Pirates of the Caribbean Producer Confirms Two New Movies Are Now in Development – MovieWeb

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Producing legend Jerry Bruckheimer has now provided further clarity on the future of the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, revealing that there are now two separate movies in development. Speaking with Entertainment Weekly, Bruckheimer revealed that a reboot is now in the works with a script written by Young Woman and the Sea scribe Jeff Nathanson, with the second project being the long-rumored Margot Robbie-led movie written by Birds of Preys Christina Hodson.

"It's two different movies. We hope to get 'em both made, and I think Disney agrees they really want to make the Margot one, too."

Bruckheimer went on to praise the vision of writer Jeff Nathanson, saying that he has cracked the reboot...but the script still needs some polishing.

Hes cracked it. Hes got an amazing third act. We just gotta clean up the first and second and then well get there. But he wrote a great, great third act.

This most recent update from Bruckheimer reveals what Disneys plan is for the Pirates of the Caribbean series without Jack Sparrow. Following the legal affairs of star Johnny Depp, the studio has now decided to move away from the hugely popular character and attempt to carve out something new for the franchise.

One such idea for something new is a movie led by Barbie star Margot Robbie, who has previously teased a female-led story on the high seas.

"We had an idea and we were developing it for a while, ages ago, to have more of a female-led not totally female-led, but just a different kind of story which we thought would've been really cool, but I guess they don't want to do it."

However, while the present plan is to leave Johnny Depps Jack Sparrow behind, Bruckheimer has stated that, if he gets his way, the actor and character will return to the series in the future.

If it was up to me, of course. I love having Depp... He's a great actor and good friend... I've certainly spoken to him, but we'll see what happens.

This is not the first time that the producer has praised Depp, with Bruckheimer having previously said that the A-lister would eventually recover from the fallout thats come following the various legal issues stemming from his marriage to actress and Aquaman star Amber Heard.

"Hes just so good at what he does and actors recover from things like this. Hes a good individual and hes a caring individual. Hes somebody that you can rely on and hes just terrific. I think Johnny is an utter friend and an amazing artist and, again, you go through things in life you wish you hadnt, but hes still a talented artist."

The last we saw of Jack Sparrow and the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise was in 2017s Dead Men Tell No Tales. The Pirates of the Caribbean movies are available to stream on Disney+.

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