Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom is a 1984 American action-adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg. It is the second installment in the "Indiana Jones" franchise and a prequel to the 1981 film "Raiders of the Lost Ark", featuring Harrison Ford reprising his role as the title character. After arriving in North India, Indiana Jones is asked by desperate villagers to find a mystical stone and rescue their children from a Thuggee cult practicing child slavery, black magic and ritual human sacrifice in honor of the goddess Kali. Executive producer and co-writer
Indiana Jones (franchise) collaborated with Lawrence Kasdan on the film's "love dialogue". The introduction of Mutt Williams (Shia LaBeouf) in "Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" led to speculation that LaBeouf will take over the franchise from Ford. In an interview with "IGN", "Spielberg indicated that LaBeouf has to make multiple "Transformers" movies before he can move over and take on the fedora and bullwhip of Indiana Jones." The actor himself said, "Am I into it? Who wouldn't be? I don't think that's reality. It's a fun rumor." Ford said he would return for a fifth film if it does not take another twenty