Indiana Jones and the Great Circle safe codes: Combinations for all locks and doors
None of these safes are, err, safe from Dr Jones... even in the DLC!
Found in the dankest of crypts and ornate offices of Indiana Jones and the Great Circle are a number of locked safes and doors, and we've got them all so that your time as cosplaying Indy isn't impeded by such pesky combinations! We've also got all the Indiana Jones and the Great Circle: The Order of Giants DLC safe codes as well. The safes are spread across all the missions and locations found in the game, with some being required to unlock as part of the story, and others just holding extra goodies. We're not sure if Troy Baker, who plays the titular Indiana Jones, will need the extra help, as he recently told the Radio Times Gaming team that he will be on his third playthrough when it launches on the Nintendo Switch 2. We can't speak for the rest of the cast, however... Nevertheless, it's a good thing that you're playing the game in the here and now, as back when the game is set, poor Indy couldn't just look up the safe codes on Radio Times. Also, over on the Radio Times Gaming YouTube channel, we have some video guides for the Jesus on the Crucifix, Fountain of Confession, and The Exhibit puzzles, as well as how to defeat Voss. But, as for those Indiana Jones and the Great Circle safe codes, read on! Indiana Jones and the Great Circle safe codes: Combinations for all locks and doors Here is the full list (as far as we’re aware based on what we’ve played) of safe codes and combinations for all locks in Indiana Jones and the Great Circle: Indiana Jones and the Great Circle Vatican City safe codes Apostolic Palace safe | Part of the Signs of Trouble Mystery | Code: 1891 Belvedere Courtyard locked chest | Inside a tent in Belvedere Courtyard | Code: 5238 Father and Son Mystery safe | Part of the Father and Son Mystery – in a room next to Borgia Tower | Code: 5873 Museum Wing locked chest | Part of the A Date to Remember Mystery – You must start the A Nun in Trouble fieldwork to unlock the museum | Code: 6380 Museum Wing safe | Found during the A Nun in Trouble fieldwork | Code: 7171 Post Office Cellar locked chest | In the cellar of The Vatican Post Office | Code: 1136 Sistine Chapel safe | Part of the Secret of Secrets Mystery | Code: 4471 Indiana Jones and the Great Circle Gizeh safe codes Bright Future Mystery locked chest | Part of the Bright Future Mystery | Code: 0926 Main Nazi Encampment laundry room safe | In the main Nazi Compound of Gizeh, next to The Great Pyramid Excavation | Code: 40926 Meteorological Station locked chest | Part of the Cloud Atlas Mystery | Code: 0609 Nazi Vehicle Garage locked chest | In the Nazi Vehicle Garage | Code: 0805 Wehrmacht Key Shed locked chest | In the locked shed between the Great Pyramid excavation site and the Nazi Vehicle Garage | Code: 13218 Wooden House locked chest | Near Khentkawes Tomb, written in Egyptian numerals | Code: 3262 While we've got your attention, fancy checking out an interview with Troy Baker? It's all about his portrayal of Indiana Jones in the game. We'll include the video version below for you! Indiana Jones and the Great Circle The Himalayas safe codes Officer’s Quarters locked door | Found during the main story mission in The Himalayas, solved using the 'Kummetz Cypher' | Code: 3666 Indiana Jones and the Great Circle Sukhothai safe codes A Game of Wits safe | Behind the Mak-Yek board in Voss's Camp | Code: 3186 Submerged hut safe | Part of the Path of Tigers Mystery | Code: 2480 Voss's Gold Stash safe | You’ll find this as part of the main story mission in Sukhothai | Code: 5484 Wat Chanasongkram locked chest | Part of the Timely Arrival Mystery | Code: 59404 Wat Mahathat locked chest | Part of the Counting Letters Mystery | Code: 4134 Indiana Jones and the Order of Giants DLC safe codes Casina Pio IV safe | Next to the desk where you find Federico's Letter | Code: 1222 Tiber River shack safe | First shack on the right at the Fascist Outpost on the Tiber River during Palazzo Ricci | Code: 1234 Cloaca Maxima Tunnel safe | Just before the tunnel splits, there is a safe to the right | Code: 5752 Ricci's bedroom safe | Found in Ricci's bedroom during Cloca Maxima | Code: 4768 Check out more of our Gaming coverage or visit our TV Guide and Streaming Guide to find out what's on. For more TV recommendations and reviews, listen to The Radio Times Podcast.
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle soundtrack: Full track list and how to listen
Have you been playing Indiana Jones and the Great Circle and wondering who composed its awesome soundtrack? You’re in luck, as we’re here to tell you. If you’ve been enjoying listening to the game’s bops as you’re punching, shooting, and whipping Nazis, you’ll be pleased to learn you can listen to the soundtrack outside of the game, too! Before we dive into all the deets of the soundtrack, you may also be looking for a full Great Circle achievements guide. We’ve also got a full list of safe codes for you to use whenever you come across a locked chest, safe or door in the game. The game's cast list is as impressive as its soundtrack, too. Back to the music. Here is everything you need to know about the Indiana Jones and the Great Circle soundtrack, including who composed it, where to listen to it and its full track list. Who composed the Indiana Jones and the Great Circle soundtrack? The Indiana Jones and the Great Circle soundtrack was composed by Gordy Haab. Haab has composed many video games in the past, and has worked with Lucasfilm Games numerous times. Gordy Haab has composed and collaborated on the soundtracks of the following games: Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings Star Wars: The Old Republic Kinect Star Wars The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct Star Wars Battlefront (2015) Halo Wars 2 Star Wars Battlefront 2 (2018) Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order Star Wars: Squadrons MultiVersus Star Wars Jedi: Survivor Star Wars: Hunters Can I listen to the Indiana Jones and the Great Circle soundtrack? You can listen to the Indiana Jones and the Great Circle soundtrack on Spotify! If you’ve loved the soundtrack while playing through the latest Indy console adventure, you’ll be thrilled to learn its full soundtrack is available to listen to on Spotify. While you can head to the app to give it a spin, we’ve also embedded the whole thing right here: View oEmbed on the source website Full track list for Indiana Jones and the Great Circle The full track list for the Indiana Jones and the Great Circle soundtrack features 33 tracks and four bonus tracks – 37 in total. Here is the full track list for Indiana Jones and the Great Circle: The Great Circle Gina's Theme One Stormy Night The Intruder Story Time A New Adventure Awaits Birdwatching Follow That Nun The Parchment The Catacomb Secret Stones Find That Cat Where Are We Signs of the Stones The Dig Site A Short Exit Gizeh Why Did it Have to be Snakes Being Buried The Unbodied Nepal Air An Unexpected Reunion The Battleship The Stone Activates To Sukhothai The Archive The Path is Revealed Ziggurat The Flood Voss’ Plans It’s a Circle The Heavens Open Up Until the Next Adventure Count G (bonus track) Mark the Strong (bonus track) Smitten (bonus track) Etcetera Etcetera (bonus track) Check out more of our Gaming coverage or visit our TV Guide and Streaming Guide to find out what's on. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to The Radio Times Podcast.
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle: Release date and UK launch time confirmed
"Always knew someday you’d come walking back through my door..."
