The elephant... err, snake... in the room for all Indy fans is whether the long-awaited Indiana Jones 5 will ever actually happen.

It was originally announced three years ago and has gone through various delays since that time, the most recent of which will cause it to miss its scheduled July 2020 release date.

There was some hope last summer that Harrison Ford and Steven Spielberg were about to start prepping Indy 5, but there's been radio silence – until now.

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On Tuesday (May 7), Disney announced all of its release dates through 2027 (including Star Wars and Avatar), and tucked in among the many blockbusters was Indy 5.

As of now, Disney has confirmed that Indiana Jones 5 will release in cinemas on July 9, 2021 — the date the studio had projected when Ford and Spielberg missed their 2020 window last summer.

Whether Indiana Jones 5 makes that 2021 date remains to be seen since both Ford and Spielberg are incredibly busy these days. Ford has an adaptation of The Call of the Wild, which itself was moved from a December release to next February 21 by Disney on Tuesday.

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Spielberg's slate of upcoming projects includes a new film version of Broadway musical West Side Story, starring newcomer Rachel Zegler as Maria and Baby Driver's Ansel Elgort as Tony. The filmmaker is also attached to DC Comics war movie Blackhawk.

It was previously announced that George Lucas will not be involved in the next Indiana Jones film. On the bright side, at least that's one person Disney won't have to wait around for...

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