The franchise of Pirates of the Caribbean is showing signs of life again, now thanks to recent statements by writer-producer Craig Mazin. Weeks ago, the Emmy winner for the miniseries Chernobyl He claimed that he and his counterpart Ted Elliot had “too weird” an idea for a new movie inspired by valuable Disney intellectual property. And according to Mazin, the company gladly embraced that proposal and apparently it’s only a matter of time before the project goes into development. excited?
In interview with LA TimesCraig Mazin confessed that initially he saw it as very unlikely that the House of Mouse would give the go-ahead to the direction that he and Ted Elliot wanted to give to Pirates of the Caribbean. However, he did so, and although no details of this proposal have been revealed at the moment, Mazin assured that there is currently “a fantastic script” for what (hopefully) will be the next film in the multi-million dollar franchise originally starring Johnny. Depp. It would only be necessary to wait for the current strike movement in Hollywood to come to an end to get down to work.
«We present [nuestra propuesta a Disney] and we thought that it was impossible for them to buy it, that it was too rare. But they did! And then [Elliot] He wrote a fantastic script, the strike took place and everyone is waiting,” said the co-creator of The Last of Us.
In October 2019, The Hollywood Reporter reported that Disney hired Mazin to co-write a story intended to be turned into a new Disney movie. Pirates of the Caribbean. The company also chose to call on Ted Elliot, a screenwriter involved in the first four installments of the franchise, from The curse of the Black Pearl (2003) to navigating mysterious waters (2011).
Back then, as now, there was no certainty about whether this project would be a sixth installment in the main saga of Pirates of the Caribbean —the one with the endearing captain Jack Sparrow as the protagonist— or some kind of reboot, spin-off or prequel. What would you prefer?
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Meanwhile, Craig Mazin is also waiting to find out if he will win a statuette in the upcoming edition of the Emmy Awards, which, due to the actors’ and writers’ strike in Hollywood, had to be held in early 2024. The writer and producer boasts nominations for Best Writing and Best Drama Series thanks to The Last of Us.
Antonio G. Spindola I have very bad memory. Out of solidarity with my memories, I choose to lose myself too. Preferably in a movie theater.