Disney Rids Itself Of Johnny Depp Problem By Rebooting Pirates of the Caribbean

Of course, just because the sixth Pirates of the Caribbean film is a reboot doesn't mean Bruckheimer is getting rid of the fan-favorite character.

Back in December 2022, Bruckheimer confirmed that while Depp might no longer be a part of the franchise, it's not like they can just easily kill his character off, saying "You can't. We tried to kill him. It didn't work."

Nevertheless, this hasn't stopped fans from petitioning for Johnny Depp to return as Captain Jack Sparrow in a future Pirates of the Caribbean film.

The next Pirates of the Caribbean film currently doesn't have a director or an actor, for that matter, attached to it, but we do know that Margot Robbie is no longer involved.

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co-showrunner, Craig Mazin, is one of the scriptwriters along with the original screenwriter, Ted Elliot. The award-winning scribe previously revealed that he'd worked on a "fantastic script" that Disney liked even if he felt like it was "too weird."

Unfortunately, we've not had any news regarding its progress following the writers' strike work stoppage that lasted through last September.