Earlier this week, Shia LaBeouf said in a BBC interview that Spielberg had “cracked a story” on Indiana Jones 5 and that “they’re gearing that up.” It was pretty big news, especially because some people were thinking we’d never see another one (despite the $787 million that Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull made worldwide). However, that doesn’t mean we’ll be seeing it that soon. Empire talked with producer Frank Marshall recently, who told them that it’s still in very early development.

“Until there’s a script, nothing’s definite,” he said. Don’t expect to see this shooting by the end of the year… or even next year.

To give you an idea of where it’s at in development, Marshall wrote on Twitter:

“The story for Indy5 is progressing. It is still in the research phase.”

“Once we see that, we’ll see. We’re not going to wait another 20 years. We’d all love to make another one,” Marshall said. “We had a great time making the last one and, as Harrison said, we need to make this one soon. We’re not getting any younger.” That’s for sure!

So don’t jump the gun on this sequel, we could see Indiana Jones 5 in 2011.

I say let them take their sweet time, maybe part 5 won’t jump the shark or “Nuke the Fridge” as we like to say now!

[Source] Frank Marshall and Empire