A brand new Pirates of the Caribbean movie is lengthy overdue. The beloved movie franchise, primarily based on Walt Disney’s theme park attraction of the identical title, launched with 2003’s The Curse of the Black Pearl starring Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, and Kiera Knightley. The Oscar-nominated film was adopted by 4 extra movies: 2006’s Lifeless Man’s Chest, 2007’s At World’s Finish, 2011’s On Stranger Tides, and 2017’s Lifeless Males Inform No Tales. In complete, the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise has grossed over $4.5 billion worldwide on the field workplace and is the 14th highest-grossing movie collection ever.
A sixth movie has been in improvement since 2017, however plans have been stalled due partly to Johnny’s defamation trial towards his ex-wife, Amber Heard. A female-led spinoff film with Margot Robbie because the lead star was within the works at Disney, however the actress revealed that the undertaking was canceled. So, we’ve rounded up all the things it’s essential to know in regards to the reboot movie and Johnny’s future within the franchise beneath.
‘Pirates’ Reboot Solid
The reboot movie was first introduced in June 2020. Jerry Bruckheimer, who produced all of the Pirates films to this point, confirmed in an interview with The Sunday Occasions in Could 2022 that they have been nonetheless engaged on the screenplay for the reboot. Jerry by no means shared the official title or plot particulars, however he did affirm that they have been “speaking” to Margot in regards to the plans.
Throughout a March 2024 interview with Comicbook.com, Jerry confirmed that the reboot remains to be occurring however with a brand new forged. When requested when audiences can see it, he replied, “It’s onerous to inform. You don’t know.”
“With Prime Gun, you have got an actor who’s iconic and good. And what number of films he does earlier than he does Prime Gun, I can’t inform you,” Jerry stated about Tom Cruise. “However we’re gonna reboot Pirates, so that’s simpler to place collectively since you don’t have to attend for sure actors.”
In June 2025, Orlando teased that some authentic forged members from the movies may return to the sixth movie, he instructed Recreation Rant.
Johnny Depp’s Exit
Johnny’s future within the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise was threatened when his ex-wife, Amber Heard, accused him of home abuse in an op-ed revealed by the Washington Publish in December 2018. On the time, Johnny was set to star within the sixth movie with Joachim Ronning directing, and Ted Elliott and Craig Mazin as screenwriters. However Johnny wasn’t supplied many roles, he was compelled to resign from the Incredible Beasts franchise at Warner Bros behest, and finally, Disney lower ties with him on the movie. In the course of the defamation trial, which started April 11, Johnny’s agent Jack Whigham claimed that the actor was set to earn over $22 million for Pirates of the Caribbean 6 till Disney abruptly went “in a distinct course” after Amber’s article was revealed.
Johnny confirmed throughout his testimony that he’d by no means return to the movie franchise regardless of how a lot he’d receives a commission. He did, nonetheless, share that he initially needed to do Pirates of the Caribbean 6 to offer his character Captain Jack Sparrow a “correct goodbye.” Regardless that Johnny was let go from the movies, Disney nonetheless featured Jack Sparrow at their theme parks. Johnny stated in court docket that Disney “didn’t need there to be one thing trailing behind [Depp] that they’d discover.” Johnny received the defamation trial on June 1.
Within the Sunday Occasions interview, Jerry was requested about Johnny’s potential return to the Pirates franchise. “Not at this level. The long run is but to be determined,” he stated. Followers reacted poorly to that and threatened to boycott the franchise with out Johnny. “And I affirm that nobody goes to look at a Pirates Of The Caribbean film with out Johnny Depp,” one fan tweeted. One other stated, “Nobody will ever change johnny depp as captain jack sparrow, he MADE pirates of the caribbean.”
Margot Robbie Was Purported to Be the New Lead
Margot’s attachment to the Pirates of the Caribbean reboot movie was introduced in June 2020 through The Hollywood Reporter. The report stated that the Pirates film wouldn’t be a by-product of the common franchise, “however fairly a completely authentic story with new characters.” Jerry confirmed in The Sunday Occasions interview that Margot remains to be hooked up to the undertaking. “We’re speaking to Margot Robbie. We’re growing two Pirates scripts — one along with her, one with out,” he stated. Margot by no means publicly addressed her involvement within the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise till November 2022, when she revealed that the spinoff is not occurring.
“We had an concept and we have been growing it for some time, ages in the past, to have extra of a female-led — not completely female-led, however only a totally different sort of story — which we thought would’ve been actually cool,” she instructed Vainness Truthful. “However I assume they don’t need to do it.”
