Harrison Ford will be de-aged in Indiana Jones 5 to appear younger. The upcoming Indiana Jones film’s director, James Mangold, spoke with Empire about his vision for the enduring adventure series. Mangold stated he wanted an opening sequence that would “give the audience an adrenaline surge” in an effort to emulate previous director, Steven Spielberg. 

Harrison Ford will have a face-off against the Nazis in 1944 in Indiana Jones 5 much as he did in Raiders of the Lost Ark from 1981. Ford was 39 years old when that movie debuted. He is currently 80 years old.

Let’s have a look at some of the movies that have used de-aging technology brilliantly:

Captain Marvel (2019)

Captain Marvel is almost a buddy cop movie, as it follows the titular character (Brie Larson) and Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) trying to track down the Kree. B Fury is about 20 years younger than he is in the current MCU films because the story takes place in the 1990s, which necessitates significantly deaging Jackson.

Since a significant part of the film is in close-up, many fans believe that Jackson’s face appears to be made entirely of rubber. Although he may appear to be in his 40s, many believe that he still moves like he is in his 70s, which may be the reason why the movie is ranked as one of the worst MCU films by Metacritic.

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Gemini Man (2019)

Since Ang Lee is considered a pioneer in CGI and directed the visually spectacular Life of Pi, he came back with Gemini Man to push the boundaries even further. In this film, Henry (Will Smith) is being pursued by his younger self. However, the film didn’t do as well as the director’s other successes, and it was one of the worst box office flops of 2019, largely because of how shoddy the CGI looked. Furthermore, the basic idea had already been executed in Looper, far more effectively and without the need for CGI.

X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)

Many critics believe that X-Men: The Last Stand employs some of the most horrifying de-aging techniques ever used in a motion picture. Professor Charles Xavier truly looks like an egg in a moment where he is shown to be decades younger than he actually is and has the smoothest, roundest bald head.

Unfortunately, the series has a history of poor aging, as demonstrated by the audience’s repeated encounters with Xavier’s uncanny valley egg-head in Days of Future Past, a far better film with equally awful CGI.

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)

Rogue One contains a number of unconvincing de-aging technology instances. Princess Leia makes a surprise appearance in the film. With her airbrushed looks and puffed-up cheeks, the character did not at all resemble Carrie Fischer.

The Grand Moff Tarkin image was the most divisive of all, as it wasn’t so much a case of de-aging as it was a wholly CGI reconstruction of the character since Peter Cushing passed away in the 1990s. Even though he was moving his mouth while speaking, it didn’t appear natural.

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Tron: Legacy (2010)

 Tron: Legacy is a 28-year sequel to the original, it is one of the earliest films to attempt CGI de-aging. There is still a version of Kevin Flynn (Jeff Bridges) who is not older than he was in 1982 since he has been imprisoned in a virtual environment for that long.

This resulted in one of the weirdest character portrayals in movie history, as the model is virtually a caricature of Bridges and doesn’t resemble him at all.