As tradition dictates in the films of the famous adventurer-archaeologist, the opening of Indiana Jones’ fifth opus will be grandiose: its interpreter, the American actor Harrison Ford, will be entitled to a virtual facelift, a technological feat that will make him 40 years old Years back, either during the filming of Hunter of the lost treasure (Hunter of the lost treasure).

The first images of the film teleport the cinema visitor to 1944, to a castle infested by the Nazis. This is the time when the action of the first film in the Indiana Jones series, released in 1981, takes place.

The special effects company Industrial Light and Magic has managed to transform the face of Harrison Ford, the interpreter of Indiana Jones, back to his thirty-year-old face thanks to new software that combines archive images and scenes recently created with the now 80-year-old actor were filmed years old.

I wanted a chance to dive into that kind of old George movie [Lucas] and Steve [Spielberg] and give the audience an adrenaline rushJames Mangold, the director of the film in production, told specialist website Empire, referring to the great craftsmen of the original blockbuster.

The rest of the action takes place in 1969, 25 years later.

This isn’t the first time Industrial Light and Magic has accomplished such a feat with its technology digital decay. The international company, which has a studio in Vancouver, has used it in films like Captain America : civil war or The Irishman

But this time, according to Harrison Ford, it’s a little different: It’s the first time I’ve seen it and believed it, he told Empire. It’s a bit scary. I don’t think I even want to know how it works, but it does.

” It doesn’t make me want to be young though. I’m happy to have won at my age. »

According to Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy, the footage is so compelling that it should look like never-before-seen portions of the original work.

Indiana Jones’ fifth work will be released in June 2023. The official title has not yet been announced.