Johnny Depp is ready to revisit the Pirates of the Caribbean universe and reprising his role as Jack Sparrow.
In a new interview, Depp revealed that he is open to working with Jerry Bruckheimer again.
“If things are exactly where they need to be in terms of how they’re going to complete the Pirates franchise…the only involvement I really want to have, really, is just to send them off on a better note,” the actor said in an interview with Entertainment tonight.
He continued: “I’ll go work with (Jerry) Bruckheimer tomorrow for anything. It doesn’t matter…if it’s Jerry, I trust him. We have a deep friendship.”
At D23 at the start of the year, Jerry Bruckheimer gave Deadline an update on Pirates of the Caribbean 6saying: “We’re talking with Johnny (Depp), we’re working on a script and hopefully we can make it happen.”
Depp first played Captain Jack Sparrow in 2003. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl. In 2006, the actor reprized his role in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest and I did the same thing in 2007 Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End.
The actor reprized the role in 2011 Pirates of the Caribbean: On Uncharted Tides and played Jack Sparrow once again in 2017 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales.
Some films expanding the Pirates of the Caribbean franchises are in the works. In 2024, Bruckheimer said THIS that “the reboot is entrusted to Jeff Nathanson who is directing the screenplay, with the film centered on Robbie being written by Christina Hodson”.
Watch Depp’s interview in the video below.
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