Posted on Wednesday, January 2nd, 2019 by Chris Evangelista

Ahoy, mateys! Disney is still putting together their Pirates of the Caribbean reboot, and while we know very little about the project itself, we do know that Johnny Depp is getting the old heave-ho. Depp’s Captain Jack Sparrow is not expected to return, and his departure is going to save the House of Mouse enough loot to fill up several treasure chests. While Depp fans may be disappointed about this, Disney is likely happy to set sail without him, and save some of their precious booty in the process.

For the longest time, Johnny Depp was considered a major selling-point for the Pirates of the Caribbean films. The thought of making one without him seemed almost crazy. Things have changed, however. Depp has had some negative press surrounding him in recent years, and now Disney feels pretty confident to move forward without him. And there’s a very good reason for that: money. According to Forbes, making a new Pirates movie without Johnny Depp is going to knock at least $90 million off the budget.

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That’s how much Depp apparently gets for these movies, and that’s not chump change, even for Disney. On top of that, Forbes makes it pretty clear that the the quality of the Pirates sequels have diminished severely because screenwriters were forced to focus more on Depp’s Jack Sparrow rather than a good story. After all, if the studio is paying that much money for Depp, they want to make it count.

Think back to the first, and still best, Pirates film: Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl. While Depp unquestionably delivered a fun, memorable performance there, he wasn’t the main focus. In fact, he was more of a supporting player, the Han Solo to Orlando Bloom’s Luke Skywalker-like character Will Turner. But Depp made such a splash that the sequels began shifting more and more focus on him. As a result, the most recent – and worst – entry in the series, 2017’s Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, actually allowed Depp to make heavy changes to the script Jeff Nathanson, which produced a hodge-podge of a film that not even the hardcore Pirates fans enjoyed. None of this is really Depp’s fault, of course. If someone offered you $90 million to do a passable Keith Richards performance, you’d say yes, too. But Dead Men Tell No Tales did not perform as well at the box office as Disney had hoped.

With all this in mind, going Depp-less for the Pirates reboot makes sense, from a financial standpoint. Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, the writing team behind Deadpool, are handling the reboot script. When it comes to what we can expect from the new adventure, Sean Bailey, President of Production at Walt Disney Studios, said:

“We want to bring in a new energy and vitality. I love the [Pirates] movies, but part of the reason Paul and Rhett are so interesting is that we want to give it a kick in the pants. And that’s what I’ve tasked them with.”

1. • Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

     The roguish yet charming Captain Jack Sparrow's idyllic pirate life capsizes after his nemesis, the wily Captain Barbossa, steals his ship, the Black Pearl, and later attacks the town of Port Royal, kidnapping the governor's beautiful daughter Elizabeth. In a gallant attempt to rescue her and recapture the Black Pearl, Elizabeth's childhood friend Will Turner joins forces with Jack.What Will doesn't know is that a cursed treasure has doomed Barbossa and his crew to live forever as the undead.

   • Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

     Charming rogue pirate Captain Jack Sparrow is back for a grand, swashbuckling, nonstop joyride filled with devilish pirate humor, monstrous sea creatures and breathtaking black magic. Now, Jack's got a blood debt to pay; he owes his soul to the legendary Davy Jones, ghostly Ruler of the Ocean Depths, but ever-crafty Jack isn't about to go down without a fight.

   • Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

     Just when he's needed most, Captain Jack Sparrow, that witty and wily charmer of a pirate, is trapped on a sea of sand in Davy Jones' Locker. In an increasingly shaky alliance, Will Turner, Elizabeth Swann and Captain Barbossa begin a desperate quest to find and rescue him. Captain Jack's the last of the nine Pirate Lords of the Brethren Court who must come together united in one last stand to preserve the freedom-loving pirates' way of life.

Pirates of the Caribbean Four-Movie Collection

Pirates of the Caribbean Four-Movie Collection

Special Features

• Bloopers of the Caribbean
• LEGO Animated Shorts: Captain Jack's Brick Tales
• Audio Commentary by Director Rob Marshall
• Under the Scene: Bringing Mermaids to Life
• Legends of On Stranger Tides
• In Search of the Fountain
• Last Sail, First Voyage
• Digital Copies of first 3 films (never before released)
• 2-Disc Blu-rays of first 3 movies including all previous bonus
• All new Blu-ray bonus disc which includes an all-new short film and more!

On Stranger Tides - 2-Disc Blu-ray™ Combo Pack

On Stranger Tides - 2-Disc Blu-ray™ Combo Pack

Special Features

• Bloopers of the Caribbean
• LEGO Animated Shorts: Captain Jack's Brick Tales
• Audio Commentary by Director Rob Marshall
• Under the Scene: Bringing Mermaids to Life
• Legends of On Stranger Tides
• In Search of the Fountain
• Last Sail, First Voyage

On Stranger Tides DVD

On Stranger Tides DVD

Special Features

• Bloopers of the Caribbean
• LEGO Animated Shorts: Captain Jack's Brick Tales
• Audio Commentary by Director Rob Marshall

The Curse of the Black Pearl - 2-Disc Blu-ray™ Combo Pack

The Curse of the Black Pearl - 2-Disc Blu-ray™ Combo Pack

Special Features

• 3 hours of original standard def bonus material plus high def bonus
• Scoundrels of the Sea: Piecing Together the Treasure Past of Pirates – an interactive in-movie feature that presents facts on-screen about the legends and lore of pirates
• Movie Showcase
• All bonus content from previous DVD releases, including the Lost disc

Dead Man's Chest - 2-Disc Blu-ray™ Combo Pack

Dead Man's Chest - 2-Disc Blu-ray™ Combo Pack

Special Features

• 3 hours of original standard def bonus material plus high def bonus
• Liar’s Dice Game – a single-player game, shot in live action. See if you have the nerves and the wits to outsmart a pirate
• Movie Showcase
• All bonus content from previous DVD releases

At World's End - 2-Disc Blu-ray™ Combo Pack

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At World's End - 2-Disc Blu-ray™ Combo Pack

Special Features

• Bloopers of the Caribbean
• Keith & The Captain: On Set with Johnny Depp and the Rock Legend
• Anatomy of a Scene: The Maelstrom
• The Tale of Many Jacks
• Hoist the Colours
• Masters of Design
• Inside the Brethren Court
• The World of Chow Yun-Fat
• The Pirate Maestro: The Music of Hans Zimmer
• Deleted Scenes