Indiana Jones (franchise) and Lucas made a deal with Paramount Pictures for five Indiana Jones films. Spielberg and Lucas aimed to make "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" much darker, because of their personal moods following their respective break-ups and divorces. Lucas made the film a prequel as he did not want the Nazis to be the villains again. He had ideas regarding the Monkey King and a haunted castle, but eventually created the Sankara Stones. He hired Willard Huyck and Gloria Katz to write the script as he knew of their interest in Indian culture. The major scenes that were dropped
Indiana Jones (franchise) with Ford is unknown, but that the fifth film "won’t be just a one-off.” On January 19, 2018, Deadline Hollywood reported that Spielberg is eyeing the fifth "Indiana Jones" film as his next project following the release of "Ready Player One", which was released in March 2018. According to "Variety", the film will begin principal photography at the start of 2019. On March 19, 2018, it was confirmed by Spielberg that filming would begin in April 2019 in the United Kingdom. In July 2018, Disney pushed the film's release date later to July 9, 2021. A television series titled "The