10 h, nov 19, 2020 y - POPTOPIC Pirates of the Caribbean 6 starring Margot Robbie is all about “girl power” SCREEN RANT Why Pirates of the Caribbean Can’t Work Without Johnny Depp

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Pirates of the Caribbean 6 starring Margot Robbie is all about “girl power”

By Dianne Anders

Pirates of the Caribbean 6 will reunite former Birds of Prey , Margot Robbie and Christina Hodson in an all-female soft-reboot the Disney adventure movie.

The next decade is looking to be awesome for female representation but possible terrible for the box office as Hollywood sets to do many all-female soft-reboots of already beloved classics, this included Pirates of the Caribbean 6.

I hate to be the bearer of bad news but things are not looking good for Johnny Depp fans. It doesn’t look like Depp will be returning as the infamous Captain Jack Sparrow. Nope. Our sources tell us there is a new zany pirate sailing the seven seas, and this time it’s a woman.

Margot Robbie is now confirmed to be starring in Pirates of the Caribbean 6, and she might be taking Depp’s role as the lead.

Screenwriter for Birds of Prey, Christina Hodson, will also be behind Pirates 6. She was allegedly very impressed with Margot Robbie’s performance as Harley Quinn and specifically requested Margot Robbie for the lead role in the upcoming movie. She might even replace Johnny Depp as the rum-guzzling rogue pirate, Jack Sparrow.

There’s no doubt that Margo Robbie has the talent to play such an iconic role, but many people believe it would be very damaging for the franchise if they do not bring back Jack.

Very little is known about the untitled Pirates of the Caribbean project at this time except that, like Birds of Prey, Pirates 6 is all about “girl power”, or so Robbie says.

Hodson has also revealed that the new movie is a soft-reboot so there is little to no chance of seeing a Johnny Depp cameo. She also revealed that the film will be female-fronted and have a heavy focus on feminism.

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Why Pirates of the Caribbean Can’t Work Without Johnny Depp

By Cathal Gunning

The Pirates of the Caribbean franchise looks set to soon move on from Johnny Depp’s Jack Sparrow, but there’s no way that the series can function without the actor’s contributions to the iconic character. Since the series began in 2003 with Gore Verbinski’s The Curse of the Black Pearl, the Pirate of the Caribbean franchise has centered around Depp’s portrayal of the feckless antihero Captain Jack Sparrow.

Due to the actor’s continuing legal battle against his ex-wife and alleged abuser Amber Heard, Depp has stepped down from the upcoming Fantastic Beasts movies, after previously appearing in the first two installments. He also looks set to be replaced in the upcoming rebooted Pirates of the Caribbean 6, and while it’s understandable that the star would take time away from work for personal reasons, the franchise will struggle to find an identity of its own without Depp's contributions.

Sans Depp's portrayal of Sparrow, the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise is likely to have a hard time continuing without the star at its center, as Depp has been central to its success in terms of style, tone, and story since the first film debuted. It’s unlikely that Depp will return to the role, but it’s equally unlikely that Pirates of the Caribbean will be able to establish a new identity in his absence as he has established a unique persona that will be difficult to emulate, and this character has gone on to shape the style of the series.

He Set The Tone of the Franchise

When The Curse of the Black Pearl was first released, expectations were not unduly high for the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise. Disney had fought with Depp’s decisions to play the Jack Sparrow character as a campy, over-the-top drunkard from early on, and the movie was preceded by the critically maligned The Haunted Mansion the same year, another star vehicle based on a popular Disneyland ride. But, ironically, it was the character decisions that the studio objected to which won over critics and audiences alike, with Depp being singled out as the clear standout of the sprawling cast. As good as Geoffrey Rush is in The Curse of the Black Pearl, it’s Depp’s campiness and wild-eyed verve that elevated the franchise from being a carbon copy of 1993's comparable Disney adventure The Three Musketeers or The Mummy movies. While the following Pirates of the Caribbean sequels could never match his loose, easy charm, the performance nonetheless set the tone for the films that followed.

The second movie, Dead Man’s Chest, was criticized for its lighter, more cartoony tone and more zany, over-the-top action sequences, but both of these decisions have their roots in Depp’s character choices and freewheeling, off-the-cuff silliness. Although the movies couldn’t match the actor’s style, there’s still a clear attempt to not only center Jack Sparrow more but also to lighten the tone of the movies themselves to better mirror his flippant, devil-may-care charm. It’s an issue epitomized by the franchise's fifth installment, Dead Men Tell No Tales, whose extended, drab opening action sequence is designed to put Depp’s antihero front and center for the entirety of its action, where the first film split its screen time between Will Turner, Elizabeth Swann, and Jack Sparrow.

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