasdan was working on. So, what exactly was Kasdan’s Indiana Jones 5 movie going to be about? Well, here’s what the report says:

“My sources believe the idea for the Kasdan Indy 5 script Jon Kasdan was working on focused on the Walbrzych Gold Train legend. Supposedly, a train full of Nazi gold went missing near the Polish city of Walbrzych. The train departed from Breslau with gold, masterpieces, weapons and other unknown priceless artifacts. It was then hidden in a series of mines dug by the Nazis.”

I’ve heard about this Walbrzych Gold Train legend and while it would be a fun story to tell, I think Indiana Jones needs to be on the hunt for something a little mythic. That’s what makes Indiana Jones so awesome is that he goes after the relics that are supposed to be unattainable and have some kind of supernatural element to them. I don’t know, it just seems to me like that would be a little boring for Indiana Jones.

We have no idea what angle Fogelman will be taking on his rewrite, but according to the report, it won’t involve Jones looking for the missing Nazi treasure. He seems like an odd choice for the job, but let’s see what he comes up with.

Steven Spielberg will be back to direct the film and Harrison Ford will reprise his role. Spielberg is deep into the development of West Side Story at the moment and won’t get to Indiana Jones 5 until he’s finished with that.

Disney set the release date for the film for July 9th, 2021.

What adventure would you like to see Indiana Jones embark on next?