The Final of Us and Chernobyl showrunner, Craig Mazin, is working with Pirates of the Caribbean author Ted Elliot on a brand new bizarre idea.
The Home of Mouse has been scrambling for brand new potentialities for a continuation of the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise. For a property that isn’t essentially tied to a personality by its supply materials, the unique movie dropped an iconic movie efficiency from Johnny Depp as he cemented a brand new popular culture determine in Captain Jack Sparrow. Jack Sparrow continued with the collection after the trilogy arc ended, however current public controversies makes it murky on whether or not Depp might be returning or not.
Disney has been circling round with producer Jerry Bruckheimer on a number of reboots, both in a unique continuity or happening in the identical universe. CBR.com studies that the acclaimed showrunner of HBO exhibits Chernobyl and The Final of Us, Craig Mazin, has been growing a brand new Pirates of the Caribbean for Disney. Whereas speaking in regards to the The Final of Us and the WGA strikes, Mazin tells the LA Instances he agreed to work on a Pirates reboot if he might work on it with one of many authentic movie’s writers, Ted Elliot. “We pitched it and thought there’s no method they’re shopping for it, it’s too bizarre. And so they did! After which he [Ted Elliot] wrote a unbelievable script and the strike occurred and everybody’s ready round.”
This new improvement joins the quite a few makes an attempt at persevering with the high-sea swashbuckling collection. Bruckheimer has spoken about concepts of a reboot that might star Barbie herself, Margot Robbie, which she feels is likely to be lifeless within the water, however Bruckheimer insists it’s nonetheless in consideration. He informed The Hollywood Reporter late final 12 months, “It’s alive for me. It’s alive for Disney. I’m positive she was upset it didn’t go first — or possibly not as a result of she’s very busy, so it is likely to be a blessing to push this a bit. We imagine we’ll get it made. It’s a really sturdy story.” He additionally provides that there’s a separate script that focuses on a youthful solid of characters. “We now have an excellent script. We developed two of them — the one with Margot Robbie and one with a youthful solid. The Margot Robbie one wants just a little extra work. The youthful solid one is shut. Hopefully we’ll get each of them.”