Jerry Bruckheimer, the producer of the saga, says that the future of the franchise will be without the actor.
Five years since the last time Johnny Depp like Jack Sparrow, it looks like the ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ franchise will be sailing in another direction, and without the same captain.
The producer Jerry Bruckheimer revealed that two more scripts for the most famous pirate saga are currently in development, but none will include the character that Depp has played for almost two decades. Depp earned an Oscar nomination for the first film, “The Curse of the Black Pearl,” and his last appearance in the Disney-owned franchise was in 2017’s “Pirates of the Caribbean: Salazar’s Revenge.” there will be a problem when discovering the new course: It was already announced two years ago that the actress Margot Robbie entered the franchisewhich appears to be in talks with the producers.
“We’re talking to Margot Robbie. We’re developing two ‘Pirates’ scripts: one with her and one without her,” Bruckheimer told The Sunday Times for an update on the franchise. When asked if Depp will return or not, the producer of tapes like ‘Top Gun Maverick’ was brief but clear.
“Not at this time. The future is yet to be decided”
The new adventure film led by which has given life to Harley Quinn was announced in 2020, with Robbie collaborating once again with the screenwriter of his ‘Birds of Prey’, Christina Hodson in the script for ‘Pirates of the Caribbean 6’.
Meanwhile, Depp is currently involved in a libel lawsuit against his ex-wife. Amber Heard after the also actress wrote an opinion piece for The Washington Post alleging domestic abuse. During the ongoing trial, Depp’s agent, Jack Whigham, testified on May 2 that Depp was scheduled to receive $22.5 million for the next “Pirates” movie. However, Disney reportedly decided to go “in a different direction” after Heard’s article was published.
The actor said during the trial that he hoped to end up playing Jack Sparrow in the feature film series that has spanned nearly 20 years. “My feeling was that these characters should be able to have their own goodbye, so to speak.Depp declared.A franchise can only last so long, and there’s a way to end a saga like that, and I thought the characters deserved to have their way out, to end the franchise on a really good note. I planned to continue until it was time to stop.r“.
Depp exited Warner Bros’ ‘Fantastic Beasts’ franchise in 2020, and Mads Mikkelsen assumed his role. The “Ed Wood” star also criticized distributors for allegedly “burying” the “Minimata” biopic. Depp said he was being “boycotted by Hollywood” last year before his case against Heard came to trial.
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