oct 24, 2018 - VANITY FAIR Pirates of the Caribbean Is Getting A Reboot from the Deadpool Writers

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Pirates of the Caribbean might be getting a reboot. Yes, you read that right—a reboot. For a series that saw its last installment hit theaters in 2017! Extraordinary. Per Deadline, Disney is reportedly dreaming up a way to rejigger the billion-dollar swashbuckling franchise, and is in talks with writing duo Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick (the team behind Deadpool and Zombieland) to pen a new script. Pirates lord Jerry Bruckheimer will remain as producer on the project. Representatives for Disney have not yet responded to Vanity Fair’s request for comment.

The series has been fairly resilient, a blockbuster juggernaut since the original launched in 2003. Though it earned terrible reviews from critics, the most recent Pirates film made $794 million at the worldwide box office—and Disney’s not going to let go of a solid thing like that, even if Pirates fatigue set in long ago. Evidently, the studio plans to try something new in order to draw back fans who ditched the franchise two or three films ago. Punchy dialogue from the blockbuster Deadpool team might be just the thing—as long as audiences have not tired of that, too.

According to Deadline, it’s not yet clear which old Pirates stalwarts could stay on for the reboot. The last installment, Dead Men Tell No Tales, saw original stars Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightley return to the fold—and, as always, the film was headed up by Johnny Depp as Jack Sparrow, the booze-loving pirate at the heart of the series.

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US VA Court Documents:
- Amber Heard Exhibit 114

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