Pirates of the Caribbean fans are upset after the Johnny Depp and Amber Heard trial revealed that the former will most likely never play Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean 6. Producer, Jerry Bruckheimer didn’t fully deny the possibility of the actor returning to the franchise, giving fans a sliver of hope.
Disney Drops Johnny Depp The Role of Jack Sparrow in ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ The Actor Shares
The popular actor first played Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl and due to popular Disney attraction, the Pirates movies are now among the world’s biggest franchises. Depp’s hilarious portrayal of his role also made the movies popular.
Pirates Movie Producer, Jerry Bruckheimer Says Johnny Depp’s Future On The Franchise Is Not “Decided”
He last played the role in 2017 and was set to make a comeback for a part 6, until Disney removed him. In 2018, Amber Heard, his wife, released an op-ed in The Washington Post indirectly accusing the actor domestic violence, and the actor is currently suing her for defamation and during his testimony, he shared that Disney severed ties with him before any evidence had come out. He said that he felt “betrayed” and he wanted to give his character, Jack a “proper goodbye.”
“I didn’t quite understand how after that long relationship and quite a successful relationship, certainly for Disney, that suddenly I was guilty until proven innocent… I, in fact, had been approached to take part in writing Pirates 6… my feeling was that these characters should be able to have their proper goodbye, as it were.
A franchise can only last for so long, and there’s a way to end a franchise like that. And I thought that the characters deserved… to end their franchise on a very good note. I planned on continuing until it was time to stop.”
Producer, Jerry Bruckheimer Johnny Depp’s Future Is Not ‘Decided’ When It Comes To ‘Pirates’
Jerry Bruckheimer produced of all five Pirates of the Caribbean movies. In a recent interview with The Sunday Times, he was asked about the future of the Pirates movies, and if Johnny Depp would return to Pirates, but he he gave a very vague answer, saying, “Not at this point. The future is yet to be decided.” Even though the answer is a vague, it doesn’t seen the return of Jack Sparrow to the Pirates is totally off the table.
However, with or without Johnny Depp, the franchise is moving forward. A while back, it was announced that there would be a new Pirates movie would be coming, but it would be led by Margot Robbie. When Bruckheimer was asked about this, he revealed they are currently working on two scripts for Robbie’s Pirates movie, saying, “Yes. We’re talking to Margot Robbie. We are developing two Pirates scripts — one with her, one without.”
