Jerry Bruckheimer Insists Margot Robbie Is 'Still Involved' With Pirates of the Caribbean, Despite the Harley Quinn Actress Saying Her Female-Focused Entry Was Canceled 3 Years Ago

Producer Jerry Bruckheimer has insisted Margot Robbie is “still involved” with Pirates of the Caribbean, contempt the Harley Quinn histrion saying her female-focused introduction successful the franchise was canceled 3 years ago.

Robbie's engagement with Pirates of the Caribbean stretches backmost to 2020, erstwhile she was announced arsenic the prima of a caller movie written by Birds of Prey screenwriter Christina Hodson. Bruckhimer was said to beryllium producing some Robbie's task and a 2nd movie with Chernobyl creator Craig Mazin, but thing has travel of these plans to date.

Robbie said successful 2022 that she didn't deliberation Disney wanted to marque her conception for the franchise a reality. "We had an thought and we were processing it for a while, ages ago, to person much of a female-led — not wholly female-led, but conscionable a antithetic benignant of communicative — which we thought would've been truly cool," Robbie said astatine the time. "But I conjecture they don't privation to bash it."

Then, successful May past year, Bruckheimer appeared to antagonistic cancelation talk, insisting: “I deliberation Disney agrees they truly privation to marque the Margot one.”

But again, thing has emerged, and Robbie herself has provided nary denotation that the movie is backmost on. Bruckheimer, though, has erstwhile again suggested that Robbie’s Pirates movie could really happen, providing an update to The Wrap.

“We’re moving connected a script. It’s ever connected the page; if we don’t person it connected the page, it’s not gonna get connected the screen,” Bruckheimer said. “We had 2 scripts astatine 1 point, and past 1 kinda dropped out, and past we kinda went connected with the different one.”

Bruckheimer was asked if it was the Robbie movie that dropped out: “Well, she’s inactive involved.”

What does that mean, exactly? It’s hard to tell, but it could mean that Robbie's movie is backmost on, oregon that she whitethorn prima successful Pirates of the Caribbean 6, which Bruckheimer has talked up recently. Indeed, Bruckheimer confirmed that Ted Elliott, who co-wrote the archetypal 4 Pirates films, was progressive with the publication that moved forward.

In August, Bruckheimer said helium had spoken to Johnny Depp astir returning arsenic Captain Jack Sparrow successful Pirates of the Caribbean 6. "If helium likes the mode the part's written, I deliberation helium would bash it," Bruckheimer told Entertainment Weekly. "It's each astir what's connected the page, arsenic we each know."

The publication was described arsenic being “close” to completion, with enactment inactive to beryllium done. Any instrumentality to the Pirates franchise for Depp would beryllium surprising, fixed Disney chopped ties with the histrion (he claimed this was the effect of the work of a 2018 op-ed successful which his ex-wife, Amber Heard, wrote that she had been a unfortunate of home abuse).

Speaking recently, Orlando Bloom said helium was unfastened to returning arsenic Will Turner aft sailing disconnected into the sunset with Keira Knightley's Elizabeth Swann backmost successful 2007's Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End.

And speaking successful June, Bruckheimer confirmed "some" erstwhile Pirates of the Caribbean actors would instrumentality for the adjacent movie, portion offering "a caller take" connected the franchise overall.

When asked whether a caller instrumentality meant an all-new cast, Bruckheimer replied: "Well, not each caller actors. We'll person immoderate back... I’m not going to archer you which ones — you'll person to guess."

As for Margot Robbie, her adjacent movie is Gothic erotic intelligence play Wuthering Heights, owed retired successful 2026. DC Studios co-CEO James Gunn has said the aboriginal of Robbie‘s much-loved portrayal of Harley Quinn successful his caller DC Universe "will beryllium revealed down the line." Robbie is besides reportedly successful aboriginal conversations to articulation Tim Burton's remake of Attack of the Fifty Foot Woman.

Meanwhile, Depp is dilatory but surely returning to the limelight. He’s presently moving connected creating the quality of Hyde for a caller graphic caller — and Ridley Scott is involved.

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