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Total Film
Total Film
Entertainment
Matt Maytum

James Mangold talks de-aging Indiana Jones for a 25-minute Dial of Destiny opening sequence

Harrison Ford in Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny will open with an all-out Indy escapade set in 1944, in a castle inhabited by Nazis. Much talk has already been made of the VFX that will digitally de-age Ford to the era of the original trilogy, or thereabouts. The trailer features a moment of gasp-worthy VFX magic when a bag is pulled from Indy’s head, revealing, well, a much younger Indiana Jones than we’ve seen for a while. 

The movie's director James Mangold tells Total Film magazine in the latest issue that there was nothing particularly unusual about the shooting of the scene. Harrison Ford (who could still fit in his original jacket) would act out the scene as normal, albeit with myriad dots on his face to capture the performance.

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