Almost four years since its initial announcement, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is finally set to launch. Anticipation is naturally sky-high, with lots of questions remaining. After all, it's been a long road for the whip-wielding hero, made famous by Harrison Ford, with the likes of Nathan Drake and Lara Croft leading the globetrotting treasure-hunting adventures for decades in video games – but finally, it's Indy's time to shine. Developed by MachineGames – best known for the Wolfenstein and Quake series – the single-player adventure will follow Indiana Jones in 1937 as he looks to stop various nefarious groups from claiming the mysterious power of the Great Circle. This will take the archaeologist from Rome to Thailand to Egypt to the Himalayas and beyond in a whirlwind tale that looks to match the beloved movies. With not long until launch, we've rounded up everything you need to know about Indiana Jones and the Great Circle – including the release date, how to get early access, when it's coming to PS5, all the latest trailers and much more. Indiana Jones and the Great Circle release date Bethesda Softworks and MachineGames have confirmed that Indiana Jones and the Great Circle will be released on Monday 9th December 2024 across Xbox Series X/S and PC. In addition to this, the game will also receive a PlayStation 5 release sometime in spring 2025. Some rumours have pointed to April as a possible launch month. Indiana Jones and the Great Circle: Early access explained For anyone wanting to jump into Indiana Jones and the Great Circle ahead of its official release, upgraded versions of the game will grant early access. Doing so will let you play the game from as early as 6th December 2024. To gain early access to Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, players will need to purchase one of the following: Premium Edition Base Game (Digital or Physical) Up to three days early access The Order of Giants Story DLC (upon release) Digital Art Book Temple of Doom Outfit The Last Crusade Pack – Traveling Suit Outfit and Lion Tamer Whip Premium Upgrade (via standard digital edition) Up to three days early access The Order of Giants Story DLC (upon release) Digital Art Book Temple of Doom Outfit The Last Crusade Pack – Traveling Suit Outfit and Lion Tamer Whip Collector's Edition Base Game The Great Circle 11-inch Globe with Hidden Storage Up to three days early access Allmaker Relic Replica with Game Code (Base Game) Jumbo Steelbook Case New Adventure Journal The Order of Giants Story DLC (upon release) Digital Art Book Temple of Doom Outfit The Last Crusade Pack – Traveling Suit Outfit and Lion Tamer Whip Indiana Jones and the Great Circle UK launch time Indiana Jones and the Great Circle will be available to play for those in the UK at 12am GMT (midnight) on Monday 9th December 2024. Pre-load for the game on Xbox is now available with around 131GB for Xbox Series X and 86GB for Xbox Series S. Anyone who opts for the Early Access version will be able to start their adventure from 1am GMT on Friday 6th December 2024. That's essentially a 48-hour headstart. It's worth noting that this is a single-player adventure, so there is no benefit from starting the game early over others unless you are keen to find out the story. Is Indiana Jones and the Great Circle on Game Pass? Yes, the good news is that Indiana Jones and the Great Circle will be available on both Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass. The bad news is that only the standard edition is available via the subscription service, so you will have to wait until 9th December if you want to play this way. That said, Game Pass subscribers can buy the Premium Upgrade to gain access to the game from 6th December 2024. Can I pre-order Indiana Jones and the Great Circle? Yes, pre-orders for Indiana Jones and the Great Circle are now available for Xbox and PC. See below for the different Xbox pre-order options: <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Indiana-Jones-Great-Circle-Xbox/dp/B0DF8215NV/ref=sr_1_3?crid=ZDSVAY48U89Y&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.ZezIzxETPnPs3RFAfyMbwy0z349ZB30qVbwFMQCIbF8DrH91nZzYJ-4Dm2MiawrNZrVYcHnGJH9IQ3XbooduBp54Opsatzv5TXnEuDDdG0Rww-wRfXWN_YQ8SSV1kQoxEChIeBCPeOYI5hGdTXSprbSwTSWDWBCROtWpUZT1_j1pTZ1ijh68dUKJ3XlES2RSauFqwcTpNCFhyBH9RNOQ4woUYzVAIQpAhqI8KzRp8lU.6z20pYr9GIm7tSw19-xfoo2EmiLkMQ6KGtIzYy4Cya0&dib_tag=se&keywords=indiana%2Bjones%2Band%2Bthe%2Bgreat%2Bcircle&nsdOptOutParam=true&qid=1733314910&sprefix=indiana%2Bjones%2Band%2Bthe%2Bgreat%2Bcircl%2Caps%2C135&sr=8-3&th=1&tag=radtim0b-21&ascsubtag=radiotimes-1963792" target="_blank" rel="sponsored">Standard Edition – £59.99 <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Indiana-Jones-Great-Circle-Premium/dp/B0DF81DYLD/ref=sr_1_3?crid=RS9HZF6VSMN8&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.UMY_t1IccnX3YtV0pGi9t0dl2b09Sugo0oW9WuJMVp3NKW4I0qrvqVF0q45hTCqHMUyIM8TMbGiwvfzlnjDlX3hLD0HpjJYHmCAcHEjJIic.J7J7Atrq4C1B8D6GziR8YEyTquX8m57rD9o-nX9z4Sk&dib_tag=se&keywords=indiana+jones+and+the+great+circle+premium&nsdOptOutParam=true&qid=1733315026&sprefix=indiana+jones+and+the+great+circle+premiu%2Caps%2C175&sr=8-3&tag=radtim0b-21&ascsubtag=radiotimes-1963792" target="_blank" rel="sponsored">Premium Edition – £99.99 <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Indiana-Jones-Great-Circle-Collectors/dp/B0DJBKKW8H/ref=sr_1_2?crid=2YV1QS0XP559I&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.czcLj42bV7qzwF30SQQpwxpp-7aSLEYLgkh3nABqjBDW-WNs5rzyC8gh5B3wq_A1IM7hfnzhxjkhV8YpytCvPwgMwyYSsKx9bo-pX5TVfAqk6Qbd3-UgHZbdl5RbYD7nJEA8vlP5bsc5SUFdiY30Og.uYacLT0TA1coyGf39Wic3R47gw4jk-sYyWZgp_bp51E&dib_tag=se&keywords=indiana+jones+and+the+great+circle+collector%27s+edition&nsdOptOutParam=true&qid=1733315067&sprefix=indiana+jones+and+the+great+circle+collector%27s+edition%2Caps%2C140&sr=8-2&tag=radtim0b-21&ascsubtag=radiotimes-1963792" target="_blank" rel="sponsored">Collector's Edition – £189.99 See below for the Steam pre-order options: Standard Edition – £59.99 Premium Edition – £85.99 Collector's Edition – £189.99 Is Indiana Jones coming to PS5? Yes, Bethesda Softworks has confirmed that Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is coming to PlayStation 5 in 2025. After months of rumours and speculation, this was confirmed by the studio during Gamescom Opening Night Live in August 2024. Tango Gameworks's Hi-Fi Rush originally launched on Xbox in January 2023 before making the jump to PlayStation 5 in March 2024, as an example of Microsoft titles coming to Sony's platform. Some other examples include Grounded and Sea of Thieves. As a result, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is a timed exclusive for the Xbox console, with a PS5 launch expected in spring 2025. That's a much faster turnaround than previous Xbox games being brought over, so it might set a precedent for it happening more often. Which consoles and platforms can play Indiana Jones and the Great Circle? Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is only available to play on Xbox Series X/S and PC via Windows and Steam... that is, at least, at launch. The globe-trotting adventure will then come to the PlayStation 5 platform in spring 2025. No word on whether it will come to the Epic Games Store or Nintendo Switch has been announced. One seems more likely than the other, though. Indiana Jones and the Great Circle cast: Who voices Indy? View oEmbed on the source website Troy Baker voices Indy in Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, doing a decent Harrison Ford impression. The latter's likeness was utilised for the character model before Baker's voice was then implemented on top. Baker is best known to video game players as the voice of Joel in The Last of Us and The Last of Us Part 2. Baker then appeared briefly in the TV show adaption as James. Aside from this, Baker voiced the Joker in Batman: Arkham Origins, Sam Drake in Uncharted 4, Higgs in Death Stranding and Agent Jones in Fortnite, to name a few. The actor has dozens of credits to his name. Indiana Jones and the Great Circle gameplay and story details Unlike Uncharted and Tomb Raider, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle will be first-person. This means we will be inhabiting the body of Indy directly, experiencing the adventure from his eyes. It's a novel yet unexpected twist for the genre. As for the story, here's the synopsis from MachineGames: "Uncover one of history’s greatest mysteries in Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, a first-person, single-player adventure set between the events of Raiders of the Lost Ark and The Last Crusade. "The year is 1937, sinister forces are scouring the globe for the secret to an ancient power connected to the Great Circle, and only one person can stop them - Indiana Jones." With this, players can expect to travel from the halls of Marshall College to the heart of the Vatican, the pyramids of Egypt, the sunken temples of Sukhothai and beyond. The whipping, shooting, exploring and intense platforming (sometimes from an in-flight aeroplane) look pretty thrilling from the gameplay shown so far. The video footage does it justice better, which brings us to... Is there an Indiana Jones and the Great Circle trailer? Yes, plenty of trailers have now been released for Indiana Jones and the Great Circle. The first one was unveiled in January 2024 as part of a behind-the-scenes look of Xbox studios. Check it out below: View oEmbed on the source website A trailer confirming that the new Indy game will be coming to PlayStation 5 was then unveiled at Gamescom 2024 in August. Watch below: View oEmbed on the source website Bethesda Softworks uploaded the official launch trailer on 3rd December 2024, providing one final look at the game before its release. It shows off a lot, so if you want to go in spoiler-free, it's best to avoid this one. View oEmbed on the source website Indiana Jones and the Great Circle will launch on 9th December 2024 across Xbox Series X/S and Microsoft Windows. It will then come to PlayStation 5 in 2025. Check out more of our Gaming coverage or visit our TV Guide and Streaming Guide to find out what's on. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to The Radio Times Podcast.
All five Indiana Jones movies ranked from worst to best
With Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny now available on demand, we've taken a look back and ranked all five Indy movies thus far.
