Harrison Ford to Be De-Aged in "Indiana Jones 5"

Hollywood star Harrison Ford is set to be de-aged for the opening sequence of "Indiana Jones 5".

The fifth installment sees Ford reprising his iconic role as the fedora-wearing, swashbuckling archaeologist.

It arrives almost 15 years since the last movie, 2008’s “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull”, and over four decades after the initial installment, 1981’s “Raiders of the Lost Ark”.

The upcoming movie will take place in 1944 so will require the 80-year-old Ford to look some 40 years younger.

The sequence was put together using brand new software that used archive footage of Ford from the earlier Indiana Jones movies and matched it with new material shot for the upcoming movie. 

The original leather jacket that Ford wore in "Raiders of the Lost Ark" was also used and replicated to fit present-day Ford.

Ford spoke to Empire about seeing his younger self brought back to life.

“This is the first time I’ve seen it where I believe it. It’s a little spooky. I don’t think I even want to know how it works, but it works," he noted.

The untitled movie is set to be the last time Ford reprises the role of the famed archeologist. 

It will also be the first movie in the franchise not to be directed by Steven Spielberg, who directed the first four movies in the franchise and was initially set to direct “Indiana Jones 5”, however, he passed the filmmaking reins to James Mangold in 2020.

"Indiana Jones 5" will also star Antonio Banderas, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Mads Mikkelsen, Boyd Holbrook, and Shaunette Renée Wilson.

Spielberg is expected to remain hands-on as a producer, while George Lucas, who co-created Indiana Jones with Spielberg, hasn’t been officially involved with the latest installment.

"Indiana Jones 5" will hit theaters on June 30, 2023.