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Plot and character details have still been kept tightly under wraps, until now. The Illuminerdi can exclusively reveal the roles of Mads Mikkelsen and Shaunette Renée Wilson. And on top of that, when the next installment of the Indiana Jones franchise will take place.
According to our sources, Mads Mikkelsen will be playing the villain in this new installment of Indiana Jones. His character is described to us as a Nazi scientist enlisted into NASA by the United States government to work on the space agency’s moon landing initiative.
Shaunette Renee Wilson will be playing Mads Mikkelsen’s villain’s CIA handler responsible for “babysitting” the Nazi scientist turned NASA recruit. There will also be a female villain, “an evil and brutal killer” who will work with Mads Mikkelsen’s character. According to our sources, Scarlett Johansson actually passed on this role previously.
Mads Mikkelsen’s character’s description not only reveals that he will be the villain of Indiana Jones 5, but when the franchise’s next installment will be taking place.
The next Indiana Jones adventure would logically be set during the 1960s space race. NASA’s Apollo 11 landed on the moon in 1969, so it wouldn’t be a shock for the film to be set later in the 1960s, especially since the fourth Indiana Jones film was set in 1957. And in classic Indiana Jones fashion it looks like our hat wearing, whip wielding, archeologist will have another chance to punch some Nazis, with Mikkelsen’s villain being a former scientist for Hitler’s Reich.
Originally Posted by Superturtle:
Just read a plot synopsis.
Spoiler!
Yep, we're jumping right back into the old miserable broken hero trope. Enough for me to skip this one
That's really the best way to treat cherished Intellectual Property, right? Characters that have been loved for decades.
Just...shit on 'em. Make sure that what you learn, 30 years after you cheered for the good guys to win, was that none of it matters and everyone hates themselves in the end.
They needed to adopt the British detective series model where the protagonist is some dusty librarian looking old guy with halitosis yet is idolized by his colleagues and community for his tenure of brilliance. [Reply]
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They needed to adopt the British detective series model where the protagonist is some dusty librarian looking old guy with halitosis yet is idolized by his colleagues and community for his tenure of brilliance.
4 years in that dusty old British detective turns into Jason Bourne, though.
Originally Posted by DJ's left nut:
That's really the best way to treat cherished Intellectual Property, right? Characters that have been loved for decades.
Just...shit on 'em. Make sure that what you learn, 30 years after you cheered for the good guys to win, was that none of it matters and everyone hates themselves in the end.
Just a home run approach, really.
I don't get it. It's really not that hard to sideline a beloved character respectfully instead of what Disney keeps doing. [Reply]
Epic. All of it. #TheRiseofSkywalker is a terrific finale that is just stuffed with so much of everything. Action, adventure — answers!! — humor, heart, love, and grit. I spent the entire second half with tears in my eyes - a wonderful way to end the Skywalker story pic.twitter.com/K2NhHSGWzM
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Liberation: "Stunning fifth installment in the saga, James Mangold's film brings its hero out of retirement to face a threat from the past. With Harrison Ford, as a good old star as we do more."
Le Figaro: "This fifth and final film, lively and lively, brings to a brilliant close a legendary saga that began 42 years ago with Raiders of the Lost Ark, signed by the creative duo George Lucas and Steven Spielberg."
Le Monde: "At 300 million dollars (against 18 for the first episode), Mangold could have afforded to miss the funeral, but he gets away with it with honors."
Le Parisien: "We saw the new Indiana Jones... and we loved it. Spectacular, funny and very spirited, he made us capsize."
20 Minutes: "History and history intertwine in a very funny way and the superb action scenes often give way to beautiful moments between the characters. We even wiped away a little tear from time to time."
Premiere: "If the film never reaches the heights of Steven Spielberg's first three in terms of action and comic timing, James Mangold elegantly appropriates Indiana Jones, between great spectacle and very clever modernization of the legend. "
Le Point: "The 5th film in the saga partially redeems the disappointment of the previous one and the aging myth regains color."
La Voix du Nord: "Credible or not, it's jubilant. (...) However, this generosity also has its downside. A litany of references to the saga that turns into self-quotation, even copying."
Sud Ouest: "Spectacular, funny... A sometimes implausible farewell but one that has panache."
