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New Indiana Jones Film Rekindles Fan’s Childhood Adventure

5/13/2026

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Indiana Jones Inspires

At age five, the author watched *Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark* in a sweltering Peruvian jungle scene with his brothers.
He admired the lead’s confidence, strength, adventurous spirit, and wardrobe, which sparked a lifelong devotion to the franchise’s films, books, and games.
The recent release *Indiana Jones and the Great Circle* impressed him enough to capture screenshots and share them with his brothers.

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Keegan Picks Baker

In December 2021, performance-capture director Tom Keegan called Baker to offer the Indiana Jones role.
Keegan insisted he alone would judge the audition tape and warned a failed tape would be burned.
Although Baker suggested two alternatives, Keegan kept Baker as the final choice.
Baker said the opening must reflect the 1981 aesthetic between Raiders and The Last Crusade, while director of photography Kyle Klütz storyboarded every camera move.

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Baker Recreates

The team filmed sequence of *Indiana Jones and the Great Circle* with two Arri cameras on a jib and dolly, using Arriflex 35 IIC, Panavision Panaflex-X and C Series anamorphic lenses to emulate Douglas Slocombe’s *Raiders* look over two weeks.
A full day of rehearsal covered blocking and precise camera moves for exact replication.
Baker reported Harrison Ford praised the result and that the team’s goal was an authentic experience.

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Indiana Jones Inspires

At age five, the author watched *Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark* in a sweltering Peruvian jungle scene with his brothers.
He admired the lead’s confidence, strength, adventurous spirit, and wardrobe, which sparked a lifelong devotion to the franchise’s films, books, and games.
The recent release *Indiana Jones and the Great Circle* impressed him enough to capture screenshots and share them with his brothers.

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