Even though Johnny Depp has said he will never return to the Pirates of the Carribean franchise, longtime Pirates producer Jerry Bruckheimer says that's not set in stone.
Speaking to The Times, Bruckheimer was asked if Depp was attached to either of the two upcoming Pirates projects. Bruckheimer said, "Not at this point. The future is yet to be decided."
Depp has been the face of the Pirates franchise since its inception, starring as Captain Jack Sparrow in all five Pirates films to this point.
The two Pirates movies we've heard rumblings on are a new female-led Pirates movie starring Margot Robbie, and a franchise reboot with the creator of Chernobyl first reported on in 2019. According to Bruckheimer, that still seems to be the plan.
"We're talking to Margot Robbie," Bruckheimer said. "We are developing two 'Pirates' scripts — one with her, one without."
Depp himself has said he will not work with Disney on the Pirates series again. During Depp's ongoing defamation trial against Amber Heard, Depp said Disney dropped him from the next Pirates of the Carribean days after Heard published an op-ed about their relationship. When being cross-examined, Depp implied that there is nothing Disney could offer to get him to return.
Cross-examiner Ben Rottenborn said: “The fact is, Mr. Depp, if Disney came to you with $300 million and a million alpacas, nothing on this earth would get you to go back and work with Disney on a Pirates of the Caribbean film? Correct?”
“That is true,” replied Depp.
The last Pirates movie was 2017's Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales. We called the movie "okay", saying it "manages to be less bloated, dreary, and meandering than the last three entries have been, but it still suffers from many of the same wearisome, dredged-up villains and ho-hum action and comedy that have bedeviled the franchise since its second installment."
Logan Plant is a freelance writer for IGN. You can find him on Twitter @LoganJPlant.
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Speaking to The Times, Bruckheimer was asked if Depp was attached to either of the two upcoming Pirates projects. Bruckheimer said, "Not at this point. The future is yet to be decided."
Depp has been the face of the Pirates franchise since its inception, starring as Captain Jack Sparrow in all five Pirates films to this point.
The two Pirates movies we've heard rumblings on are a new female-led Pirates movie starring Margot Robbie, and a franchise reboot with the creator of Chernobyl first reported on in 2019. According to Bruckheimer, that still seems to be the plan.
"We're talking to Margot Robbie," Bruckheimer said. "We are developing two 'Pirates' scripts — one with her, one without."
Depp himself has said he will not work with Disney on the Pirates series again. During Depp's ongoing defamation trial against Amber Heard, Depp said Disney dropped him from the next Pirates of the Carribean days after Heard published an op-ed about their relationship. When being cross-examined, Depp implied that there is nothing Disney could offer to get him to return.
Cross-examiner Ben Rottenborn said: “The fact is, Mr. Depp, if Disney came to you with $300 million and a million alpacas, nothing on this earth would get you to go back and work with Disney on a Pirates of the Caribbean film? Correct?”
“That is true,” replied Depp.
The last Pirates movie was 2017's Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales. We called the movie "okay", saying it "manages to be less bloated, dreary, and meandering than the last three entries have been, but it still suffers from many of the same wearisome, dredged-up villains and ho-hum action and comedy that have bedeviled the franchise since its second installment."
Logan Plant is a freelance writer for IGN. You can find him on Twitter @LoganJPlant.
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