Posted by The Fabulous Mola from host-216-78-23-32.cae.bellsouth.net on January 23, 2001 at 16:40:05:
In Reply to: Indiana Jones IV posted by indianaindiana on January 23, 2001 at 16:26:38:
At the earliest, I'd say 2003, since there's no way Lucas would release it the same year as Episode II.
I believe the original plan was to release it in 2000, in between Episodes I and II. This was before the script (probably Saucer Men From Mars, or possibly one centering on Atlantis) was deemed unfit by Spielberg and Ford.
Ideally, Indy 4 should've been planned for release this summer, the 20th anniversary of Raiders. Then it wouldn't have been unlikely to have seen a fifth and final Indy come out in 2004.
Oh well.