A couple of months after it arrived in UK cinemas, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny is now available to own digitally on a number of platforms including Prime Video, Google Play and Apple TV. Given the film marks the end of one of the big screen's most beloved franchises, we thought it was time to take a look back at the series, to determine a definitive ranking of the films from worst to best. The franchise has had some notable ups and downs across its five films, with the first four all being directed by Steven Spielberg and the most recent being taken on by James Mangold - but Harrison Ford, of course, has remained as the centre-point of the entire franchise. So, what's it to be - is The Last Crusade better than Raiders of the Lost Ark? Is Kingdom of the Crystal Skull really the worst in the franchise? And where does The Dial of Destiny fit into all this? Read on for out full ranking of all five Indiana Jones movies. 5. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) Starring: Harrison Ford, Cate Blanchett, Karen Allen, Ray Winstone, John Hurt, Jim Broadbent and Shia LaBeouf Is Kingdom of the Crystal Skull really as bad as some of its detractors would have you believe? No, it's not. It's still a fun adventure, with a game Cate Blanchett proving a menacing villain, a welcome return from Karen Allen as Marion Ravenwood, and a joyful return from Harrison Ford. It's just, definitively, the worst of the bunch. The issues start right from the film's first frame, with a CGI gopher handily illuminating a major problem which reoccurs across the film. With the movie out in 2008, Spielberg clearly wanted to make the make the most of technological advances, but in doing so lost the gritty, tactile feeling that made Indy special in the first place. Meanwhile, Shia LaBeouf's Mutt Williams and Ray Winstone's Mac prove frustrating additions to the cast of characters - and the less said about that ending reveal, the better. It's not the franchise killer that some would have you believe, but Kingdom of the Crystal Skull doesn't come close to recreating the magic from the original trilogy. Where to watch in the UK: <a href="https://disneyplus.bn5x.net/c/1236178/564546/9358?subId1=radiotimes-1851565&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.disneyplus.com%2Fen-gb%2Fmovies%2Findiana-jones-and-the-kingdom-of-the-crystal-skull%2F57O7IUX2CLrN" target="_blank" rel="sponsored" data-geniuslink="https://buy.geni.us/Proxy.ashx?TSID=114542&GR_URL=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.co.uk%2FFantastic-Beasts-Where-Find-Them%2Fdp%2FB01MQFSYYN%3Ftag%3Dradtim0b-21%26ascsubtag%3Dradiotimes-789455&dtb=1">Watch Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull on Disney Plus Watch Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull on NOW 4. Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023) Starring: Harrison Ford, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Toby Jones, Mads Mikkelsen, Antonio Banderas, Boyd Holbrook and Ethann Isidore It was perhaps unreasonable to expect the fifth and final entry in the saga to live up to the sheer brilliance of the original trilogy, but James Mangold's effort is a fitting and hugely enjoyable conclusion to the series, giving Harrison Ford one more chance to put on the fedora and crack the whip. The film is perhaps a little overlong – the middle sections feel especially baggy – and Mangold can't quite recapture the electric momentum of Spielberg's direction, but there are still some wonderful set-pieces including an opening railway scene and a thrilling chase during a ticker-tape parade. As with the previous instalment, the film's final act very much divided fans and critics, but in our opinion it was an apt way to end the series. Throw in some returning favourites, great new characters – including Mads Mikkelsen in typically reliable form as a Nazi villain – and thoughtful musings on ageing, and this makes for a satisfying coda to the series. Where to watch in the UK: Buy Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny on Prime Video 3. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) Starring: Harrison Ford, Kate Capshaw, Ke Huy Quan, Amrish Puri, Roshan Seth and Philip Stone The troubled middle child from the original Indy trilogy, there's always been something a little off with Temple of Doom. The film is far darker than the others, less neatly structured, and there have been numerous controversies around its cultural depictions ever since it debuted. However, there's also a lot to like here. For one thing, Ford is fully committed to the role in a way which is far more assured than in Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. There's also the presence of Ke Huy Quan's Short Round, a very welcome addition to the cast who has been sorely missed ever since. There's a dark comedy present in the film's more gruesome scenes, too, and a number of the action sequences are some of the best the franchise has produced. Where to watch in the UK: <a href="https://disneyplus.bn5x.net/c/1236178/564546/9358?subId1=radiotimes-1851565&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.disneyplus.com%2Fen-gb%2Fmovies%2Findiana-jones-and-the-temple-of-doom%2F3WPnpSTfwhgU" target="_blank" rel="sponsored" data-geniuslink="https://buy.geni.us/Proxy.ashx?TSID=114542&GR_URL=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.co.uk%2FFantastic-Beasts-Where-Find-Them%2Fdp%2FB01MQFSYYN%3Ftag%3Dradtim0b-21%26ascsubtag%3Dradiotimes-789455&dtb=1">Watch Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom on Disney Plus Watch Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom on NOW 2. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) Starring: Harrison Ford, Sean Connery, Denholm Elliott, Alison Doody, John Rhys-Davies, Julian Glover, River Phoenix and Alex Hyde-White The success of The Last Crusade is, of course, down to multiple factors - but none perhaps more crucial than the absolutely winning father-son dynamic between Harrison Ford's Indy and Sean Connery's Henry. The pair's team-up produces some of the franchise's funniest and most heartfelt scenes, while also giving us a glimpse of a different side of Indy. The film further succeeds by taking things back to basics, and lovingly recreating some of the magic from Raiders of the Lost Ark. It's based once again on the search for a mysterious, mythological artefact, the Nazis are back as the villains, and both Denholm Elliott and John Rhys-Davies return to give the series a greater sense of continuity. It's an adventure film with a capital A, exceptionally well-paced and packed full of classic moments. And it's only just pipped to the post... Where to watch in the UK: <a href="https://disneyplus.bn5x.net/c/1236178/564546/9358?subId1=radiotimes-1851565&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.disneyplus.com%2Fen-gb%2Fmovies%2Findiana-jones-and-the-last-crusade%2F5zqAAQzi5YlH" target="_blank" rel="sponsored" data-geniuslink="https://buy.geni.us/Proxy.ashx?TSID=114542&GR_URL=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.co.uk%2FFantastic-Beasts-Where-Find-Them%2Fdp%2FB01MQFSYYN%3Ftag%3Dradtim0b-21%26ascsubtag%3Dradiotimes-789455&dtb=1">Watch Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade on Disney Plus Watch Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade on NOW 1. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) Starring: Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Paul Freeman, Ronald Lacey, John Rhys-Davies and Denholm Elliott Could it be anything else? The original, and still the best, Raiders of the Lost Ark blew the doors off the action-adventure genre when it was first released in 1981, and remains an exemplary model of how to craft such a story. Ford is at his best here, perfectly cast as the roguish, stubborn yet loveable character. He's utterly charasmatic throughout and guides you through this pulpy world of villains and myth and adventure, which knows how to take itself seriously while still having fun with the material and boasting a winning sense of humour. People have questioned the effect of Jones on the story, but at the end of the day, does it matter? No, because if you allow yourself to be swept up by the narrative then, as with any film, it's all about the journey rather than the destination. And by the time you reach the end of Raiders, you'll have been on one of the most narratively satisfying journeys cinema has ever produced. Where to watch in the UK: <a href="https://disneyplus.bn5x.net/c/1236178/564546/9358?subId1=radiotimes-1851565&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.disneyplus.com%2Fen-gb%2Fmovies%2Findiana-jones-and-the-raiders-of-the-lost-ark%2F1iKh3IKEFc2N" target="_blank" rel="sponsored" data-geniuslink="https://buy.geni.us/Proxy.ashx?TSID=114542&GR_URL=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.co.uk%2FFantastic-Beasts-Where-Find-Them%2Fdp%2FB01MQFSYYN%3Ftag%3Dradtim0b-21%26ascsubtag%3Dradiotimes-789455&dtb=1">Watch Raiders of the Lost Ark on Disney Plus Watch Raiders of the Lost Ark on NOW View Green Video on the source website Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny is now available on demand. Meanwhile, all four previous films in the franchise are available on Disney Plus. Sign up to Disney Plus for £7.99 per month or £79.90 for a full year’s subscription. Visit our Film hub for the latest news and features, or find something to watch tonight with our TV Guide and Streaming Guide. 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Indiana Jones 5: Release date, trailer and latest news
Indy is dusting off the cap and whip for one more adventure!
