‘Final of Us’ Showrunner Bringing Pirates of The Caribbean Reboot to Life

A brand new Pirates of The Caribbean film helmed by The Final of Us showrunner Craig Mazin and Pirates co-writer Ted Elliott is reportedly within the works.

Chatting with the LA Occasions, Mazin, finest identified for HBO smash hits Chernobyl and this yr’s adaptation of PlayStation basic The Final of Us, revealed he was creating a brand new Pirates of the Caribbean film at Disney earlier than the writers and actors strikes kicked off.

“We pitched it and thought there is not any manner they’re shopping for it. It is too bizarre. They usually did!” Mazin stated. “After which Ted wrote a unbelievable script, and the strike occurred, and everybody’s ready round,” Mazin instructed The LA Occasions.

Particulars Scarce 

Whereas particulars in regards to the new Pirates film are scarce, Selection reported in the summertime of 2020 that Disney was engaged on two new installments of the franchise, a sixth installment of the principle sequence following on from 2017’s Lifeless Males Inform No Tales with Johnny Depp returning as Captain Jack Sparrow, and one other reboot with Barbie star, Margot Robbie within the lead.

Nevertheless, following revelations throughout Depp’s 2022 libel trial in opposition to his ex-wife Amber Rudd, he was dropped from the undertaking, and lots of assumed it had been scrapped. In the meantime, in an interview with Self-importance Truthful final November, Robbie confirmed that though her Pirates’ reboot had been in improvement “ages” in the past, with Birds of Prey author Christina Hodson, the undertaking had since been scuppered.

She stated: “We had an thought, and we had been creating it for some time, ages in the past, to have extra of a female-led — not completely female-led, however only a totally different sort of story — which we thought would’ve been actually cool. However I assume they don’t wish to do it.”

Depp’s Return Is Uncertain

Pirates’ producer Jerry Bruckheimer has since clarified that the script for Robbie’s reboot will “come ahead at a sure level.” stating that the undertaking wasn’t fully useless however that Disney is prioritizing the sixth mainline entry first. Although the plot for Mazin and Elliot’s movie has been saved below wraps, in an interview with The Sunday Occasions in Might 2022, Bruchheimer stated Depp wouldn’t return “at this level” however that “the longer term is but to be determined.” Nevertheless, Depp stated throughout his defamation lawsuit that he had little interest in reprising the position.

One actor desirous to return, although, is Orlando Bloom, who performed the position of Will Turner in 4 of the 5 movies. Chatting with Parade in February, The Lord of the Rings actor stated: “I would not thoughts seeing what Will seemed like as we speak in some methods as a result of he was such this earnest man, however after rumbling across the backside of the ocean for so long as he would have executed at this level, it would be attention-grabbing to see how he surfaces and what he is like.”