Jerry Bruckheimer; ‘Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides’
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Jerry Bruckheimer revealed that the subsequent installment of Pirates of the Caribbean can be a reboot of the beloved franchise.
The legendary producer stated in a latest interview with ComicBook.com that they’re engaged on a Pirates of the Caribbean sequel in addition to High Gun 3, however famous that the latter goes to take longer to develop because it entails coordinating schedules with a number of A-list actors, equivalent to Tom Cruise, Miles Teller and Glen Powell.
“You don’t understand how they arrive collectively. You simply don’t know,” Bruckheimer stated. “As a result of with High Gun you will have an actor who’s iconic and good. And what number of films he does earlier than he does High Gun, I can’t let you know. However we’re gonna reboot Pirates, so that’s simpler to place collectively since you don’t have to attend for sure actors.”
Disney seemingly ranging from scratch with Pirates might come as a shock to some followers, as there have already been concepts swirling lately in regards to the franchise’s future — some that contain Margot Robbie and others that see Johnny Depp returning.
Bruckheimer beforehand informed The Hollywood Reporter in 2022 that they have been “getting very shut” with Pirates 6 and even had a “excellent script.”
“We developed two of them — the one with Margot Robbie and one with a youthful forged,” he stated on the time. “The Margot Robbie one wants a little bit extra work. The youthful forged one is shut. Hopefully we’ll get each of them.”
The producer additionally shut down Robbie’s claims that the undertaking wasn’t taking place, saying, “We consider we’ll get it made. It’s a really robust story.”
Elsewhere within the interview with THR, Bruckheimer added he “would like to have” Depp in one other film.
Nonetheless, it seems the subsequent Pirates undertaking to hit the large display will doubtless characteristic an all-new forged. The Final of Us creator Craig Mazin, who labored on the brand new story with screenwriter Ted Elliot, informed the Los Angeles Occasions final yr that he was shocked Disney favored their script as a result of it was “too bizarre.”
“We pitched it and thought there’s no means they’re shopping for it, it’s too bizarre. And so they did! After which we wrote a unbelievable script and the strike occurred and everybody’s ready round,” Mazin defined on the time.
The final Pirates of the Caribbean film to hit the large display was in 2017 — Useless Males Inform No Tales — and it starred Johnny Depp, Javier Bardem and Kaya Scodelario.