Producer Jerry Bruckheimer is trying to name a parley between Disney and Johnny Depp to convey the beleaguered star again to the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise.
“If he likes the best way the half’s written, I feel he would do it,” Bruckheimer instructed EW . “It’s all about what’s on the web page, as everyone knows.”
Bruckheimer has remained mates with Depp all through the actor’s contentious authorized battle together with his ex-wife, Amber Heard, a saga that included accusations of abuse and led to Disney dropping Depp from the Pirates model. In 2022, a Virginia jury discovered Heard responsible for defamation (they later settled), seemingly opening the door for Depp’s Hollywood comeback.
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Through the trial, Depp testified that he would by no means return to Pirates of the Caribbean. “There was a deep and distinct sense of feeling betrayed by the people who I’ve labored exhausting for,” he stated. “Those that I delivered a personality to that they initially despised, however I caught to my weapons with the character, and it appeared to work.”
Now, in accordance with Bruckheimer, Depp has modified his thoughts, script pending. “We’re nonetheless engaged on a screenplay,” he stated. “We need to make it. We simply bought to get the fitting screenplay. We haven’t fairly gotten there but, however we’re shut.”
Nevertheless, Bruckheimer provided no touch upon Disney’s enthusiasm for such a reunion. The Home of Mouse can have the ultimate say — in any case, the entire film franchise relies on considered one of their amusement park rides.
Since 2022, Depp has labored nearly solely exterior of Hollywood. Final month, he joined Alice Cooper onstage for a canopy of “Paranoid” in tribute to the late Ozzy Osbourne.