Overview
- Rohit Shetty Picturez issued the denial on Thursday, calling reports that Golmaal 5 would release on December 4, 2026 “completely false and baseless” and asking media to stop circulating unverified information.
- Multiple trade outlets, citing Variety, had reported that Ajay Devgn’s Ranger was being pushed to 2027 and that Golmaal 5 would take an early-December slot, a move said to create a three-way box-office clash with Prabhas’s Fauzi and an Akshay Kumar film, but the production company has not confirmed those claims.
- Coverage confirms the film’s returning ensemble cast includes Ajay Devgn, Arshad Warsi, Shreyas Talpade, Kunal Kemmu, Tusshar Kapoor and Sharman Joshi, and reports say Akshay Kumar has joined the project while makers state that production is ongoing.
- Specific production details reported by single outlets — for example, claimed pay figures for Akshay Kumar and notes about Priyamani’s role — remain unverified and have not been confirmed by the makers.
- With no official release date announced, the makers’ statement underscores how competition for lucrative festival-season slots fuels trade speculation and why studios issue tightly controlled public updates that can affect rival films’ scheduling and box-office prospects.