It doesn’t seem like we ever get a new installment in the Indiana Jones franchise without a period of long development and creative indecision.
Following the mixed response to 2008’s Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, the possibility of a fifth installment was left up in the air.
Would fans be willing to accept another performance from Harrison Ford, who was already pushing his physical limits? While the last film seemingly suggested that Indy’s son, Mutt Williams (Shia Labeouf), would take over the franchise, that possibility seemed less and less likely due to Labeouf’s comments about the series and the generally negative response to his performance.
It worked out for the best with the recent allegations of abuse made against the actor.
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