Indiana Jones (franchise) (AxelGripp)

Indiana Jones is an American media franchise created by George Lucas based on the adventures of Dr. Henry Walton "Indiana" Jones, Jr., a fictional professor of archaeology, played primarily by Harrison Ford that began in 1981 with the film Raiders of the Lost Ark. In 1984, a prequel, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, was released, and in 1986, a sequel, Indiana Jones and the Monkey King, followed by Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade in 1989, Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis in 1992, Indiana Jones and the Iron Phoenix in 1995, Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine in 1999, all of which were directed by Stephen Spielberg. In 2003, a prequel was made featuring a younger Indy set shortly before Temple of Doom, titled Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb, directed by Anthony Hemingway and starring TBD as a younger Indy. In 2008, Spielberg returned to direct Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, which was followed the next year by another Hemingway directed prequel, Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings. A new film is in development and is provisionally scheduled to be released in 2022.

In 1992, the franchise expanded to a television series with The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, portraying the character in his childhood and youth, and including adventures with his father. Marvel Comics began publishing The Further Adventures of Indiana Jones in 1983, and Dark Horse Comics gained the comic book rights to the character in 1991. Novelizations of the films have been published, as well as many novels with original adventures, including a series of German novels by Wolfgang Hohlbein, twelve novels set before the films published by Bantam Books, and a series set during the character's childhood inspired by the television show. Numerous Indiana Jones video games have been released since 1982.