Before the Hollywood strike, Walt Disney Pictures would have given the green light to reboot the franchise.
the screenwriter Craig Mazinknown for his work on The Last of Us (2023), developed the screenplay for the sixth film of Pirates of the Caribbean beside Ted Elliot, who co-wrote three films in the franchise. For the The LA Times, mazin confirmed that before the strike in Hollywood, the walt disney pictures had greenlit a reboot of the beloved maritime franchise.
We pitched it and thought they weren’t going to buy it at all, it’s really weird. And they bought. and then he [Ted Elliot] wrote a fantastic script and the strike happened and everyone was waiting.”
While further details about the sixth film in development are scarce, the disney has been interested in continuing the story for years.
In 2020, it was reported that production was in development Jerry Bruckheimersame producer of the five films of the Pirates of the Caribbean. There were reports that Johnny Depp would return the franchise, but the disney would have rejected its participation after the involvement of depp in a $50 million defamation lawsuit against his ex-wife Amber Heard for her accusations of domestic abuse.
During the trial, depp he went so far as to state that he would no longer interpret the Captain Jack Sparrow, which certainly complicates things. However, fans are committed to rewatching depp in the skin of Sparrowwith a petition of over 50,000 signatures for his hiring.
Started in 2003 with The Curse of the Black Pearlthe franchise Pirates of the Caribbean grossed over $4.5 billion with the release of 5 films.
Source: Rollingstone
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