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny has landed in UK cinemas, marking Harrison Ford’s last outing as the titular archaeologist. Talking about the outpouring of support from fans since it was announced the movie would be his last outing as the iconic adventurer, who he began playing in 1981, Ford recently explained to RadioTimes.com: "It's been extraordinary. "It's been 15 years since we made one of these movies. During that period of time, families have passed the four films on to a new generation of filmmakers and it's a different time in life - but Indiana Jones still has some magical appeal." Talking about why Dial of Destiny is an extraordinary movie, he added: "This is a special kind of film and in this world that we're living in, with all the division into camps, there's a feeling that this is crosscutting all that stuff and this is about something else, something that used to be strong in our cultures, which is a sense of our common humanity, and we're missing that." Ford is joined by Phoebe Waller-Bridge, who plays Indy's goddaughter Helen Shaw, and some familiar faces from the previous four entries to the franchise too. While we wait for more news on a sixth film, here is everything you need to know about Indiana Jones 5, including how to watch the film. Indiana Jones 5 release date After premiering at the Cannes Film Festival on Thursday 18th May, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny was released in cinemas on 30th June 2023. The release date came three years later than originally hoped, 15 years since the release of the last film in the series (Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull) and more than four decades since the first entry in the franchise (Raiders of the Lost Ark.) Production officially started in June 2021, with a leaked on-set photo of Harrison Ford in costume as Indy causing quite a stir on social media. Who stars alongside Harrison Ford in Indiana Jones 5? There is already a strong cast for Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny. As Harrison Ford approaches his 80th birthday, fans have long speculated whether the actor would choose to retire from the demanding physical stunts of Indiana Jones - but that doesn't seem to be the case. In February 2020, producer Kathleen Kennedy said that Ford would indeed reprise the iconic role and that he "can't wait" to do so, but Ford has confirmed that this will be his final outing as Indy. In 2016, Disney boss Bob Iger alluded to the future of Indiana Jones beyond Ford's involvement: "We’ll bring him [Harrison Ford] back, then we have to figure out what comes next." Plenty of new characters look to be joining the series for this film – with some very exciting names having been confirmed for the cast in as yet unspecified roles. One of the first to be announced was Fleabag star and creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge, although details about her character were kept under wraps. The trailer introduces her character Helena as Indy's goddaughter and a figure in the thick of the action. Just a few days later it was revealed by Deadline that Mads Mikkelsen would also be joining the cast, with the Danish actor once again taking on a villain – a Nazi scientist recruited by the US government. Mikkelsen said: "I rewatched Raiders of the Lost Ark the other day, it is so well-done and so charming, and it’s such great storytelling. So yes it’s a great honor to be part of that franchise that I grew up with… "I’m in a lucky position where they let me read the script before. And yes, it was everything I wished it to be, so that was just great." Later in April, The Wrap reported that German actor Thomas Kretschmann (Avengers: Age of Ultron) would also be joining the film, while in May, it was revealed that Narcos star Boyd Holbrook and The Resident's Shaunette Renée Wilson had also landed roles. Antonio Banderas was also confirmed to appear. Meanwhile, it also emerged that Toby Jones would have a role in the film after the Detectorists star was spotted on the set of the new film, supposedly as a new sidekick for Indy. Jones later appeared in the trailer. Indiana Jones 5 trailer The most recent trailer – and the longest to date – was unveiled at the Star Wars Celebration in London on Friday 7th April 2023 – teasing a little more about the story and the relationship between Indy and his goddaughter Helena (Phoebe Waller-Bridge). You can check it out below: View oEmbed on the source website The first trailer was released at Brazil Comic-Con 2022 and featured Ford being digitally de-aged to appear younger in flashback sequences. An additional trailer was released in December 2022, giving fans a look at Jones jumping back into action – albeit rather reluctantly – to travel the world and search for lost artefacts one last time. The footage also features a bunch of other cast members, including Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Mads Mikkelsen and Boyd Holbrook, as well as shots of a young Ford in the opening flashback sequence. A second trailer was unveiled during the Super Bowl on Sunday 12th February 2023, giving fans a look at a tense encounter between Indy and the movie's villain, Voller (Mikkelsen). Watch below: View oEmbed on the source website Who is returning for Indiana Jones 5? As for returning stars from previous instalments in the franchise, aside from Ford, John Rhys-Davies, who played Sallah in Raiders and The Last Crusade, reprised his role in the franchise - but the Lord of the Rings actor had previously conceded that such a return was "unbelievable". Speaking to the Daily Express in 2019 he said, "Well I keep sending signals that I’d love to be [involved] but I’m not on the mailing list at the moment," adding that, "Sallah is no longer a believable character given the history of the Arab world and the West since we did the first one." Karen Allen was also rumoured to reprise the role of Marion Ravenwood, who, of course, married Indiana Jones at the end of the most recent film. Does Shia LaBeouf return for Indiana Jones 5? The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull was notable for introducing Transformers star Shia LaBeouf as Mutt Williams, the son of Indiana Jones and Marion Ravenwood (Karen Allen). Judging from a number of not-so-subtle hints dropped throughout the movie, it seemed that he was being groomed to take over the franchise, but those plans have since been abandoned. Back in 2017, screenwriter David Koepp confirmed that LaBeouf's character does not feature in the upcoming fifth entry, and his absence is explained in the film. What happens in Indiana Jones 5? Indiana Jones 5 sees Ford’s character take on the franchise’s recurring villains - the Nazis - in 1969 during the height of the space race between the Soviet Union and the United States. Speaking with Empire magazine, the film's co-screenwriter, Jez Butterworth, previously said: "The simple fact is that the moon-landing program was run by a bunch of ex-Nazis. How ‘ex’ they are is the question. And it gets up Indy’s nose…” He continued: “It’s not just that the model of what a hero is has completely changed. It’s not just that they’re looking for something where there’s nothing up there – it’s like Reno without the gambling, or whatever his line is. But the people that are behind it are, you know, his sworn enemies.” Ford has also confirmed this will be the last time he cracks his whip – and the film gives us a fairly definitive ending to the saga. Did Steven Spielberg direct Indiana Jones 5? Indiana Jones 5 is the first chapter in the series to be directed by someone other than legendary filmmaker Steven Spielberg, who announced he was stepping down from the project in February. In his place, James Mangold was hired to helm the movie featuring Harrison Ford's charming adventurer. Mangold won the adoration of fans for his 2017 smash-hit Logan, which depicted the final days of Hugh Jackman's violent Marvel superhero Wolverine. While there was little chance of Indy 5 being anywhere near as explicit or blood-soaked, it did share a similar narrative theme of an ageing icon going on one last hurrah. That being said, Spielberg had previously promised fans that Indiana Jones would not be killed off in the fifth film, so going out in a blaze of glory was always off the table. Franchise co-creator George Lucas, who played a big role in deciding the story for the previous four movies, was involved in the upcoming entry at all, according to screenwriter David Koepp, who wrote an early draft of the film. But one stalwart of the franchise who will be back is legendary composer John Williams, who is returning to write the score – which is sure to include some callbacks to his classic Indiana Jones theme. View Green Video on the source website Visit our Film hub for the latest news and features. If you're looking for something to watch, check out our TV Guide or Streaming Guide. The latest issue of Radio Times is on sale now – subscribe now to get each issue delivered to your door. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to The Radio Times Podcast.
LEGO Indiana Jones cheats: Full list of codes & how to use them
Just don't try to input the codes with a whip.
