Indiana Jones (franchise) in mid-2021. The series was created by George Lucas, and its films are directed by Steven Spielberg and star Harrison Ford as the title character. The Walt Disney Company has owned the "Indiana Jones" intellectual property since its acquisition of Lucasfilm, the series' production company, in 2012. Paramount retains the distribution rights to the first four films and television series. The franchise expanded to television in 1992 with the release of "The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles", a series featuring adventures the character had as a child as he traveled around the world with his father. Marvel Comics began publishing "The
Indiana Jones and the Iron Phoenix was featured as a central villain. After this game, LucasArts briefly considered making a game named "Spear of Destiny" (involving the spear of Longinus). They eventually abandoned the idea of creating a classical adventure game in the "Indiana Jones" series, instead focusing on "Tomb Raider"-style 3D action games. Thus, ending it with the release of "Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine", followed by "Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb" and "Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings". Since the game, "Indiana Jones and the Iron Phoenix" was canceled, Dark Horse Comics released a four-part comic book series based upon it.