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With Jon Kasdan moving onto the recently-announced “Willow” series, Lucasfilm have offered his seat in the “Indiana Jones 5” writing room to Dan Fogelman.
That according to MakingStarWars who says the 43-year-old Jersey boy, best known as the creator of the hit series “This is Us”, will reportedly come up with his concept for the film, one featuring a different MacGuffin than the Kasdan’s script.
In the latter’s libretto, “a train full of Nazi gold went missing near the Polish city of Wałbrzych. The train departed from Breslau with gold, masterpieces, weapons and other unknown priceless artifacts. It was then hidden in a series of mines dug by the Nazis.”
That premise, which sounds similar in vein to “Temple of Doom”, is apparently being scrapped in favor of whatever Fogleman has come up with.
Though better known for his TV work, Fogleman has written a hefty napsack of movies, including “Cars 2”, “Fred Claus”, “The Guilty Trip”, Danny Collins”, and “Life Itself”, which he also directed.
The Steven Spielberg-directed, Harrison Ford-starring untitled “Indiana Jones” flick is due to open July 21, 2021.
