Harrison Ford has just lined up his next role with Apple TV+ taking the veteran actor to the small screen for the upcoming comedy series Shrinking. Per The Hollywood Reporter, Ford will co-star with Jason Segel in the series, which is developed by Segel and Ted Lasso producers Bill Lawrence and Brett Goldstein. The casting marks Ford’s first ongoing role in a TV series.
In Shrinking, a “grieving therapist (Segel) begins to break the rules and tell his clients exactly what he thinks. Ignoring his training and ethics, he finds himself making huge changes to people’s lives — including his own.”
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Ford plays Dr. Phil Rhodes, a “down-to-earth and sharp ‘blue-collar shrink’ and pioneer in cognitive behavioral therapy. He shares a practice with two of his protégés, Jimmy (Segel) and Gaby, and has recently been diagnosed with Parkinson’s, which forces him out of his comfort zone as he deals with intrusive friends, his estranged family, and his legacy.”
While primarily a movie actor, Ford does have some experience working on the small screen. This includes guest appearances in various classic shows from the 60s and 70s. He also appeared as Han Solo in the famous Star Wars Holiday Special and had a cameo as adult Indy in the 90s series The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles.
Ford has also been consistently appearing on the big screen in recent years. He reprised his classic roles for the sequels Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Blade Runner 2049 and also did voiceover work for The Secret Life of Pets 2. Ford also starred in 2020’s The Call of the Wild, Disney’s adventure movie about an outdoorsman embarking on life-altering journey with a dog named Buck during the Klondike Gold Rush.
Harrison Ford Will Also Return as Indy in Indiana Jones 5
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More recently, Ford finished filming on the upcoming fifth Indiana Jones movie. Directed by James Mangold (Logan), the film brings back Ford for one more adventure with his trusty whip and fedora. Mangold has teased that his goal for Indiana Jones 5 is to elicit an emotional response from the viewers, as he did with Logan, which brought an end to Hugh Jackman’s run as Wolverine.
“I’m always trying to find an emotional center to operate from,” Mangold said in 2020, per ComicBook.com. “I think the most important thing is, in an age when franchises have become a commodity, that serving the same thing again. At least for me, in the dances I’ve had with any franchises, serving the same thing again, the same way, usually just produces a longing for the first time you ate it. Meaning, it makes an audience wish that they just had the first one over again. So you have to push something to someplace new, while also remembering the core reasons why everyone was gathered.”
While Indiana Jones 5 has wrapped filming, it’s going to be a while before fans will see it on the big screen. Following several release date delays, the film is now scheduled for a release on June 30, 2023.
