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Q: Pirates 6 has gone through so many iterations. Why has it been tough to crack?

Jerry Bruckheimer: Oh God, they’re all hard. I think we’re getting very close on that one, too. We have a very good script. We developed two of them — the one with Margot Robbie and one with a younger cast. The Margot Robbie one needs a little more work. The younger cast one is close. Hopefully we’ll get both of them.

Q: But Robbie said in an interview the project wasn’t happening.

Jerry Bruckheimer: It’s alive for me. It’s alive for Disney. I’m sure she was disappointed it didn’t go first — or maybe not because she’s very busy, so it might be a blessing to push this a bit. We believe we’ll get it made. It’s a very strong story.

Q: Does the recent trial outcome make Johnny Depp somebody a studio like Disney would put front and center again in a Pirates sequel?

Jerry Bruckheimer: You’d have to ask them. I can’t answer that question. I really don’t know. I would love to have him in the movie. He’s a friend, a terrific actor and it’s unfortunate that personal lives creep into everything we do.

Q: Depp has hinted that if he were to return, the film should have a clear ending for his character. But would you ever kill off Jack Sparrow?

Jerry Bruckheimer: You can’t. We tried to kill him. It didn’t work.

singerguy04 wrote: ↑Tue Feb 14, 2023 7:02 am To be honest, I am kind of excited that there is a 6 still in the air... but a Norrington spin-off? No thank you. I think I'll pass.

PatrickvD wrote: ↑Tue Feb 14, 2023 9:52 am

singerguy04 wrote: ↑Tue Feb 14, 2023 7:02 am To be honest, I am kind of excited that there is a 6 still in the air... but a Norrington spin-off? No thank you. I think I'll pass.

I think Jack Davenport was obviously joking.

That and Norrington is dead.

Restarting the five-film “Pirates of the Caribbean” series is another priority, although nothing official has been announced. “We think we have a really good, exciting story that honors the films that have come before but also has something new to say,” Mr. Bailey said. Will the franchise’s problematic star, Johnny Depp, return as Captain Jack Sparrow? “Noncommittal at this point,” Mr. Bailey said, seemingly inching the door open.

Sotiris wrote: ↑Sun Jun 04, 2023 6:42 pm

Restarting the five-film “Pirates of the Caribbean” series is another priority, although nothing official has been announced. “We think we have a really good, exciting story that honors the films that have come before but also has something new to say,” Mr. Bailey said. Will the franchise’s problematic star, Johnny Depp, return as Captain Jack Sparrow? “Noncommittal at this point,” Mr. Bailey said, seemingly inching the door open.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/04/busi ... ction.html

The film will revolve around a Black female character named Anne (which RPK also says could be a codename), and a group of much younger pirates searching for a new treasure.

D23ExpoVisitor25 wrote: ↑Tue Feb 06, 2024 5:31 pmFWIW, Daniel RPK recently said on Twitter that this is not true and that someone lied about him reporting this on his Patreon.

It's not true, there's no "Replacing Depp" or anything like that. She's only the "Type" they're looking at for the lead in one of the planned spinoffs (not the Margot Robbie one).

I looked into it and Pirates of Caribbean 6 will be set in part in Haiti and the female protagonist will be Haitian. Also they do want Johnny Depp to come back just not as the lead.