Inspired by one of Disneyland\u2019s most iconic attractions, the first\u00a0Pirates of the Caribbean movie,\u00a0The Curse of the Black Pearl, is still widely regarded as one of Disney’s best live-action movies.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The sequels\u2014Dead Man’s\u00a0Chest,\u00a0At World’s End,\u00a0On Stranger Tides, and\u00a0Dead Men Tell No Tales\u2014received a far less enthusiastic reception from fans and critics, but the franchise has still grossed over $4.5 billion worldwide. It’s no wonder then that Disney\u00a0is eager to set sail on a new instalment.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The latest\u00a0Pirates of the Caribbean\u00a0rumours point to\u00a01917\u00a0scribe\u00a0Krysty Wilson-Cairns writing a movie that would\u00a0focus on Jack Sparrow’s son and, potentially, Robbie’s mystery character.<\/p>\n
Johnny Depp’s magnetic performance as Captain Jack Sparrow was a major reason for the series’\u00a0popularity. Amber Heard’s allegations of domestic violence and the subsequent high-profile legal battles prompted Disney to abandon plans for a sixth film.\u00a0While\u00a0Depp is currently staging a career comeback, we’ve been left in the dark about whether that means more Pirates.<\/p>\n
The DisInsider<\/a>\u00a0(via SFFGazette.com<\/a>) has chimed in today, revealing, “I believe Disney wants the next movie to be Johnny Depp-led alongside Margot Robbie, with hopes that future instalments in the franchise can continue with Robbie\u2019s character and quite possibly the son of Sparrow.”<\/p>\n So, if Depp does return, it could be for a passing of the torch (still, we’d bet on him still playing a supporting role in the fantasy franchise). Either way, this rumour suggests the plan is to put the spotlight back on Depp’s iconic Captain Jack Sparrow.\u00a0<\/p>\n The movies previously followed the adventures of Captain Jack, with Hector Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush), Will Turner (Orlando Bloom), Elizabeth Swann (Keira Knightley), and Joshamee Gibbs (Kevin McNally).\u00a0<\/p>\n Jerry\u00a0Bruckheimer produced all five previous\u00a0Pirates of the Caribbean\u00a0adventures, and when he was recently\u00a0asked about rumoured plans for the franchise, he replied,\u00a0“They\u2019re close on part of it. That\u2019s all I’ll tell you.”\u00a0<\/p>\n Pushed on\u00a0The Suicide Squad\u00a0and\u00a0Barbie\u00a0star’s potential involvement, Bruckheimer added,\u00a0“I think you\u2019re going up the right road,”\u00a0noting that the team overseeing the franchise\u00a0“loves Margot Robbie.”<\/p>\n Other updates from the site include Disney wanting to get the Chris Hemsworth-led Prince Charming movie in front of cameras as soon as possible, and Taika Waititi’s Star Wars movie possibly being up next for Lucasfilm. The\u00a0studio is also looking to bring Shawn Levy’s\u00a0Real Steel back to theaters, after plans for a TV series fell apart.\u00a0<\/p>\n Stay tuned for updates on the next Pirates of the Caribbean\u00a0movie as we have them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Inspired by one of Disneyland\u2019s most iconic attractions, the first\u00a0Pirates of the Caribbean movie,\u00a0The Curse of the Black…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":439737,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[96,2839,41527,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-439736","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-movies","10":"tag-pirates-of-the-caribbean","11":"tag-uk","12":"tag-united-kingdom","13":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439736","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=439736"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439736\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/439737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=439736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=439736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=439736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}