No more "Pirate" talk for Gore


Published
Wed Apr 8, 2009 (updated Thu Apr 9, 2009) in Press

Verbinski '87 jumps ship on the $2 billion "Caribbean" franchise

No more "Pirate" talk for Gore

“Daily Variety” reports that

After spending the better part of the last six years directing the “Pirates of the Caribbean” trilogy, which grossed $2.6 billion worldwide, Verbinski has informed Disney and producer Jerry Bruckheimer that he will not helm a fourth installment that’s expected to set sail in 2010 with Johnny Depp back as Captain Jack Sparrow.

Sequel is in development but not yet greenlit. It’s unknown how Verbinski’s ankling will affect the pic’s schedule.

Verbinski will instead focus on other projects that include “Bioshock,” a Universal Pictures adaptation of the bestselling vidgame that has a John Logan script and is likely to be Verbinski’s next film as a director.


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