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Jul 10, 2018 - 4:42 PM
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Bob DiMucci
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Disney has pushed back the release of Indiana Jones 5 one year, to July 9, 2021, the studio said Tuesday.
The move was widely expected. The movie was set to open on July 10, 2020, but production has been delayed because of script issues. Steven Spielberg is set to direct the fifth outing in the classic adventure series.
The studio made a slew of other changes to its calendar, including announcing that Dwayne Johnson starrer Jungle Cruise will open in theaters on Oct. 11, 2019, while Angelina Jolie's Maleficent 2 will hit theaters on May 29, 2020.
More immediately, Disney Animation Studios is tweaking the title of its next film from Ralph Breaks the Internet: Wreck It Ralph 2 to Ralph Breaks the Internet. The animated film's release date of Nov. 21, 2018 remains the same.
And 2018 Christmas event film Mary Poppins Returns is moving up a week, from Dec. 25 to Dec. 19 (that's going to pose even more competition for a slew of movies opening on Dec. 21, including Bumblebee and Aquaman.)
Indiana Jones 5, from Lucasfilm and Disney, will see the return of star Harrison Ford. The actor, now 75 years old, will be just days away from turning 79 when the movie hits theaters.
When the film was first announced by Disney and Lucasfilm in March 2016, it was given a release date of July 19, 2019, but was later moved to summer 2020.
Jonathan Kasdan, the son of Raiders of the Lost Ark scripter Lawrence Kasdan, has been brought on to write a new draft of the feature. A previous version was written by David Koepp, who is no longer available to work on the film because he is focused on directing his Blumhouse feature, You Should Have Left.
Finally, Marvel fans will get to see at least one superhero film earlier than expected. Disney is moving up the release of an untitled Marvel title from July 30, 2021, to Feb. 12, 2021. Instead, an untitled live-action Disney movie will open on the July 30 date.
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"Producers hope that by delaying the film one year, at the expense of mobility concerns and contractual nap-time requirements, star Harrison Ford will have achieved a near perfect amount of grizzliness."
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I hope Williams will still be able to score it...
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Ha, Indiana Jones 4 had "script issues", but they went ahead & made it anyway 
And acting issues, plot issues, and the general issue of why was this even made?*.
* = And I am not referring to the obvious "because the studio wants money and another franchise to reboot and expand upon".
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2021 is too long.
Just forget about it.
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You can almost imagine the script now: how IJ rediscovers his childhood toys ..
"Hey, this one is vibrating. Wait -- that's not my box of toys!"
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