Indy 5 if directed by Spielberg?

some intersting concept art from the Spielberg/Koepp non Dial of Destiny Indy 5 set in China (opening Young Indy sequence) and Buenos Aires (the concept art guy looks to be updating it near daily)
https://www.instagram.com/brockbankadam/
https://www.instagram.com/p/CvwXi9CK0wh/ (Raiders sub?)
https://www.instagram.com/p/CvznN-vKBzG/ (Indy captured by Nazis?)
https://www.instagram.com/p/CwPl-UMKFSN/ (Buenos Aires. is that Felicity Jones from Rogue One?)
https://www.instagram.com/p/Cwe8upJqeRv/ (Young Indy opening in China)
from comments -

brockbankadam Spielberg was going to direct but for various reasons passed the baton to James Mangold and there was a complete re-write

timduttonart Enjoyed working on this set with you, big shame about that big script change to take the story away from China... when was it... Feb 2020...

@timduttonart it was a shame , I think it would have been a spectacular set. I don’t think anything remains from the version we worked together on

@brockbankadam yep, the only set that survived the rewrite was the Nazi plunder train, with that sequence becoming the opening instead of this one with young Indy. Real shame Spielberg left the project, especially since it was apparently down to scheduling and that all changed thanks to covid anyway. Alas!

https://twitter.com/Barnett_College/status/1697710134976266453
Some concept designs recently shared by Film Concept and Comic Artist Adam Brockbank based on production designer Adam Stockhausen's work. Apparently a story we will never see set Indy5 in China and Buenos Aires.

He did confirm on his Instagram this was Steven and David Keopp's version of Indiana Jones 5 before scheduling and the pandemic among studio and creator differences led this version to get scrapped and James Mangold stepping in to start from scratch.

My hunch is that had the pandemic not happened Spielberg wouldn’t have written Fabelmans (at least not yet) and Indy 5 would have remained his next film. Can’t say it wasn’t a good trade off. :)

Spielberg dropping out as director was a very ominus sign. I really think Skull killed the franchise more than anything. Then they waited over a decade before greenlighting Indy 5.

Bad decision after bad decision completely vanquished the once extremely loyal fan base.

He would have not made the film less generic. The franchise's dead.

I don't really have much to add, but I think this is a well thought-out post, the kind of which we don't see here often, so thank you.

Also I think this movie is destined to go down as one that people will always wonder about. Like if George Lucas had done his Sequel Trilogy. Or if Joel Schumacher had gotten to do another Batman movie.

I don't know. Things I liked a lot are now seeming outdated to me. Spielberg is a good example. One hasn't seen Indy 5, but I did see Spielberg's most recent directorial effort - "The Fabelman's". Wow - it struck me as corny, boring, disinteresting, and of course not to mention - outdated. One thought maybe time was up for Steven Spielberg. So, could he have done better with Indy 5? Well, here is another problem, one did see the Indy 5 trailer. It seemed absurd. Harrison Ford looking ridiculous. And the entire Indiana Jones concept - seemed outdated to me. I don't know if anyone could have done better with it. It could just be me as I am getting up there in age. To the young people, Indiana Jones films, the first 3 anyway, are terrific. And Steven Spielberg is a great director. You just have to go back a bit to find his best work. I'll get this in quickly, The Beatles (whats left of them anyway) released a new single called "Now and Then". I took a listen, it sounded so outdated to me. But again, to the young people, The Beatles were great - go back to what they did in the 1960s. That stuff, even now, still sounds terrific.

This game looks along the lines of what Spielbergs Indy 5 might've been?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hujLocUYl8

Nice post. I appreciate the effort.

I was really hoping that Indy V was going to be a great grand finale for the series. I didn't hate the movie like many did--I at least thought it was an improvement over Skull--but it certainly did not match the original trilogy in terms of quality.

In truth, Ford was probably just too old to really "be" Indiana Jones any more, regardless of the script. There was always going to be a kind of sadness to whatever was made, as we would be forced to face the aging of the actor, the character and ourselves. But with the right script and director it could've been a fitting swan song.

Was Spielberg the right director? Indy 4 would suggest otherwise, though if his heart was really in it, maybe he could've made something great. Was Mangold the right director? I didn't like his excessive use of CGI and the final product was not great, so I would have to conclude that no, he was not the right director.

Speaking specifically to Indy in China and Argentina, while I understand that Indy is allowed to go on adventures all around the world, to me the setting doesn't FEEL right, much how China didn't feel right in the third Mummy movie. I guess, to me, it just seems like Indy should be adventuring around in Europe and the Middle East and leave the rest of the world to someone else.

More concept art revealed https://mixnmojo.com/media/galleries/Indiana-Jones-5-Unproduced-Version-Concept-Art