The last few years have been pretty rough for Johnny Depp and his film career. The first consequences of his divorce with Amber Heard and the accusations of domestic violence, caused him to leave a large franchise as Fantastic Animals. Since in the third installment he will be replaced by Mads Mikkelsen as Gellert Grindelwald. But in addition, Disney has already commented that it will not have him again for Pirates of the Caribbean.
Kevin McNally is one of the few people to have appeared in all of the Pirates of the Caribbean films thus far as Joshamee Gibbs, Jack Sparrow’s faithful sidekick. The veteran actor has a great friendship with Johnny Depp and has defended him in an interview.
“Yes, it is a simple answer to that. My feelings on this are very complex because, in a sense, there was a slight sense that the franchise itself had developed a bit, so rebooting is a reasonable idea. I don’t think a reboot should exclude Jack Sparrow, even if you focus on younger characters. “
There are several projects underway.
Disney is developing two female-led films in parallel. A reboot will follow a pirate, possibly played by Karen Gillan, with co-director Joachim Rønning leading the way. Meanwhile, Margot Robbie will star in and produce a spin-off with her Birds of Prey collaborator Christina Hodson writing the script. In none of them will Johnny Depp be.
The actor, for now, is looking for small projects to continue working, since it seems that the big studios do not want to have him. But at least it seems that Johnny Depp still has some friends left in the industry. Since Tim Burton wants me to play Gomez Addams in the Addams Family reboot and Robert Downey Jr. wants me to join him in Sherlock Holmes 3.