One of Jack Sparrow's crew has feelings about the character, and actor Johnny Depp, returning to the franchise
Could Johnny Depp return to the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise after all?
This movie will need to be the Batman Begins of the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise. Here are 10 Things The Pirates Of The Caribbean Reboot Needs.
The once mighty Pirates of the Caribbean franchise is getting rebooted, according to reports. Here are some things we want to see when we next set sail on the high seas.
Pirates of the Caribbean is reportedly being rebooted at Disney with the creator of Chernobyl teaming up with a writer on the first four films to work out a story.
With all the reboots and remakes on the way from the major studios, at least Pirates of the Caribbean’s ship has sailed, right? Wrong! Despite five installments of the franchise, and Johnny Depp’s fading star, Disney wants more, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Not with Depp, necessarily, but under the tutelage of writer Ted Elliot and Chernobyl creator Craig Mazin. Elliot co-wrote the screenplays for the first four Pirates films. Mazin also has a writing credit on the new Charlie’s Angels, due for release next month. A sixth Pirates film, Disney hopes, will inject new life …
The wait time on the next Pirates of the Caribbean movie attraction just went way up.
The sixth Pirates of the Caribbean film has lost two key writers, Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick.
Last October we reported that Disney was courting Deadpool writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick to reboot Pirates of the Caribbean. The series was waning and even though On Stranger Tides made over a billion worldwide and Dead Men Tell No Tales managed a respectable $794 million worldwide, there was still the matter of Johnny Depp’s fading star power and costly price tag. A reboot or semi-reboot would give the property new life and allow it to move on from Depp even if his Captain Jack Sparrow had been the face of the Pirates franchise. But now it …