Disney Is Still Developing Pirates of the Caribbean 6

It seems Disney is still developingPirates of the Caribbean 6and plans to bringPirates of the Caribbean : Dead Men distinguish No Talesco - theater director Joachim Rønning back to helm the sequel . The latter is currently filmingMaleficent IIfor the Mouse House , so production onPirates 6might not start until after that live - action fairy story hit theaters in 2020 .

Starting withThe Curse of the Black Pearlin 2003 , thePirates of the Caribbeantheme common ride - deform swashbuckling adventure series has grossed over $ 4.5 billion worldwide over five flick . However , despite its own hefty $ 795 million globose take , 2017’sDead Men Tell No Talesmarked a new low point for the franchise , both at the U.S. box government agency and in terms of critical receipt . At the same time , the continuation kept things go forward by setting up a sixthPiratesfilm that would focus for the most part on the Modern add-on fromDead Men Tell No Tales ; namely , Brenton Thwaites as Henry Turner ( the son ofBlack Pearl ’s leads Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann ) andKaya Scodelario as Carina Smyth , who the fifthPiratesfilm revealed is really Captain Barbossa ’s daughter .

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Johnny Depp as Jack Sparrow looking to the side in Pirates of the Caribbean 6

harmonise toGWW ’s source , stagnant Men Tell No Taleswriters Jeff Nathanson and Terry Rossio are work on a script forPirates of the Caribbean 6 , along with Rossio ’s longtime writing partner Ted Elliott . Reportedly , the programme is for Rønning ( who co - directedDead Men narrate No Taleswith Espen Sandberg ) to return at the helm , shortly after he finishes charge theMaleficentsequel . If precise , that could result in a 4 - 5 twelvemonth breaking or prospicient between the 5th and sixthPiratesinstallments , which would still be shorter than the six year break betweenDead Men Tell No Talesand its predecessor , 2011’sOn Stranger Tides .

In addition to revealing the truth about Carina ’s founder and reunite Will with Elizabeth , Dead Men Tells No Talesends with a post - credits scenes that hint at the return ofPirates of the Caribbean : Dead Man ’s ChestandAt World ’s Endvillain Davy Jones . Bill Nighy , who flirt the infamous pirate with the tentacle beard , has saidhe would"love"to takings forPirates 6 , but also admitted he did n’t even know aboutDead Men ’s credits teaser until a buff mentioned it to him . As such , there may not be a strong plan in piazza to bring Jones back , much less one for where to take the large franchise from here .

There ’s also the Johnny Depp - sized elephant in the elbow room that needs addressing . Depp ’s Jack Sparrow character was a big part of thePirates of the Caribbeanfranchise ’s initial success , but the actor is arguably more of a liability than an plus , at this gunpoint in clip . In addition to the domestic abuse allegations from his ex - wife Amber Heard , the number of study about Depp ’s mercurial behavior on his films ' sets has been grow in late age . The actor was even slapped with a lawsuit last month for allegedly violate the location manageron his coming law-breaking drama , City of Lies .

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APirates of the Caribbeanmovie without Depp might have been unthinkable just a few years ago , but now it feels like the responsible thing to do from a commercial enterprise perspective . It could also prove to be the striking move that reinvigorate the property creatively and helps to revoke its down course at the box office afterDead human Tell No Tales . As with everything elsePirates of the Caribbean 6 - related , of course , we will bring you more details on that front when we have them .