It’s time to fake to look stunned. However sure, after 9 years, a trial, a number of initiatives with out him and tons of of clickbaits saying that, principally, his signing was a executed deal, it’s now official: Johnny Depp is again in talks to seem in a brand new Pirates of the Caribbean movie. Greater than twenty years after the saga started, and with all of Hollywood watching him, Depp is prepared to don the pirate hat and return-arrr.
This is the day you almost signed Captain Jack Sparrow
It was Jerry Bruckheimer, the franchise’s producer, who revealed it at Disney’s D23: “We’re talking with Johnny, we’re working on a script, and hopefully we’ll be able to do it with him”. That said, apparently this time Sparrow won’t be the protagonist, but a supporting character, making Margot Robbie the main character. I mean, this won’t be just another Sparrow comeback, but rather a reboot-sequel.
this sixth installment of the franchise comes after a whole lot of backwards and forwards, however Robbie is the right alternative, particularly now that Barbie 2 appears to have hit a roadblock due to David Zaslav, the pinnacle of Warner, who’s unwilling to pay the salaries its leads undoubtedly deserve. From what we will inform, in Pirates of the Caribbean they’re prepared to cough up the money, and no surprise: the earlier 5 movies grossed 4.52 billion {dollars}, and nostalgia remains to be at its good caramelization level.
Jerry Bruckheimer reveals conversations have been had with Johnny Depp about returning as Captain Jack Sparrow in ‘Pirates of the Caribbean 6’ | #D23 pic.twitter.com/52iJn7apD1
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Clearly we nonetheless don’t know anything, however even at this level I wouldn’t count on it earlier than 2029, being beneficiant. Depp is 63 proper now, and, truthfully, it wouldn’t be shocking if he needed to retire good outdated Sparrow for good. At this level, it solely relies on the script being good… And, let’s not child ourselves, on the cash.
