RUMOR: Pirates of the Caribbean Sequel Omits Johnny Depp

Originally posted on Men's Journal | By Griff Griffin | Last updated Nov 4, 2024 2:37 PM ET

The next Pirates of the Caribbean movie won’t include Johnny Depp, according to fresh rumors.

It’ll be the first time Depp’s been omitted from the cast. The actor has played the rogue pirate Captain Jack Sparrow in five Pirates of the Caribbean films from between 2003 and 2017.

The report comes from scoop website World of Reel which writes, “Just an update on a production grid that was sent over to me last night. It reads, ‘UNTITLED POTC MOVIE,’ and has a ‘late 2025’ production being eyed. in St. Vincent. No word yet on the cast for the film, but I wouldn’t expect Johnny Depp to return as Captain Jack Sparrow.”

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Something else important to note about the future of Disney’s supernatural swashbucklers: there won’t be just one new Pirates of the Caribbean film, but two. That’s been confirmed by none other than the producer of all five films in the franchise to date, Jerry Bruckheimer.

He told Entertainment Weekly in May 2024, “It’s two different movies. We hope to get ’em both made, and I think Disney agrees they really want to make the Margot [Robbie] one, too.”

If plans haven’t shifted, Robbie will likely replace Depp in the lead role. As Bruckheimer says, the films are coming along nicely. I think [writer Jeff Nathanson has] cracked it. He’s got an amazing third act. We just gotta clean up the first and second and then we’ll get there. But he wrote a great, great third act.”

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