Regisseur Steven Spielberg sprak onlangs met het magazine Entertainment Weekly over de twee mogelijke toekomstige projecten Transformers 4 en Indiana Jones 5 en zijn recente negatieve uitlatingen over Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.

Op de vraag of Spielberg regisseur Michael Bay ziet terugkeren voor Transformers 4, antwoordde hij: “I hope so, because I think he made the best of the three with this last one. I certainly can’t imagine anybody other than Michael being equipped to make another Transformers. He’s invented a genre and he’s got the secret formula.”

Regisseur Bay liet zich onlangs tegenover Channel News Asia ook kort uit over een mogelijke terugkeer: “How did I know someone’s going to ask me this question today? We’re talking about it, but there’s nothing right now. I’m going to do a tiny movie first, then we’ll talk about it, if I potentially do it.”

Spielberg zei tegenover EW over zijn eerdere commentaar op Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008): “I’m really proud of the movie. I loved bringing Marion back. I love the fact that Indy now has a son. It’s a family action film, and I love that whole conceit. It’s public that George and I and Harrison all had a clash about genre and concept. But I’ve always told George’s stories. My biggest contribution was adding the father to the third movie. That was my idea, to cast Sean Connery as Harrison’s father. I am best friends with George and I’m very obedient to the stories that he writes. I’ll fight things I don’t believe in but ultimately if George wants to bring interdimensional beings into Crystal Skull, I will do the best job I possible can to acquit George’s idea and make him proud.”

Ook gaf Spielberg een korte update van Indy 5: “It’s up to George Lucas. We have already agreed on the genre of the fifth movie, we already have a concept in mind. I don’t know where George is with the story. There is no Indy 5 until George says there is.”