Austin Butler Responds To Pirates Of The Caribbean Reboot’s Casting Rumor: “Hard One To Touch”
Summary
Pirates of the Caribbean 6gets a promising new update from producer Jerry Bruckheimer. Based on the Walt Disney World attraction of the same name, the firstPirates of the Caribbeanmovie was released in 2003, introducing audiences Johnny Depp’s Captain Jack Sparrow. Four sequels of varying quality would follow, with the last coming in 2017. Seven years later,Pirates of the Caribbean 6remains an anticipated film, but concrete updates on the project have been hard to come by.
In a recent interview withComicBook.com, producer Bruckheimer, who has been with the franchise since 2003, shares an update onPirates of the Caribbean 6, confirming the project is still in the script stage. According to the producer, a script for the film is set to arrive in the near future, and its quality will determine whether the film gets made. Check out Bruckheimer’s comment below:
“We have a script that’s being written right now. Hopefully it’ll come in in a month or so, and it’ll be as good as I think it will be. So let’s hope that Disney likes it and they give us an opportunity to make it.”
Pirates Of The Caribbean 6 Faces Some Key Challenges
Will Johnny Depp Return As Captain Jack Sparrow?
While only the firstPirates of the Caribbeanmovieearned mostly positive reviews from critics, the franchise’s final two installments were particularly poorly received (see the chart below). The final film,Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, also stands as the second-lowest grossing entry in the franchise after the 2003 original. The original trilogy certainly felt like something of a phenomenon in the mid-2000s, but some of the magic certainly seems to have slipped away with the last two movies, and it could be a struggle for a sixth film to recapture this.
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Whether Depp returns to play Jack Sparrow inPirates of the Caribbean 6also remains a question mark. The actor’s time in the franchise seemed to be over after his legal troubles with ex-wife Amber Heard, but Bruckheimer has since expressed interest in re-teaming with Depp for the new installment. Depp has been crucial to the franchise’s success since 2003, and it could be a struggle for a new film to succeed without him.
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That being said, the reception toDead Men Tell No Talessuggests audience interest in the character could be waning. Sparrow doesn’t really grow or change, which has undoubtedly been part of his charm, but it also means it’s difficult to build a film around him. The first three movies usedWill Turner (Orlando Bloom) and Elizabeth Swann (Keira Knightley)as the emotional anchor point, and the absence of that dynamic arguably hurt the two most recent entries. With aPirates of the Caribbean 6script set to be finished this summer, more news about the film will hopefully follow.