If seeing Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny in cinemas has made you want to pick up LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures, you'll want to know the full list of cheat codes in the game. First released in 2008 for PC, Nintendo DS, PS2, PS3, PSP, Wii, Xbox 360 and even Mac, LEGO Indiana Jones does exactly what you would expect - retelling the first three movies in the franchise in a charming brick-based way. With co-op gameplay and plenty of secrets to unlock, it proved to be a family-friendly treat for Indy fans. And if you want to know how to cheat the game to get some cool stuff, including a playable Han Solo, read on! How to use cheats in LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures To use cheats in LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures, you need to head to the university's maths classroom and insert the relevant codes there. It's quite a simple system, so hopefully you shouldn't have any trouble bending the world to your whim in LEGO Indiana Jones. We've got the key info for you below, so you'd better keep reading. How to get Han Solo in LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures If you've heard that it's possible to unlock Han Solo in the game, be aware that you'll need to complete a fair amount of leg(o)work first! You've got to collect some familiar-looking dolls. You need to find the doll versions of C-3PO (he's in The Lost Temple during Raiders of the Lost Ark), R2-D2 (Desert Ambush in Last Crusade), Chewbacca (City of Danger from Raiders of the Lost Ark), Princess Leia (Free the Slaves in Temple of Doom) and Luke Skywalker (Into the Mountains in Raiders of the Lost Ark). Once you've done all that, you should be able to buy Han Solo as a playable character by spending 100,000 studs at the in-game store. A small price to pay for Harrison Ford's other iconic hero! If you get stuck at any point, the video below should help: View oEmbed on the source website Full list of cheat codes in LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures The first set of LEGO Indiana Jones cheat codes you need to know about? That would be the character codes! Use these digits in the maths classroom to add a number of recognisable characters to your collection: Barranca - 04EM94 Belloq (Desert) - CHN3YU Belloq (Jungle) - TDR197 Belloq (Priest) - VEO29L Boxer - 8246RB British Commander - B73EUA British Officer - VJ5TI9 British Trooper - DJ5I2W Captain Katanga - VJ3TT3 Chatterlal - ENW936 Chucin - 3NK48T Colonel Dietrich - 2K9RKS Colonel Vogel - 8EAL4H Dancing Girl - C7EJ21 Desert Digger - 12N68W Desert Enemy Officer - 2MK45O Desert Masked Bandit - N48SF0 Desert Monkey Man - 3RF6YJ Desert Soldier - 4NSU7Q Desert Swordsman - 1MK4RT Donovan - 3NFTU8 Dr. Schneider (Desert) - JSNRT9 Dr. Schneider (Officer) - VMJ5US Enemy Bazookaman - S93Y5R Enemy Butler - VJ48W3 Enemy Communications Officer - 1MF94R Enemy Guard - VJ7R51 Enemy Guard (Nepal) - YR47WM Enemy Officer - 572E61 Enemy Pilot - B84ELP Fedora - V75YSP First Mate - 0GIN24 Grail Knight - NE6THI Hovitos Tribesman - H0V1SS Indiana Jones (Officer) - VJ85OS Indiana Jones (Disguised) - 4J8S4M Jungle Guide - 24PF34 Kaokan - WMO46L Kazim (Desert) - 3M29TJ Kazim (Venice) - NRH23J Laoche - 2NK479 Maharaja - NFK5N2 Major Toht - 13NS01 Mola Ram - FJUR31 Pankot Assassin - 2NKT72 Pankot Guard - VN28RH Punjabi Dignitary - KD48TN Punjabi Village Elder - 4682E1 Sherpa Brawler - VJ37WJ Sherpa Gunner - ND762W Slave Child - 0E3ENW Thuggee - VM683E Thuggee Chatterlal - CNH4RY Thuggee Priest - T2R3F9 Thuggee Slavedriver - VBS7GW Willie (DJ) - VK93R7 Willie (Pajamas) - MEN4IP Wuhan - 3NSLT8 View Green Video on the source website Beyond that, the following cheat codes can also be used in the maths classroom to add some helpful items and features to your game: Artifact Detector - VIKED7 Beep Beep - VNF59Q Character Treasure - VIES2R Disarm Enemies - VKRNS9 Disguises - 4ID1N6 Fast Build - V83SLO Fast Dig - 378RS6 Fast Fix - FJ59WS Fertilizer - B1GW1F Ice Rink - 33GM7J Parcel Detector - VUT673 Poo Treasure - WWQ1SA Regenerate Hearts - MDLP69 Secret Characters - 3X44AA Silhouettes - 3HE85H Super Scream - VN3R7S Super Slap - 0P1TA5 Treasure x2 - VM4TS9 Treasure x4 - VLWEN3 Treasure x6 - V84RYS Treasure x8 - A72E1M Treasure x10 - VI3PS8 Treasure Magnet - H86LA2 It's also worth noting that there are three bonus levels to unlock. To get them, you need collect each artefact in each film like so: Ancient City - find every artefact in The Temple of Doom Warehouse - find every artefact in The Last Crusade Young Indiana Jones - find every artefact in Raiders of the Lost Ark And that's your lot! As you can tell, there is a lot of treasure to be found if you dig deep enough into LEGO Indiana Jones. Indy would be proud. 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11 movie marathons to complete while staying at home
Two things everyone needs right now: escapism and ways to fill spare time indoors. So what could be better than closing the curtains, grabbing some popcorn (panic buying allowing) and losing yourself in a film and its countless sequels. Whether you're looking to discover a brand new franchise or want the comfort of a nostalgia-fest, there's something for everyone. Here's our list of the best franchises to binge for that movie marathon on your sofa. 1. The Marvel Cinematic Universe The ultimate movie marathon spanning 23 films, ten inter-connected franchises, three phases and a whopping 42+ hours, the Marvel Cinematic Universe probably requires a break (or five) to get through. If you didn't rewatch the entire franchise in preparation for Endgame then now's your chance - it's only going to get longer once Black Widow is (eventually) released... The whole collection is now on Disney+ - you can subscribe for £59.99 a year or £5.99 a month. 2. Harry Potter Whether you include the middling Fantastic Beasts films is up to you - but even without the spin-offs, the Harry Potter franchise provides nineteen spellbinding hours of wizards, witches and whomping willows. So whether you're reliving your childhood, refreshing your memory or (gasp) are watching for the first time, Harry Potter is always heartwarming viewing for the whole family. You can get the whole boxset of Harry Potter 1-8 for £34.99. And here's how to watch Harry Potter online. J.K. Rowling has also just made all the audiobooks available during the Coronavirus outbreak to help occupy you (and the kids) when at home. You can read the Harry Potter audiobooks free. 3. Star Wars While this would have been an easier feat just a few years ago, the Disney sequels and anthology movies add even more content to one of the most-marathoned movie franchises of all time. Head over to the newly launched Disney+ where you can find the films and new spin-off series The Mandalorian. There's just the small question of which order to watch them in - a topic highly contested to this day... Star Wars film and TV show franchise is available on Disney+ (sign up here) minus the Rise of Skywalker, but it should be added soon. 4. Indiana Jones While the long-gestating fifth film continues to languish in development hell, there's always the first four entries to rewatch for the millionth time. While we wouldn't blame you for skipping Crystal Skull, the Indiana Jones films still provide a perfectly doable four-film feast to kill time on a rainy day. You can get the complete Indiana Jones collection on Amazon for £12.99 DVD or £15.99 Blu-Ray. 5. The Lord of the Rings/The Hobbit One of the classic marathon challenges, a complete watch of all the extended editions is a rite of passage for any self-respecting LOTR lover. Die-hard fans can add the extended version of The Hobbit trilogy as well, if they're feeling particularly caffeinated. Plus, while all the hairdressers are closed, Legolas' iconic plaits can provide some much-needed style inspo. Get the six-film extended edition of Lord of the Rings on DVD or Blu-Ray. 6. James Bond Now there's a bit more time to wait before we can enjoy Daniel Craig's final outing as 007 in No Time To Die. But a James Bond movie marathon will still take you through 57 years, six Bonds and countless martinis. At 24 films however it is the longest marathon on our list - perhaps spread this one out a bit... Get James Bond films 1-24 on DVD or Blu-Ray. 7. Jurassic Park This five-film franchise is still a monster success at the box office and for good reason. Classic characters, impressive special effects and, of course, dinosaurs. Go back to where it all began and enjoy the later Chris Pratt films too, suitable for all the family to enjoy. You can get the original classic Jurassic Park trilogy and Chris Pratt's Jurassic World two-films as a boxset. 8. Rocky/Creed Not to be outdone by Harrison Ford clinging onto Indiana Jones, Sly Stallone knows he's onto a good thing with Rocky, and even got an Oscar nomination for Creed, the resurrection of the franchise. Let's take it back to the start though - running up those steps in Philadelphia to the music from the 118 ad... Get the whole Rocky collection. 9. X Men So many spin-offs, so much to be obsessed with. In fact there are more than 22 hours to enjoy. And what a cast - Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Hugh Jackman, James McAvoy, and that's just for starters. After almost a full day in X Men land, don't be disappointed when you can't shoot Wolverine-style claws out of your hand... Five of the X-Men movies are on Disney+ (the rebooted franchise) but you can also get the X-Men 8-film boxset. For the latest news and expert tips on getting the best deals this year, take a look at our Black Friday 2021 and Cyber Monday 2021 guides. 10. The Fast and the Furious No need to be either speedy or livid to enjoy these now-iconic Vin Diesel films, but a love of car chases would help. Nothing artsy or pretentious here, this is full throttle, adrenaline-junkie movie magic (with the possible exception of the fourth film, maybe skip through that one if you're short on time.) Fast & Furious shows no signs of ending anytime soon - it even birthed a spin-off, Hobbs and Shaw - but you can watch films 1-9 in the Fast & Furious boxset. 11. The Richard Curtis/Hugh Grant collection Because not every movie marathon has to feature swords. After all the action on this list, you might want to watch two grown men scrap in cinema's funniest fight scene (Bridget Jones' Diary), Julia Roberts being interviewed by Horse and Hound (Notting Hill) or the bumbling nonsense of traditional English nuptials (Four Weddings and a Funeral). We promise we won't tell anyone if you pick this over Marvel. There's a Hugh Grant selection boxset to get you started...
There’s a secret Indiana Jones Easter Egg in Solo: A Star Wars story
Director Ron Howard reveals why he couldn’t resist including a nod to Raiders of the Lost Ark – but did you spot it?
