And is it based on history and scientific speculation?
The challenge, then, was to bring characters from that older world into a more modern period.
Mangold describes the character as a “catalyst” for the film.
Harrison Ford and Phoebe Waller-Bridge in ‘Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny’.Lucasfilm
John Rhys-Davies returns as Sallah, last seen in the third film,The Last Crusade.
Mikkelsen and Holbrook play the villainous Voller and his lackey, Klaber, respectively.
It’s not lost on Mangold how special the character of Indiana Jones is to fans, including himself.
He uses unorthodox weapons to defend himself.
You know, like Marvel’s Wolverine, whose swan songLoganMangold also directed?
“I’m always interested in this idea of a hero at sunset,” the director says.
“What does the hero do when the world no longer has a place for him?
This is an Indiana Jones film.”
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destinyhits theaters June 30, 2023.
