“Pirates of the Caribbean” producer Jerry Bruckheimer stated in a latest interview with ComicBook.com that the present plan is to “reboot” the beloved Disney journey franchise, which has grossed $4.5 billion throughout 5 motion pictures. Bruckheimer was fielding a query about the way forward for his hit franchises, which additionally contains the Tom Cruise-starring “High Gun” collection.
“It’s exhausting to inform,” Bruckheimer stated. “You don’t know. You actually don’t know. You don’t know the way they arrive collectively. You simply don’t know. As a result of with ‘High Gun’ you may have an actor who’s iconic and good. And what number of motion pictures he does earlier than he does ‘High Gun,’ I can’t inform you. However we’re gonna reboot ‘Pirates,’ so that’s simpler to place collectively since you don’t have to attend for sure actors.”
Bruckheimer’s remark makes it appear as if the subsequent “Pirates” film will characteristic a wholly new solid, which means Johnny Depp wouldn’t return as Captain Jack Sparrow. Depp has headlined all 5 “Pirates” motion pictures to this point. Selection reported in summer time 2020 that Disney was in early growth on two “Pirates” motion pictures: A reboot led by Margot Robbie and a sixth movie within the unique franchise written by Craig Mazin and Ted Elliott, the latter of whom co-wrote the primary 4 “Pirates” motion pictures.
Mazin advised the Los Angeles Instances final yr the script for “Pirates of the Caribbean 6″ is so bizarre he’s shocked Disney signed off on it, including: “We pitched it and thought there’s no approach they’re shopping for it, it’s too bizarre. They usually did! After which [we] wrote a improbable script and the strike occurred and everybody’s ready round.”
The final “Pirates” film, “Useless Males Inform No Tales,” opened in 2017. Robbie advised Vainness Truthful in November 2022 that her “Pirates” film, written by “Birds of Prey” scribe Christina Hodson, had been dropped, including, “We had an concept and we have been growing it for some time, ages in the past, to have extra of a female-led — not completely female-led, however only a completely different sort of story — which we thought would’ve been actually cool. However I assume they don’t need to do it.”
Bruckheimer then clarified that the script for Robbie’s “Pirates” will “come ahead at a sure level.” He stated the challenge wasn’t utterly useless, however that Disney was prioritizing Mazin and Elliot’s script as an alternative. The plot for that “Pirates” movie stays beneath wraps. It’s anybody’s guess if it includes the return of Depp’s Jack Sparrow. Hollywood has shut out Depp lately amid authorized troubles and his 2022 libel trial in opposition to Amber Heard.
The producer expressed uncertainty over Depp returning to the “Pirates” franchise when requested about it by The Sunday Instances in Might 2022. “[Will Johnny Depp be back?] Not at this level,” he stated then. “The longer term is but to be determined.”
Regardless of the future holds for the “Pirates” franchise, Bruckheimer now says it will likely be a reboot that sails into theaters first. Every of the 5 “Pirates” movies grossed greater than $650 million worldwide, with 2006’s “Useless Man’s Chest” and 2011’s “On Stranger Tides” each topping the $1 billion mark.