Solo: A Star Wars story is absolutely stuffed with references to other movies in the Star Wars universe, from iconic quotes, returning characters and classic spaceships to the very costumes worn by background actors. However, it turns out that it’s not just Star Wars paid tribute to in the new movie, with director Ron Howard revealing that another film from George Lucas (and connected to Harrison Ford) was given a nod in the background of a scene. “There's a little Easter Egg related to another movie that I find...that I think is a cousin,” Howard told RadioTimes.com. “And this was not my idea but I completely supported the idea of planting this little Easter Egg. And it's Raiders of the Lost Ark.” Harrison Ford is digitally inserted into the new Han Solo trailer Harrison Ford gatecrashed Alden Ehrenreich’s Star Wars interview RadioTimes.com newsletter: get the latest TV and entertainment news direct to your inbox View oEmbed on the source website According to Howard, the nod to the action-adventure film comes during scenes starring Paul Bettany as gangster Dryden Vos, who has an unusual skull among his collection of alien artefacts that pays tribute to part of the original Indiana Jones movie. It’s easy to miss, but Howard was keen to include it as it also brought a connection to Solo co-screenwriter Lawrence Kasdan, who actually wrote Raiders of the Lost Ark in the 1980s. “Larry Kasdan also wrote that,” Howard explained. “And while this wasn't his idea - OK I'll just go ahead and say it. It was his son [and Solo co-writer] Jon.” “I do think these movies are sort of cousins,” Howard continued. “Because you know Han Solo - who's not only played by Harrison Ford, as was Indiana Jones - but Indiana Jones is kind of a version of an awkward, yet adorable and ultimately effective hero, who gets himself in and out of scrapes. “And it's a singular adventure story. And [Solo] is a singular adventure story, unlike the other movies which have been war stories, and these sort of epic, family dramas. So this one has this other vibe, this other spirit. And in some ways it does remind me of Raiders.” And it’s a comparison that Solo’s leading man Alden Ehrenreich agrees with, separately telling RadioTimes.com that he saw the film in the Indiana Jones mould himself. View oEmbed on the source website “I just think that kind of the adventure story of it all, the kind of Indiana Jones mould of not so much one whole long story that extends over three things, but different serial chapters of his adventure stories, seems like what it wants to be,” he said. And of course, the Easter Egg returns the favour for the many Star Wars Easter Eggs hidden in the Indiana Jones franchise – including an ancient carving of C-3PO and R2-D2 and a bar called Club Obi Wan – that fans have been obsessing over for decades. All in all, it’s good to know the writers and directors of these films are just as nerdy and obsessive as the rest of us. We’re no longer feeling Solo. Solo: A Star Wars Story is in UK cinemas now
Indiana Jones 5 to start filming April 2019
Harrison Ford will be 76 years old by the time shooting starts on the as-yet-untitled movie, but director Steven Spielberg is preparing for another adventure
Steven Spielberg will start shooting the untitled fifth Indiana Jones in just over a year’s time. Speaking at the Rakuten TV Empire Awards, the director revealed that the film – set to star a 76-year-old Harrison Ford – will begin production in the UK in April 2019. George Lucas will have no say in the story for Indiana Jones 5, screenwriter claims Indiana Jones 5 will not be the last movie confirms Disney boss “It’s always worth the trip when I get to work with this deep bench of talent coming out of the UK,” Spielberg said during his acceptance speech for the Legend of Our Lifetime award. “The actors, and the crew, the chippies, the sparks, the drivers — everybody who has helped me make my movies here, and will continue helping me make my movies here when I come back in April 2019 to make the fifth Indiana Jones movie right here.” View oEmbed on the source website Apart from Ford’s re-casting as the adventurer archaeologist, much of Indy’s next movie is a mystery. However, Disney have revealed David Koepp, writer of Jurassic Park and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, will pen the screenplay. Jones’s son Mutt Williams, played by Shia LaBeouf in Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, will not be returning.
This guy tried to mansplain the Indiana Jones costumes to the woman who designed them
“You have got to be kidding,” was Deborah Landis’ response
Mansplaining – the phenomenon where men feel the need to explain things to women that women already know – is infuriating at the best of times. It is particularly irritating when, for example, a man attempts to explain the Indiana Jones movie costumes to the woman who literally designed them. This is exactly what happened during Wednesday’s episode of the US quiz show Jeopardy. The question was: "Charlton Heston's wardrobe in 1954's Secret of the Incas inspired the clothes worn by this adventurous character 27 years later." The answer was Indy, but one movie fan wasn’t convinced and engaged in a debate with costume designer Deborah Landis about it. Landis’ son then posted a screenshot of the pair’s exchange on Twitter. View oEmbed on the source website The post has now gone viral, with many calling out the guy for mansplaining. View oEmbed on the source website View oEmbed on the source website He won't be doing that again...
How Star Wars and Harry Potter composer John Williams became the biggest sound in Hollywood
The veteran composer has five Oscars, eight Baftas, 23 Grammys - and now an 85th birthday Prom
Any mention of John Williams, the world’s most hummable living film composer, deserves a fanfare. But which one to choose? The imperious opener from the first chapter of Star Wars, whose massed trumpets deliberately recall a saluted entrance to the Roman Colosseum? The lively reveille of Raiders of the Lost Ark, one of action cinema’s great calls to arms? What about the slow-building theme from Jurassic Park, told in strings rather than brass, its sense of wonder so infectious it has you craning your neck upwards as if surveying a 30ft-tall brachiosaurus? John Williams, 85 this year and still performing and composing at the top of his game, has literally created his own accompaniment. View oEmbed on the source website There’s a handful of veteran film composers for whom age is no barrier: Italian maestro Ennio Morricone, touring at 88 and winner of his first Academy Award last year for The Hateful Eight; Philip Glass, 80, still contributing to film scores such as Stoker and Leviathan; and at 73 the relative whippersnapper Randy Newman, without whom Disney/Pixar animations would be very quiet. But John Williams, native New Yorker and longtime denizen of Los Angeles, remains unimpeachable as the people’s choice. His greatest hits are cornerstones of modern cinema. He’s the Paul McCartney of symphonic orchestral music. Even if you can’t instantly name that tune – is it the theme from ET the Extra-Terrestrial or Indiana Jones? – you know it’s a Williams, as you’re already whistling it. His insidious opening bars for Jaws – dur-dum, dur-dum – envelop you from the ankles up, and vie for moving-picture immortality only with Bernard Herrmann’s stabbing, shrieking strings from Psycho. One thing the music of Williams is not is incidental. View oEmbed on the source website Expect then to be conveyed to a cinematic nirvana when up to 18 of Williams’s best-loved themes, including many of those mentioned here, are sampled in a Prom by the BBC Concert Orchestra on 20 July, broadcast live on Radio 3 and shown on BBC4 the following evening. It’s an appropriate accolade. Williams knows his history channels the founding fathers of film music – Herrmann himself, Alfred Newman and Franz Waxman – having worked for them as an orchestrator when fresh out of New York’s Eastman School of Music in the late 50s. When the young Steven Spielberg first heard Williams’s score for the 1969 western The Reivers, he assumed it was by a grand old man of 80 and was shocked to discover he was half that age. But his debt to the great classical storytellers tells us all the more about his genius. You can hear the influence of Tchaikovsky’s ballets and Wagner’s operas in his work. His leitmotifs have been signposting who’s who in sagas as complex as Star Wars or Harry Potter for decades. It’s no surprise he’s so generously medalled. The Academy’s most nominated composer and second most nominated individual of all time (after Walt Disney), Williams has racked up 50 Oscar nods since he moved from TV to film in the late 60s, winning five (best original score for Jaws, the first Star Wars, ET, and Schindler’s List; one for best adaptation and original song score for Fiddler on the Roof). View oEmbed on the source website There are also the eight Baftas, four Golden Globes, three Emmys and 23 Grammys; and inductions into the American Classical Music Hall of Fame and the Hollywood Bowl Hall of Fame. In 2005, the American Film Institute named Star Wars the greatest American film score of all time. Star Wars does well in the vast world of classical music, too. Each year the listeners of Classic FM vote for their all-time favourite classical pieces in the station’s Hall of Fame poll. The resulting Top 300 is dominated by Mozart, Beethoven and Tchaikovsky, but Williams remains the most popular living composer, with a record ten pieces in the current chart. A combined entry for his work on the Star Wars series is his highest at number 27. From that series, his score for Episode VII: the Force Awakens clinched his 50th Oscar nomination, which put him ahead of the late Alfred Newman. Don’t be surprised if his score for the next film, The Last Jedi, earns him a 51st. View oEmbed on the source website I have been presenting Classic FM’s weekly show Saturday Night at the Movies for more than two years, and I estimate that JW crops up in around 75 per cent of our themed shows, from romance (Love Theme from Superman) to war movies (Hymn to the Fallen from Saving Private Ryan) via literary adaptations (Empire of the Sun) and comedy (the misfiring spoof 1941, whose rousing march is a beauty). It’s no coincidence that Williams found a life-long ally in