The next Pirates of the Caribbean movie will be a reboot

Jerry Bruckheimer; “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides”

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Jerry Bruckheimer revealed that the next installment of Pirates of the Caribbean It will serve as a reboot of the beloved franchise.

The legendary producer said in a recent interview with ComicBook.com They are working on Pirates of the Caribbean Sequel as well Top Gun 3but noted that the latter would take longer to develop since it involved coordinating schedules with several high-profile actors, such as Tom Cruise, Miles Teller, and Glen Powell.

“You don’t know how they come together. You don’t know,” Bruckheimer said. “Because with The best You have a wonderful, creative actor. And how many films did he do before he did The best, I cant tell you. But we will restart Piratesso it’s easier to put that together because you don’t have to wait for certain reps.

It looks like Disney is starting from scratch with… Pirates This may come as a surprise to some fans, as there have already been ideas swirling in recent years about the future of the series – some involving Margot Robbie and others seeing Johnny Depp returning.

Bruckheimer previously said Hollywood Reporter In 2022 they were “getting very close” to them Pirates 6 And he even had a “very good script.”

“We developed two of them — one with Margot Robbie and one with a younger cast,” he said at the time. “Margot Robbie needs more work. A younger actor is around the corner. Hopefully we get both.”

The producer also shut down Robbie’s claims that the project didn’t happen, saying, “We think we’ll get it done. It’s a very powerful story.”

And elsewhere in the interview with THRBruckheimer added that he would “love to be” Depp in another film.

However, it appeared the next day Pirates The project that will be brought to the big screen is likely to feature a completely new cast. The last of us Creator Craig Mazin, who worked on the new story with screenwriter Ted Elliott, told Los Angeles Times Last year, he was surprised that Disney liked the script because it was “so weird.”

“We pitched it and thought there was no way they would buy it, it’s so strange. And they did! Then we wrote a great script and it hit and everyone was waiting,” Mazen explained at the time.

the last Pirates of the Caribbean The movie that made it to the big screen was in 2017 – Dead men tell no tales – It starred Johnny Depp, Javier Bardem, and Kaya Scodelario.