James Mangold Talks About How He's Going To Approach INDIANA JONES 5

One of the film projects that Logan director James Mangold is currently developing is Indiana Jones 5 for Lucasfilm and Disney. He is taking over the directing duties from Steven Spielberg. We have no idea what to expect from this next chapter in the franchise, but it will be the final time we see Harrison Ford take on the role of Jones.

During an interview with CB, the filmmaker was asked about how he will approach the Indiana Jones movie, and while he didn’t offer any story details, he did say:

"I'm always trying to find an emotional center to operate from. I think the most important thing is, in an age when franchises have become a commodity, that serving the same thing again. At least for me, in the dances I've had with any franchises, serving the same thing again, the same way, usually just produces a longing for the first time you ate it. Meaning, it makes an audience wish that they just had the first one over again. So you have to push something to someplace new, while also remembering the core reasons why everyone was gathered. And to use Logan as an example of that, when you're dealing in a world of a very pressured franchise."

Mangold goes on to explain his use of Logan as an example, saying:

"For all of the things, and there were many that I freed myself from in the canon, in the baggage, to try and make the best story. The core values of Logan, of Wolverine, and Charles Xavier and the X-Men, were something that I felt we never abandoned. The core ideas of their honor, their sense of duty, and the uniqueness of this particular set of characters that they were outcasts, oddities. Beings that had no home in this world, and yet we're trying to do good. Were trying to do something right and find their way. Those core issues were at the heart of the movie. And in any franchise I take in, I'd always be trying to capture and make sure that we preserve those core ideas that are at the center, because that's why these stories are more than franchises. They're the fairy tales of our contemporary culture."

I’m a fan of Mangold’s work. Especially Logan and Ford v Ferrari. Those were great films with wonderful stories and character development in these films. That being said, I can’t wait to see what Mangold ends up bringing to the Indiana Jones franchise.