The network has new data about which of the promising actors can replace Johnny Depp (Johnny Depp) and become the new captain Jack Sparrow in the updated franchise “Pirates of the Caribbean” from Disney.
As it became known to Gamebomb.ru, insiders poured data on the development of the updated Pirates of the Caribbean franchise for the Disney + streaming service with a completely new cast. According to new data, the role of captain Jack Sparrow, who was played by Johnny Depp in several films, is considered actor Zac Efron (Zac Efron). The most famous works of 32-year-old Efron in films are the films “Beautiful, Bad, Evil”, “The Greatest Showman”, “Rescuers Malibu”, “Grandfather of Easy Conduct” and others. Currently, a complete restart of the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise is at an early stage: work is underway on the script, as well as castings for the main roles.
Initially, Disney wanted to arrange a soft restart of the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise with the movie Pirates of the Caribbean 5: Dead Men Tell No Tales, in which Johnny Depp was supposed to appear for the last time as Jack Sparrow. After that, the franchise would continue to develop with young actors such as Brenton Thwaites. However, the last film of the series was mixed, and as a result, Disney decided to arrange a complete restart of the cult series “Pirates of the Caribbean” without Johnny Depp at all.
Craig Mazin and Ted Elliott, who worked on all the franchise films, are working on the script for the new Pirates of the Caribbean. At the same time, the new restart of “Pirates of the Caribbean” with Zac Efron may become an exclusive high-budget multi-series project for Disney +, and not go to theaters. This issue is being considered. In addition, previously considered the option of making Jack Sparrow a girl, but according to recent reports, this idea was also abandoned.
The Pirates of the Caribbean franchise was launched in 2003, Gamebomb.ru reports. The last film of the series “Pirates of the Caribbean 5: Dead Men Tell No Tales”, released in 2017, raised almost $ 800 million with a budget of 230 million, and did not live up to the expectations of the creators, who counted on at least a billion box office receipts.
