Although Johnny Depp has said he will never return to the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, Pirates producer Jerry Bruckheimer says that’s not set in stone.
Speaking to The Times, Bruckheimer was asked if Depp was linked to either of the two upcoming Pirates projects. Bruckheimer said, “Not at this time. The future is yet to be decided.”
Depp has been the face of the Pirates franchise since its inception, playing Captain Jack Sparrow in all five Pirates movies to this point.
The two Pirates movies we’ve heard rumors about are a new female-led Pirates movie starring Margot Robbie, and a reboot of the franchise with the creator of Chernobyl first reported in 2019. According to Bruckheimer, that still seems to be the plan.
“We’re talking to Margot Robbie,” Bruckheimer said. “We’re developing two ‘Pirates’ scripts: one with her and one without her.”
Depp himself has said that he will not work with Disney again on the Pirates series. During Depp’s ongoing libel trial against Amber Heard, Depp said Disney dropped him from the upcoming Pirates of the Caribbean days after Heard published an op-ed about their relationship. When questioned, Depp implied that there is nothing that Disney can offer to bring him back.
Cross-examiner Ben Rottenborn said: “The fact is, Mr. Depp, if Disney came to you with $300 million and a million alpacas, nothing in the world would lead you to go back and work with Disney on a Pirates of the Caribbean movie. ? Correct?”
“That’s true,” Depp responded.
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, boring, and meandering than the last three entries, but still suffers from many of the same boring, gimmicky villains and dull action and comedy that have plagued the franchise since its second installment.”
Logan Plant is a freelance writer for Golden News. You can find him on Twitter @Logan J Plant
