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A brand new Pirates of the Caribbean movie is lengthy overdue. The beloved movie franchise, primarily based on Walt Disney’s theme park attraction of the identical identify, launched with 2003’s The Curse of the Black Pearl starring Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, and Kiera Knightley. The Oscar-nominated film was adopted by 4 extra movies: 2006’s Dead Man’s Chest, 2007’s At World’s End, 2011’s On Stranger Tides, and 2017’s Dead Men Tell No Tales. In complete, the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise has grossed over $4.5 billion worldwide on the field workplace and is the 14th highest-grossing movie sequence ever.
A sixth movie has been in growth since 2017, however plans have been stalled due partly to Johnny’s defamation trial in opposition to his ex-wife, Amber Heard. A female-led spinoff film with Margot Robbie because the lead star was within the works at Disney, however the actress revealed that the mission is now not taking place in November 2022. We’ve rounded up every thing you have to know concerning the reboot movie and Johnny’s future within the franchise beneath.
All About the Reboot
The reboot movie was first introduced in June 2020. Jerry Bruckheimer, who produced all of the Pirates motion pictures to this point, confirmed in an interview with The Sunday Times in May 2022 that they have been nonetheless engaged on the screenplay for the reboot. Jerry by no means shared the official title or plot particulars, however he did affirm that they have been “talking” to Margot concerning the plans.
Johnny Depp’s Exit
Johnny’s future within the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise was threatened when his ex-wife, Amber Heard, accused him of home abuse in an op-ed printed by the Washington Post in December 2018. At the time, Johnny was set to star within the sixth movie with Joachim Ronning directing, and Ted Elliott and Craig Mazin as screenwriters. But Johnny wasn’t provided many roles, he was compelled to resign from the Fantastic Beasts franchise at Warner Bros behest, and ultimately, Disney lower ties with him on the movie. During the defamation trial, which started April 11, Johnny’s agent Jack Whigham claimed that the actor was set to earn over $22 million for Pirates of the Caribbean 6 till Disney abruptly went “in a different direction” after Amber’s article was printed.
Johnny confirmed throughout his testimony that he’d by no means return to the movie franchise irrespective of how a lot he’d receives a commission. He did, nonetheless, share that he initially needed to do Pirates of the Caribbean 6 to present his character Captain Jack Sparrow a “proper goodbye.” Even although Johnny was let go from the movies, Disney nonetheless featured Jack Sparrow at their theme parks. Johnny mentioned in courtroom that Disney “didn’t want there to be something trailing behind [Depp] that they’d find.” Johnny gained the defamation trial on June 1.
In the Sunday Times interview, Jerry was requested about Johnny’s potential return to the Pirates franchise. “Not at this point. The future is yet to be decided,” he mentioned. Fans reacted poorly to that and threatened to boycott the franchise with out Johnny. “And I confirm that no one is going to watch a Pirates Of The Caribbean movie without Johnny Depp,” one fan tweeted. Another mentioned, “No one will ever replace johnny depp as captain jack sparrow, he MADE pirates of the caribbean.”
Margot Robbie Was Supposed To Be The New Lead
Margot’s attachment to the Pirates of the Caribbean reboot movie was introduced in June 2020 by way of The Hollywood Reporter. The report mentioned that the Pirates film wouldn’t be a derivative of the common franchise, “but rather a wholly original story with new characters.” Jerry confirmed in The Sunday Times interview that Margot continues to be connected to the mission. “We’re talking to Margot Robbie. We are developing two Pirates scripts — one with her, one without,” he mentioned. Margot by no means publicly addressed her involvement within the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise till November 2022, when she revealed that the spinoff is now not taking place.
“We had an idea and we were developing it for a while, ages ago, to have more of a female-led — not totally female-led, but just a different kind of story — which we thought would’ve been really cool,” she instructed Vanity Fair. “But I guess they don’t want to do it.”
The indisputable fact that Margot’s spinoff is useless would possibly imply that Johnny is returning to the franchise. He’s had a ton of public assist ever since he gained the defamation trial in opposition to Amber on June 1.
More About The ‘Pirates’ Reboot
British screenwriter Christina Hodson, who labored on 2020’s Birds of Prey with Margot, was speculated to be engaged on the rebooted Pirates film. Jerry was going to be the principle producer. The now-canceled film was speculated to be female-led, so followers have been actually hoping that Keira Knightley would return as Elizabeth Swann alongside Orlando Bloom, who performs Elizabeth’s husband, Will Turner. However, the pair didn’t star within the fourth movie and solely briefly appeared within the fifth movie. We’ll proceed to maintain you up to date on the way forward for Pirates of the Caribbean.