seasider said:
My wishful thinking for the 3 year delay is that they're actually gonna do 2 Indy movies back to back ( Lord of the Rings style) so they need the time to shoot for all that.
But the most likely explanation is that Speilberg wants time to devote his full attention to the movie and he's gonna be busy with Ready Player One this year and into next year.
James said:
I assume the 3 year delay is simply the result of a crowded release schedule. Gone are the days when a studio could announce a big summer release on short notice. Now everyone is staking out real estate 3 or 4 years in advance.
In 2018, the prime months of May, June, and July are already booked solid. Even 2019 is largely taken, which is likely why Disney settled on a late July date.
While some of the above points are ones to be duly noted,
I assumed y'all knew that
from inception to release 2-3 years is actually the norm in Hollywood...
I mean especially for a BLOCKBUSTER ...it just is. There is
NO DELAY as such.
If memory serves "The Force Awakens" was announced in 2012...
It premiered in December 2015.
While some of you guys probably believe writing a FINISHED screenplay doesn't take very long,
it is indeed a PROCESS that takes MONTHS [maybe even a year(s)]
-- then after a screenplay is completed it goes into prep...
which also takes a number of months...
I'm not gonna run through the whole "making a film timeline" (especially for a tent pole studio film
what a god damned nightmare) but it is no small task!
This timeline is normal for a big studio film of this size.