So last week some guy, who we never heard of, who worked at Disney left (or was asked to walk the plank depending who you read) and his departure has put Pirates of the Caribbean 4 in trouble. The
LA Times spoke to Captain Sparrow aka Johnny Depp about Dick Cook’s departure and he told them without the guy who brought him aboard for the first one, he is not sure he wants to do the fourth one. He told them that he really trusted Cook and the feeling was mutual because the studio wasn’t sure of the direction that Depp wanted to take Sparrow in the first one but Cook stood by him and as we saw they won out.
As for the fourth planned “Pirates” movie, Depp said while he has a potential deal in place that will depend on how good the script is, his passion for the project at the moment has been severely dampened by the news that Cook will no longer be around.
“There’s a fissure, a crack in my enthusiasm at the moment,” Depp said. “It was all born in that office.”
I have a feeling we might not be getting a fourth Pirates for a while because Depp seems very loyal and this guy Cook sounds like someone you want to be loyal too. Plus it just seems to be delayed indefinitely and with rumors that both Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightley are out and the third one doing so poorly, it sounds like POTC4 is in big trouble? Maybe we will just get the Son of Pirates of the Caribbean in about 10 years?
