Indiana Jones 5’s Release Date Has Been Delayed
We shared the news earlier today that Indiana Jones 5 is getting a new writer, Jon Kasdan. Now, Variety is reporting that the film will be delayed and won’t make its July 2020 release date. No word yet on whether or not Spielberg will take on another project as he waits for the script to be completed.
From Variety:
Part of the issue is that the key members of the creative team have yet to sign off on a finished script. Collider reported on Thursday that Jonathan Kasdan, son of "Raiders of the Lost Ark" scribe Lawrence Kasdan, has been enlisted to deliver a new draft. A deal has yet to close to bring the writer on board, but it looks as though he will soon join the project. David Koepp ("Jurassic Park") took the first pass at the script. At one point, the fifth Indiana Jones was supposed to hit theaters in 2019.
Insiders stress that both Steven Spielberg and Harrison Ford remain committed to revisiting the beloved franchise about the globe-trotting archaeologist. Spielberg, however, has a full dance card of projects in development and it’s possible one of them will slide in front of the "Indiana Jones" sequel. The Oscar-winning director is in pre-production on a remake of "West Side Story" and is also toying with making "The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara," a historical drama with Mark Rylance.