Harrison Ford is ‘de-aged’ is Indiana Jones 5 with VFX

Harrison Ford is young again.

In the first photos from "Indiana Jones 5," which premiered exclusively via Empire magazine, Harrison Ford is back in action mode. In addition to some images, there is confirmation that Ford will be visually aged back to Indiana Jones' age from the original trilogy.

Only the opening scene of the movie, which takes place in a castle in 1944 and pits Indiana against a bunch of Nazis, makes use of the de-aging technology.

James Mangold, who will replace Steven Spielberg as director on the franchise, remarked, “Then we fall out, and you find yourself in 1969."

In order for the audience to "experience the change between the ‘40s and ‘60s as an intellectual conceit, but literally experiences the buccaneering spirit of those early days… and then the beginning of now.”

“My hope is that, although it will be talked about in terms of technology, you just watch it and go, ‘Oh my God, they just found footage. This was a thing they shot 40 years ago’,” added producer Kathleen Kennedy.

“We’re dropping you into an adventure, something Indy is looking for, and instantly you have that feeling, ‘I’m in an Indiana Jones movie.’”

According to Empire magazine, “Several techniques were employed to pull the sequence off, including new ILM software that trawled through archived material of the younger Harrison Ford before matching it to the freshly-shot footage.”

Ford felt “a little spooky” seeing himself get de-aged, he added, “This is the first time I’ve seen it where I believe it… I don’t think I even want to know how it works, but it works. It doesn’t make me want to be young, though. I’m glad to have earned my age.”

The majority of "Indiana Jones 5" is set in 1969 during the space race. By having Indiana once more square off against the Nazis, the film will take the "Raiders of the Lost Ark" franchise back to its "Raiders of the Lost Ark" roots (hence the 1944 opening).