Disney has issued a statement after Harrison Ford was injured on the set of Indiana Jones 5.

The actor, 78, began reprising his role this month on the highly-anticipated movie that is being filmed at various UK locations including Pinewood Studios.

Deadline reports that the specific details about the actor's injury remain unknown, but it has been confirmed that the actor has hurt his shoulder on set.

Walt Disney Pictures released a statement saying: "In the course of rehearsing for a fight scene, Harrison Ford sustained an injury involving his shoulder. Production will continue while the appropriate course of treatment is evaluated, and the filming schedule will be reconfigured as needed in the coming weeks."

Harrison Ford on set. [[imagecaption|| Credit: Alamy / Phil Wilkinson]]

This is not the first time that the actor has been injured reprising some of his most beloved roles. In 2014, while reprising Han Solo for Star Wars: The Force Awakens, a hydraulic door on Pinewood's Millennium Falcon set closed unexpectedly, causing a serious injury to his leg.

Then, in 2016, while role as Rick Deckard for Blade Runner 2049, he delivered what was meant to be a fake punch to Ryan Gosling and hurt his own hand in the process.

Ford said that he is hoping to surprise fans in the movie in what will likely be his last performance as the iconic character.

"I don't really want to give them what they want to see," Ford told Hey U Guys. "I want to give them something they didn't anticipate seeing. I think they're used to a degree of disappointment when you revisit - I mean certainly the Marvel movies have made a spectacular example of success that worked the other way around.

"They killed it. Well, we're not going to make another Indiana Jones unless we're in a position to kill it. We want it to be the best. So we've got some scheduling issues, a few script things still to do, but we're determined to get it right before we get it made."

Harrison Ford. [[imagecaption|| Credit: Alamy / Phil Wilkinson]]

The as-yet-untitled Indiana Jones 5 is scheduled to hit theatres on July 28, 2022.

The last installment in the hit franchise was Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, which was released in 2008.

Featured image credit: Alamy / Phil Wilkinson

Harrison Ford injured on set of Indiana Jones 5 as Disney issues statement