Spielberg, the world’s most recognised living film director, as both understand how to please a crowd. Between them, the former US Air Force Band conductor and the ex-Boy Scout have produced some of the biggest and most decorated hits of all time, from Jaws to Lincoln via Close Encounters, ET, Indiana Jones, Schindler’s List and War Horse. View oEmbed on the source website Fifteen years Spielberg’s senior, Williams remembers their first lunch meeting in 1972, telling the Los Angeles Times: “It was like going with a teenager who’d never ordered wine before... He was a little older than my children.” This is an enduring image: the urbanely avuncular Williams, prematurely balding but warmly compensated by the constant, neat beard, 40 before he found fame and a gentleman who wears it lightly. There’s a lovely clip of him at the piano in his office in 1981, debuting the theme for ET for Spielberg while the rushes spool noisily through a Moviola: the pair of them finesse a chord sequence before our eyes. View oEmbed on the source website To mark the 85th-birthday John Williams Prom with a less obvious fanfare, try the chorale that accompanies the liberation of Shanghai in Empire of the Sun, Exsultate Justi. More trumpets, naturally, but the voices are through the roof. Asked in an interview recently whether he had any plans to take it easier, Williams replied: “I don’t have plans to slow down. I think slowing down happens to us anyway, whether we plan to or not. So why plan it?” Business as usual then. John Williams Proms is on Friday 21st July at 8pm on BBC4
This is when you’ll see Frozen 2 in cinemas
Along with a rather delayed Indiana Jones 5
Crank up the Let It Go remix and grab your Olaf Pop vinyl, because there’s finally a release date for the much-anticipated Frozen sequel – though it’s quite a way off yet. According to Disney, Frozen 2 is set for a 27th November 2019 release – over two and a half years away from now and a full six years after the original movie graced cinemas (with more or less the same release date). Still, it’s an appropriately wintry debut that’s sure to introduce a whole new generation of kids to the world’s catchiest song. And hey – at least it’s not the 11-year gap between Toy Story 2 and 3. Other fan-favourite release date reveals by Disney yesterday include the Wreck-it Ralph sequel (21st November 2018), the live-action Lion King movie (19th July 2019), a Jack in the Beanstalk retelling called Gigantic (25th November 2020) and Star Wars sequel Episode IX, the latter of which has been scheduled in spring rather than its now-expected December slot. View oEmbed on the source website Oh, and there’s also some little film called Indiana Jones 5 that also has a new release date – 10th July 2020 – delayed for around a year due to the busy schedules of director Steven Spielberg and star Harrison Ford. In other words, your movie-watching for the next few years is already all mapped out, with an assurance that whatever age you are you'll definitely feel old as new sequels to your childhood favourites continue to crop up at the multiplexes. Thanks Disney!
Star Wars and Harry Potter music to be played at Proms concert dedicated to John Williams
The film scores will be performed at a concert celebrating the 85th birthday of the legendary film music composer
The legendary theme music from Star Wars and Harry Potter will be played at the BBC Proms this year. Scores from Jaws and Indiana Jones will also be performed as part of a concert which celebrates the 85th birthday of film composer John Williams. Williams composed some of the most iconic film scores in history, writing music that has become synonymous with franchises like Harry Potter and Star Wars. The most famous Star Wars music, Luke’s Theme, is among the most widely recognised in film history. The score for the first Star Wars movie in 1977 is the highest grossing non-popular music recording of all-time, and won Williams one of his five Oscars. "Will people come dressed as Star Wars characters? I'd be really disappointed if they don't," said Proms director David Pickard. He went on to praise the musician's "wonderful, varied" scores. However Williams will not be able to attend the concert, as his age prevents him from taking trans-Atlantic flights. The John Williams tribute is one of almost 90 concerts that will take place as part of the 123rd Proms this summer. See the full line up at the Proms website
George Lucas will have no say in the story for Indiana Jones 5, screenwriter claims
Warning: this article contains reminders that Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull happened
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull: the film nobody really wanted, but the one we got anyway, complete with scenes of our beloved archaeologist swinging alongside CGI monkeys and chatting it out with boggle-head aliens. And that. Ruddy. Fridge. View oEmbed on the source website But we’ve got good news about the yet-to-be-named Indy 5, starring Harrison Ford and directed by Steven Spielberg: unlike Crystal Skull, George Lucas is having no involvement in the story, says screenwriter David Koepp, who collaborated with Spielberg on Jurassic Park and War of the Worlds. Speaking to Collider, Koepp said the original Star Wars director has not been consulted about the story for the upcoming film: “He’s not, to my knowledge. I’ve had no contact with him.” Hopefully that means the next Indy outing, Indiana Jones and the *add adjective/ archaeological object here*, will be more like Star Wars: The Force Awakens (a film where Lucas curbed his creative input) and less like Star Wars: The Phantom Menace (a film in which Lucas gave us Jar Jar Binks getting his tongue tasered numb). And when asked how the script was coming along for the next Indiana Jones (hoping to be filmed late 2017) Koepp said: “I’m deeply immersed as we speak. All I can say is that there’s lots of aliens and Indy dies at the end [laughs]. Lots of hiding in lead-lined refrigerators, aliens, and he dies. Should go over very well.” Feel the room, Koepp. That's really really not funny.
Jacob Tremblay's thank you note to chocolate and Star Wars is adorable
"Indiana Jons" is another favourite of the Room star's things...
The cutest kid in Hollywood is good at acting and all - but he's a real pro at capturing the hearts of grown-ups who love nothing more than a sweet, polite, grateful child. Room star Jacob Tremblay took to his Instagram account on Friday to say thank you for some of his favourite things. “Thank you, chocolate for giving me pleasure every day,” he wrote. “Thank you, Star Wars four giving me entetament. Thank you, Iindiana Jons the same reson as Star Wars. Thank you, box cuter four cutting my finger off #yathatrellyhurt.” “Sorry, I am a terrible speller!” he wrote under the pic of his handwritten notebook entry. The note was an imitation of talk show Jimmy Fallon’s Tonight Show segment in which the comedian reads Thank You notes to the things he loves best. We're with you there, Jacob. Star Wars gives us entetament too.
Indiana Jones 5 will not be the last movie confirms Disney boss
"I don't think it reaches the scale of the universe of Star Wars, but I see making more", says Disney's Bob Iger
Under Disney's guidance, the Star Wars universe has expanded faster than ever before. And now it seems like they are planning to pull off the same trick with Indiana Jones. Disney CEO Bob Iger revealed in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter that the upcoming Indiana Jones 5 starring Harrison Ford will not be the last movie in the franchise – although he hinted that they future films could indeed feature a young Indy. "Right now, we're focused on a reboot, or a continuum and then a reboot of some sort," Iger said. "We'll bring him [Harrison Ford] back, then we have to figure out what comes next. That's what I mean. It's not really a reboot, it's a boot – a reboot. I don't know." Backing himself into a corner, he admitted he had had "discussions about what the direction is" after Ford stars in Indiana Jones 5 – and he was using the Star Wars universe as a model. "I don't think it reaches the scale of the universe of Star Wars, but I see making more," he said. "It won't be just a one-off." Director Steven Spielberg has already confirmed that he won't kill off Indy at the end of the fifth film, and added recently that he was more than confident that Ford would be able to pull off whatever the script threw at him. “As Harrison matures so does his character and yet he did so many of his own stunts in The Force Awakens,” Spielberg told the New York Daily News. “He keeps himself in such brilliant physical shape that I don’t believe when 2018 comes around, which is when I’m slated to direct the fifth instalment coming out in 2019, I think Harrison is going to be able do a lot of what the script is asking him to do."
Harrison Ford won’t be killed off in Indiana Jones 5 promises Spielberg
It’s the only plot detail he’ll give away, but it’s a good one
Indiana Jones won’t die in the next film. That’s according to director Steven Spielberg. It’s the only plot detail he’ll give away about the upcoming sequel, but it’s good to know after what happened in Star Wars. But we won’t talk about that. "The one thing I will tell you is I'm not killing off Harrison [Ford] at the end of it,” the director told the Hollywood Reporter, adding that he’s "super excited" about returning to the franchise, with this next instalment slated for July 2019. "I think this one is straight down the pike for the fans,” he said. So we can expect some action, some romance and no doubt some snakes. We do know that the film will follow on from the antics of Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, rather than veering off as any sort of spin-off. And it makes sense that Indy isn’t going anywhere. Producer Frank Marshall has already hinted that further sequels could happen, with the caveat that it “depends on the story”. Disney first acquired the rights to the Indiana Jones franchise when it purchased LucasFilm in 2013 in a multi-billion dollar deal, prompting rumours that a fifth film was in the works alongside the studio's Star Wars: Episode VII – a film which of course went on to top box offices around the world. In the meantime, Spielberg has his remake of Roald Dahl's The BFG hitting cinemas on July 22nd. Check out a trailer here.
