Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick are no longer work on Disney’sPirates of the Caribbeanmovie reboot . Inspired by the Disney subject park attraction of the same name , thePirates of the Caribbeanfranchise was the Mouse House ’s gilded goofball back in the 2000s . After the first motion picture ( 2003’sThe Curse of the Black Pearl ) became a surprise belt hit , Disney become all in and order back - to - back sequel . While those films ( 2006’sDead Man ’s Chestand 2007’sAt World ’s End ) earned mixed reviews , they also fetch in more than $ 2 billion at the global box office between them .
Since then , however , the property has lost some of its sheen . The fourth movie , On Stranger Tides , strike theaters in 2011 and took in another billion worldwide , but realize the cool reception for aPiratesadventure yet . thing only get unsound with 2017’sDead human beings Tell No Tales , which suffered a noticeable drop - off at the box office ( $ 795 million world-wide ) against a hefty $ 230 million budget . In light of these diminish replication , it ’s no surprisal thatDisney ’s set to work on aPiratesrebootto try and revitalize the IP . However , their efforts to do just that have hit a rent .
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According toDeadline , Reese and Wernick - who wererecruited to write thePiratesrebootlast year - are no longer working on the project . It ’s not clear yet what Disney plans to do about the situation , either . Some ofDeadline ’s sources claim that Disney ’s already begun search for a replacement author ( or writers ) on the reboot , while others surmise thePirates of the Caribbeanfilms will simply be put on hold wholly . A telecasting show has apparently been raised as another possibility , butDeadlinesays the idea is still in the " spitball discussion " stage .
Deadline ’s clause does n’t declare oneself an explanation for Reese and Wernick ’s departure , but it stands to reason the couple are simply too busy at the moment . The duo recently launched their YouTube seriesWayneand presumably did some polish work on their script forZombieland 2(which open in October ) in the last few months . Further , theDeadpool 1 & 2writers are still bond to write aCluemovie reboot and have apparently beenswapping ideas aboutDeadpool 3with Ryan Reynoldsof late , despite the doubt around the subsequence onward of the Disney - Fox purchase . That ’s not even a comprehensive rundown of all the undertaking that Reese and Wernick have been developing of later , in addition to thePiratesreboot . This is to say , they might ’ve just not had the time to commit to really break the story for a fresh take on the franchise and decided to step out from the undertaking altogether .
As for what this means for the largerPiratesbrand , well , that ’s another story . Johnny Depp ’s presumptively done playing Jack Sparroweither way , seeing as his recent personal and professional scandals - coupled with his diminish box seat office attraction - make it close - impossible for Disney to justify continuing to yield him $ 90 million a pop for thePiratesmovies . More than that , the studio apartment has plenty of cash moo-cow for the time being , between its Marvel Cinematic Universe blockbusters , Star Warsmovies , and live - natural process remaking of it animated celluloid . As such , the Mouse House may elect to simply put thePiratesfranchise on chalk for a while , as they try and figure out what ( if anything ) to do with the IP next .
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Source : Deadline
