Postponement of the fifth installment of the "Indiana Jones" series to 2021

Walt Disney announced the postponement of the fifth episode of the Indiana Jones series, starring Harrison Ford in 2021, delaying Ford's return to the role of the famous adventurer on the big screen two years later.

The film was to be released in 2019, but the deadline was postponed to 2020. The new deadline came after reports published by Hollywood press organizations that the script was not ready and that another writer was in charge of modifying it. Disney did not comment on why the movie was delayed.

The new Ford will return to work with famed director Steven Spielberg to deliver the successful 4-part series, which has captured nearly $ 2 billion at the global box office. Disney announced in 2016 that it will produce a fifth part of Indiana Jones.

This means that Ford will be 79 years old when the character of Indiana, the archaeologist who puts Fedora's hat after the foot, The first part, "The Lost Ark Adventurers" , released in 1981.

The fifth part, whose name has not yet been announced, comes out 13 years after the last episode of the series, "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull", Where Indiana returns to his old love Marion, whose role is represented by Karen Allen, and discovers that he has an adult son whose role is played by Chea LaBeouf.

Ford's last appearance on the big screen last year was in Blade Runner 2049 and Star Wars: The Awakens Force, which earned nearly $ 2 billion and became the third most profitable film ever .