Personally, I’m wondering if having the movie set before “Last Crusade” means there’s a chance we’ll get involvement from Indy’s father, Henry Jones Sr. After all, he was an archaeologist long before his son put on the fedora, and it wouldn’t be too hard for the character to have some kind of presence, whether it’s in a flashback, reading a letter to Indy, being heard on a phone call, or maybe even helping Indy somewhere in person. With an adventure that sprawls from “hallowed halls of the Vatican and the arid deserts of Egypt to the lush and sunken temples of Sukhothai and the frigid peaks of the Himalayas,” the expertise of Indy’s father could certainly come in handy.
Having a new wrinkle and a piece of adventure between the Jones family would make for a nice addition to the canon. Though Sean Connery is no longer with us, neither is Denholm Elliott, but that didn’t keep his character Marcus Brody from appearing in the game’s trailer. Surely, there’s a good Connery voice actor out there who could bring the senior Jones to life in video game form alongside Troy Baker as Indiana Jones.
Furthermore, as the trailer teases, there are also plenty of Nazis messing about in this new adventure. Though we won’t encounter any of the primary villains from “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” since they all either had their faces melted off or ended up blown away entirely, there will still be plenty of Hitler’s cronies to whip, punch, kick, and shoot, and that will surely make the game very satisfying.
“Indiana Jones and the Great Circle” doesn’t have a specific release date yet, but it’s expected to arrive sometime in 2024.