These Indiana Jones fans spent 7 years filming a shot-for-shot remake of Raiders of the Lost Ark
Thirty-five years ago, three 11-year-old Indiana Jones fans in Mississippi had an idea – why not try to remake Raiders of the Lost Ark, a film they all loved, every shot duplicated to the best of their ability with their minimal resources (including real fire and snakes)? As fan film projects go, it was certainly ambitious – which is why it ended up taking them seven years to work on it, with the group eventually leaving the project unfinished after they were unable to replicate Raiders’ explosive airplane set piece scene. And so the story might have ended – except that two decades later, every cast member of the fan film reunited to try and complete their masterpiece, resulting in the creation of brand-new documentary Raiders! The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made. View oEmbed on the source website Now you can see exactly how well the trio’s project turned out in this side-by-side trailer, which ranges from amazing to extremely odd (we’re not sure why there’s a shower curtain behind one character, or why the actor playing Sallah has such an odd beard on). Clearly, this was an adventure worth remembering. Raiders! The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made will be available on DVD from 16th August
Everything fans want to see from the new Indiana Jones movie
All the plots, characters and settings we'd love to see in the new Indy movie starring Harrison Ford
Indiana Jones is back, and fans are already poring over what the new movie could be about. No plot details have been revealed, and although we know Harrison Ford will be back, the blank canvas gives plenty of space for fans to pitch their own plot lines. Here are some of our favourites. Indy in Vietnam The last movie, Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, was released in 2008 and set in 1957. The new movie is due out in 2019, and if you assume a similar time gap, that would set the it in 1968. So, Swinging Sixties? Cold War? It's certainly rich pickings for a historically-minded action archeologist. But perhaps the most exciting option is Vietnam. Blogger Stuart Fitzwilliam points out on ComicsandNoir.com that if the time frame is right, Indy's going to find himself slap bang in the middle of the Vietnam War. "The focus of American politics in 1968 was, of course, Vietnam," he writes. "The war there was escalating and the CIA were active across the region in attempts to provide support to US allies and undermine their adversaries. Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos were political and military hot spots for the US and USSR during this time." Military backdrop? Check. Archeological significance? Check. "The region also has a rich cultural history that’s reflected in it’s many Hindu and Buddhist temples," Fitzwilliam adds. "Probably the most famous of these, Angkor Wat, dates back to the 12th century and has been used as a location for multiple movies; it was a location for Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, a character that has a direct lineage to Indiana Jones." It's a great thought, but there is one caveat: Indiana Jones movies have not always moved forward at the same rate as the time it takes to make the films. For example, first movie Raiders of the Lost Ark is set in 1936, but the second instalment, Temple of Doom, is set in 1935. The series has never been chronological. Bring back Short Round! Indiana Jones is old. We get it. It's clear he'll need a bit of help to get on with the jumping and the whip-cracking. Enter Short Round, the kid from The Temple of Doom who, according to fans online, has loads more to give. Shorty was a Chinese orphan who quickly became Indy's companion – after trying to pick his pocket of course. He's a key character in that movie, as this comment from Twitchfilm points out. "Temple of Doom is, arguably, as much Shorty's adventure as it is Indy's – John Williams even supplies him a full-throated orchestral theme, called, appropriately enough, 'The Adventures of Short Round.' He even has a hat." Oh yes. So, what does this mean for the new film? "I'm only proposing that the character of Shorty, aged forward fifteen years and having lived in America since 1935, would make a hell of a lead character for a new cycle of Indiana Jones movies. He'd have the kind of lived experience that The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles were literally built on, between his adventures in Shanghai and, presumably, life in America during World War II, when American sentiment towards Asians did not exactly tilt neighbourly." Start the campaign guys... View oEmbed on the source website What about Mutt? Indy's son is the fly in the ointment here. Shia Laboeuf played Jones's long-lost child Mutt Williams in The Crystal Skull, but he's made no secret about the fact that he doesn't feel the movie was his finest work, saying (according to NME), "I feel like I dropped the ball on the legacy that people loved and cherished." LaBoeuf's also making a new career for himself as a weird performance artist, standing in Oxford lifts and such. Add to that the fact that Harrison Ford called him a "f****ing idiot" for openly regretting his role in the franchise, and you might assume he had burned his bridges. If so, how do you write out a character like that in the next instalment? You could, as Reddit user Aveydey suggests, just explain his absence quickly with a passing comment. "I'd write him out and have Indy give a throwaway line about Mutt being in college. Remember, he did encourage him to go to school in the 4th film. "If they wanted to give Indy a successor to carry the whip it in future instalments it should be a woman. In the Young Indiana Jones Chronicles the episodes started out with Old Indy telling stories to his daughter. Indy could easily have a daughter from another woman besides Marrion out there, guy was a player." However, perhaps the more intriguing answer is to set the next India Jones film before The Crystal Skull. AgeofUltron2015 suggests that would avoid upsetting the supposedly neat wedding ending, and also reassure fans put off by the fourth movie that there's still chance for a refresh... "I hope its a prequel set 1 year prior to Crystal Skull. Not that I hate it, is just tied things off too neatly to make a sequel. I don't know whether I should be excited or scared." It sweeps LaBeouf's character out of the way, and allows for all manner of other characters to be introduced and potentially spun off when Jones is happily married and retired. Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis Or, you know, you could take a much-loved piece of Indy nostalgia and bring it to life. Enter Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis, a 90s point and click video game made by LucasArts and featuring Dr Jones looking for the legendary lost city, pursued by Nazis (obvs). "Rumours suggesting that a big screen Indiana Jones movie would see him on a quest to find the lost city of Atlantis were not in short supply in the 1990s, primarily because, we'd suggest, of the excellent computer game, Indiana Jones And The Fate Of Atlantis, that was released in 1992," Den of Geek reports. The movie that never was, set in a city that never existed, based on a video game that, in Indy's words, "belongs in a museum"? Pretty much perfect right?
Harrison Ford to return for Indiana Jones 5
Ford and director Steven Spielberg are reuniting for the fifth film in the franchise, confirm Disney Studios
Indiana Jones 5 is officially happening. Walt Disney Studios have confirmed the fifth film in the action franchise is going ahead, with original star Harrison Ford at the helm. Steven Spielberg, who worked on all four previous movies, will also return to the director's chair, with Kathleen Kennedy and Frank Marshall as producers. The new movie is yet to be given a title (suggestions in the comments box below, please) but we do have a date: it's slated to hit cinemas on 18th July 2019. "Indiana Jones is one of the greatest heroes in cinematic history, and we can’t wait to bring him back to the screen in 2019,” said Walt Disney Studios chairman Alan Horn. "It’s rare to have such a perfect combination of director, producers, actor and role, and we couldn’t be more excited to embark on this adventure with Harrison and Steven." Disney first acquired the rights to the Indiana Jones franchise when it purchased LucasFilm in 2013 in a multi-billion dollar deal, prompting rumours that a fifth film was in the works alongside the studio's Star Wars: Episode VII – a film which went on to top box offices around the world. Reports had been circulating that Disney was poised to replace 73-year-old Ford – who first introduced the explorer in 1981’s Raiders of the Lost Ark – and reboot the franchise, but this announcement makes it clear the Han Solo actor is still taking centre stage.
This clever fan theory solves one of the biggest problems with Indiana Jones
For a history professor, Indiana Jones is a pretty tough nut. He’s endured punches, falls, punches, shootings, punches and punches when, as a tenure, he could have just sat at the blackboard and flirted with his students. He even survived an atomic bomb blast by… well, by locking himself in a fridge. View oEmbed on the source website Ridiculous? Not so, says Reddit user That_Secret_Chord, who has a theory to rival even those Indy unearths. And you know what? We believe him. It all goes back to this scene in The Last Crusade: View oEmbed on the source website Yes, Doctor Jones drank from the Holy Grail, the cup of Christ that was proven to extend your life by centuries or maybe even grant immortality. As That_Secret_Chord says: Food for Thought: Indiana Jones drinking from the Holy Grail helped him survive unlikely scenarios, most notably the infamous fridge scene. Think about it: not only does some form of mystical invulnerability make sense, it’s pretty much the only way Indy could have survived The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. (Even if his reputation took a battering from critics.) Of course it doesn’t defy his death-defying feats in the earlier movies, but it helps solve one of the biggest issues in one of the best film series of all times. As they say on the internet...