Will Harrison Ford decelerate at 82? A take a look at his BIG 12 months on display
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With a career spanning an incredible seven decades, Harrison Ford is one of Hollywood’s bonafide legends.
The actor is famed for playing iconic archaeologist Indiana Jones, as well as Han Solo in the Star Wars films.
Harrison was honoured at Disney’s D23 Expo in August with a hall-of-fame-style award and accepted by imprinting his hands in cement. But fans became concerned about the ‘frail’ star as they noticed he had difficulty signing his name beside them.
So after turning 82 years old in July, will he start to slow down? (Spoiler alert: No.)
Here, MailOnline takes a look at all the ways you can catch a glimpse of the Hollywood veteran in the next year as we reveal his upcoming projects.
With a career spanning an incredible seven decades, Harrison Ford is one of Hollywood’s bonafide legends – but what can you next watch him in?
Harrison was honoured at Disney’s D23 Expo in August with a hall-of-fame-style award and accepted by imprinting his hands in cement – but fans became concerned about the ‘frail’ star as they noticed he had difficulty signing his name beside them
Shrinking
It is just a matter of weeks until the star’s next project debuts – the second series of Apple TV+ series Shrinking.
Jason Segel stars in the series and serves as co-creator with Ted Lasso co-creator Bill Lawrence and Ted Lasso star and writer Brent Goldstein, alongside Harrison in one of his first starring TV roles in his legendary career.
The How I Met Your Mother star plays Jimmy Laird, a therapist who needs therapy himself after grieving the loss of a loved one, with Harrison playing his mentor Dr. Paul Rhoades.
The series follows Jimmy, who, throughout his grieving process, starts to, ‘break the rules and tell his clients exactly what he thinks.’
It is just a matter of weeks until the star’s next project debuts – the second series of Apple TV+ series Shrinking
Jason Segel stars in the series and serves as co-creator with Ted Lasso co-creator Bill Lawrence and Ted Lasso star and writer Brent Goldstein, alongside Harrison in one of his first starring TV roles in his legendary career
‘Ignoring his training and ethics, he finds himself making huge, tumultuous changes to people’s lives … including his own,’ reads the official description.
The series also stars Jessica Williams (Gaby) and Lukita Maxwell (Alice), with guest stars including Lily Rabe, Wendie Malick and Lilan Bowden.
Harrison opened up about his role in Shrinking, and how while he plays a therapist on the show, he isn’t one for therapy himself.
The How I Met Your Mother star plays Jimmy Laird, a therapist who needs therapy himself after grieving the loss of a loved one, with Harrison playing his mentor Dr. Paul Rhoades
Harrison opened up about his role in Shrinking, and how while he plays a therapist on the show, he isn’t one for therapy himself
‘My opinion is not of the profession, it’s of the practitioner. There are all kinds of therapy. I’m sure many of them are useful to many people,’ he said.
‘I’m not anti-therapy for anybody — except for myself. I know who the f**k I am at this point.’
Shrinking series two lands on Apple TV+ on October 16.
Captain America: Brave New World
But it’s not just TV Harrison has committed to, as he continues his blockbuster work in the upcoming Marvel flick Captain America: Brave New World.
Harrison takes on the role of Thaddeus ‘Thunderbolt’ Ross in the motion picture, set for a 2025 release, replacing late actor William Hurt – who died in March 2022, aged 71.
His character is the U.S. president in the film, before later transforming into the Red Hulk.
Harrison was asked about what it took to perform the motion capture process filmmakers use to make the transition in characters – but he went on to trash his own acting.
But it’s not just TV Harrison has committed to, as he continues his blockbuster work in the upcoming Marvel flick Captain America: Brave New World
Harrison takes on the role of Thaddeus ‘Thunderbolt’ Ross in the motion picture, set for a 2025 release, replacing late actor William Hurt – who died in March 2022, aged 71
‘What did it take? It took not caring,’ said the Oscar-nominated actor. ‘It took being an idiot for money, which I’ve done before.’
Speaking to Variety at Comic Con last month, the Hollywood icon said that he didn’t ‘mean to disparage’ the movie, which he ‘had a great time’ making.
‘I’m just saying you have to do certain things that normally your mother would not want you to do – or your acting coach, if you had one,’ he said. ‘But it’s fun, and I enjoyed it.’
Harrison’s Captain America 4 co-star Anthony Mackie, who plays Captain America/Sam Wilson in the movie, told Inverse in June last year that the veteran actor carries ‘this aura about him,’ adding, ‘He’s Harrison f***ing Ford.’
His character is the U.S. president in the film, before later transforming into the Red Hulk
Harrison was asked about what it took to perform the motion capture process filmmakers use to make the transition in characters – but he went on to trash his own acting
Anthony said that Harrison ‘dispels that [aura] really quickly because he’s such a cool guy’ and ‘everything a movie star should be’.
He added: ‘He would say, ‘Let’s shoot this piece of s***.’ And everybody was like, ‘Yeah, let’s shoot this s***.’
Captain America: Brave New World is set to be released in cinemas on February 14, 2025.
Thunderbolts
Captain America isn’t Harrison’s only upcoming Marvel project, as he will also be in the flick Thunderbolts next year.
Harrison will reprise his role of Thaddeus ‘Thunderbolt’ Ross in the picture – which is set for release three months after Captain America in May, 2025.
He stars alongside English actress Florence Pugh, who returns as Yelena Belova from Marvel’s 2020 film Black Widow and the 2021 mini-series Hawkeye.
Production got under way in Atlanta in late February, and Florence took to Instagram in March to share a video from the set, revealing her character’s suit and more.
Captain America isn’t Harrison’s only upcoming Marvel project as he will reprise his role of Thaddeus ‘Thunderbolt’ Ross in the film (Pictured as Thaddeus in Captain America: Brave New World)
The video began with her walking out of her trailer, as she said: ‘Hey guys. How you doing? I know that I’ve kind of dropped off for a little beat, but that’s partly because I was whisked off to Atlanta to go and shoot a movie.’
She admitted, though, that she wasn’t supposed to ‘talk much about it, but I can show you some things, sneakily, as long as you don’t tell anyone.’
The film – which was directed by Jake Schreier – follows a group of supervillains recruited to go on missions for the government.
Thunderbolts is set to hit cinemas in May 2025.
Rumoured JJ Abrams project
On top of his work with Marvel, Harrison is also reportedly in talks to join filmmaker J.J. Abrams for his next directorial project.
Hollywood’s favourites of the moment Jenna Ortega and Glen Powell will lead the cast of the new film – but details of the plot are being kept under wraps.
There has also been no production start date revealed as of yet, though a rumoured synopsis said it involves a ‘young married couple struggling to survive against a supernatural entity’.
Harrison and J.J. Abrams worked together for his major role in Star Wars: The Force Awakens (Pictured in the film with the late Carrie Fisher)
Another clue of the film’s premise said it was a ‘fantasy film with some Last Starfighter vibes’.
The project marks a return to directing features for Abrams who last helmed Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker – which Harrison cameoed in.
Harrison and J.J. also worked together for his major role in Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
