‘Pirates of the Caribbean’: Disney cancels Margot Robbie movie: ‘I guess they don’t want to do it’

In June 2020, it was announced that Disney was working on a new installment of ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ with Margot Robbie to star and produce. In the midst of the legal battle between Johnny Depp, who played Jack Sparrow in the saga, and Amber Heard, the studio considered continuing the franchise without the actor, and one possible solution was this spin-off with a female lead. In May of this year, after a long time without news, the producer of the successful property, Jerry Bruckheimer, confirmed that the project was still underway, but now, Robbie revealed that Disney no longer has it in development.

It was in an in-depth interview for the cover of Vanity Fair where the popular Australian actress confirmed that the film is no longer in Disney’s plans, further implying that the decision was made a long time ago. In her words: “We had an idea and we’ve been developing it for a long time, centuries ago, to make a story led by women, well, not quite, but a different story, which We thought it might be nice, but I guess they don’t want to.”.

Robbie’s “Pirates of the Caribbean” wasn’t exactly going to be a reboot, but rather presumably would have existed in the same universe as the films with Depp. Christina Hodson, who previously worked with Robbie on “Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of Harley Quinn)” and wrote “Bumblebee,” was reportedly responsible for the script, according to rumors. The idea was to expand the saga beyond Jack Sparrow, but Disney ultimately chose not to go that route. What is worth asking now is whether it is possible that the studio is considering a possible return of Depp in the franchise.. And is that, despite the fact that the controversial actor has expressed during his media trial that he is not interested, the rumors of a possible reconciliation with the House of Mouse have been persistent, especially after the verdict has been decided in his favor.

It won’t be for projects

A pirate movie starring Margot Robbie sounded great, really, but it was just another project in the ‘Once Upon a Time in… Hollywood’ actress’ extremely busy schedule, which we have constantly on screen. of the brightest stars in the current Hollywood firmament. Whether it’s as an actress or as a producer, there’s no shortage of work.

With the very recent premiere of ‘Amsterdam’, Robbie will close the year in style with ‘Babylon’, the new film by Damien Chazelle (in the United States it opens in December, while in Spain it will be necessary to wait for January 2023), Y In July next year, the long-awaited ‘Barbie’ will arrive, a film by Greta Gerwig about the iconic Mattel doll, in which he co-starred with Ryan Gosling as Ken. On the other hand, the reboot moving forward is that of “Ocean’s Eleven (Make Game)”, where it will again coincide with Gosling, a project that he is also producing and is already preparing for filming. Not forgetting, of course, Harley Quinn, whose return to the DC Universe as Robbie is not yet confirmed, although ‘The Suicide Squad’ is not expected to be the last time we see the actress in the saga.