Paul MacLean wrote:The man who really needs to be on board is Lawrence Kasdan. Of course Lucas, Harrison Ford, John Williams and especially Spielberg all did their part in making Raiders of the Lost a great film, but the reason Raiders is the best of the Indiana Jones films is because of Kasdan's script.

AndyDursin wrote:Have to remember Kasdan also wrote THE FORCE AWAKENS with Abrams, though...lol

Indiana Jones will not be riding back into theaters on July 10, 2020.

The fifth film in the adventure series will miss its original release date, Variety has learned. Filming was supposed to begin in April of 2019 in the United Kingdom, but sources close to the production say that shooting will no longer start next spring and will have to be pushed back by months, if not a year. Potential crew members have already been informed of the delay.

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.

Ford will next be part of the voice cast for “Secret Life of Pets 2.”

Disney, the studio that’s releasing the fifth Indiana Jones movie, declined to comment. The studio has yet to officially pull “Indiana Jones 5” from the release calendar or announce a new date.

AndyDursin wrote: Thu Jun 28, 2018 9:20 pm Good news! They're getting the guy fresh off SOLO's big success to touch up the script!

Hopefully production will be delayed....forever?

Paul MacLean wrote: Wed May 29, 2019 10:09 am And Harrison Ford can say "I'm Indiana Jones" -- but he was a last-minute replacement for Tom Sellick, for whom the part was actually written.

"I actually am again. I’m working on it again. We’re still trying. And I think we’ve got a good idea this time. We’ll see."

I understand both sides. Disney wants what it wants, and obviously it’s used to acquiring and controlling. But I understand Sony’s point of view better: "But wait, it’s ours. We own it. You can’t just have half of it. You can’t just take it."

So it’s a tough situation. And I think certainly the last couple of Spider-Man movies have been terrific. But the animated film that they did without Disney’s involvement was, you know, even more terrific.

What’s weird to me is those Marvel movie fans who are quick to spring to Disney’s defence like they’re a plucky underdog who needs to be defended. [laughs] They are not a plucky underdog.