Johnny Depp's 'Pirates of the Caribbean' Future Is 'TBD' & Margot Robbie Might Take Over
Jack Sparrow isn't coming back "at this point."
The future of Captain Jack Sparrow might rest on how things go in a courtroom in Virginia, as the Johnny Depp and Amber Heard trial enters the final stretch.
Pirates of the Caribbean producer Jerry Bruckheimer recently told The Sunday Times that plans for a sixth movie are still up in the air, with two possible scripts available. One of them includes actress Margot Robbie, while the other does not.
Bruckheimer added that there are no plans to bring Depp back "at this point," although he didn't rule it out entirely.
"The future is yet to be decided," he told the Times, per The Independent.
Bruckheimer made the comments while speaking about his next film Top Gun: Maverick, the Tom Cruise movie that debuts this month.
Depp and Heard are currently suing each other for defamation in Virginia, amid competing claims that they abused each other.
Depp's lawsuit is over Heard's 2018 op-ed for the Washington Post, in which she claims to have been a victim of domestic abuse. It doesn't name Depp, but he says it clearly points to him and that he lost roles in films like Pirates and the Fantastic Beasts franchise because of the impact of her claims.
Heard is counter-suing him for $100 million - twice the $50 million that he's seeking.
During Depp's testimony, he said he felt bad that he wasn't able to give the character of Jack Sparrow a "proper goodbye," Insider reports.
Though Bruckheimer has apparently left the door open to the possibility of Depp returning, Depp has said that he does not expect to be back as Jack.
He said as much to Heard's lawyer in court last month.
"The fact is, Mr. Depp, if Disney came to you with $300 million and a million alpacas, nothing on this earth would get you to go back and work with Disney on a Pirates of the Caribbean film? Correct?" the lawyer asked.
"That is true," Depp said.
Depp also described Jack Sparrow at the trial as "a character I had built from the ground up and was something that I put a lot of myself [into]."
In regards to his relationship with Disney, the actor said, "I didn't quite understand how after that long relationship and quite a successful relationship with Disney that… suddenly I was guilty until proven innocent."
The trial is expected to wrap up at the end of the month.