Posted on 06/30/2022 5:41:51 AM PDT by Red Badger
Johnny Depp’s spokesperson just broke a lot of hearts.
On June 7, Poptopic reported that the Walt Disney Co. was preparing a hefty deal of more than $300 million to plead for Depp’s return to the popular “Pirates of the Caribbean” film franchise.
The little-known Australian pop culture website cited a “trusted source close to Disney.”
Unfortunately for fans of Captain Jack Sparrow, the actor’s spokesperson has declared the report “false,” People magazine reported Tuesday.
Poptopic’s report said Disney was drafting a $301 million offer, including “a sizable donation to a charity of Depp’s choice.”
It said the actor would reprise the role of Sparrow in “Pirates of the Caribbean 6” along with a spinoff series on the Disney+ streaming service.
While the debunking of the Poptopic report is disappointing for fans, it is not surprising.
An insider told People that it is “not very likely” Depp will “come back as a star, but they’d probably make ‘Pirates 6’ with Margot Robbie or someone similar.”
Additionally, in his recent defamation trial against ex-wife Amber Heard, Depp made it clear that he was not interested in working with Disney again.
He testified that he would not take another “Pirates” franchise role for “$300 million and a million alpacas.”
He said he felt that Disney had spurned him.
“There was a very deep and distinct feeling of having been betrayed by the people that I had been working with, the people I had worked hard for, people I had delivered a character to that they initially despised,” Depp said, according to MovieWeb.
Therefore, the $301 million offer, exactly $1 million over the deal Depp testified he would reject — and more than he made in the five prior “Pirates of the Caribbean” films combined — was not very plausible.
The Poptopic report came days after People published an interview with a former Disney executive who predicted Depp would return to the “Pirates” franchise.
“There is just too much potential box-office treasure for a beloved character deeply embedded in the Disney culture,” the executive said. “Pirates is a billion-dollar global franchise.”
The “Pirates” speculation followed a jury’s decision on June 1 to award Depp $10 million in compensatory damages and $5 million in punitive damages from Heard for her comments about him in a 2018 Washington Post Op-Ed.
Within minutes of the verdict, Depp released a statement saying the jury “gave me my life back.”
While fans hope the court victory means he will soon return to acting, it does not appear that Depp’s next role will be Captain Jack Sparrow.
The only thing I remember about Deppchit is when he threatened Trump with a veiled murder statement.
He’s a nut. I would never put him on a payroll.
With Lightyear bombing and Brokeback Woody canceled (joke), Disney needs their cash birthing bovine.
I really couldn’t care less about ‘actors’ and their ‘problems’ but it’s nice to see Disney take it in the shorts!
Lightyear cost $200M to make
https://screenrant.com/lightyear-movie-budget-cost-how-much-box-office/
It is not going to earn them back anywhere near that.
Go woke, go broke. I find it satisfying when they fail in their (evil) enterprises. Promoting child trans agenda is sickening. Mixing politics with business bit them in Florida too. DeSantis gave them a thrashing their still reeling from.
300M for a lead actor is putting an awful big stack of chips on any movies success. You’re essentially saying that the future “Pirates” movie would be as big as the current “Top Gun”. I’m not so sure it would. In fact I’d bet against it.
Depp has issues to be sure. But as I understand it when AH came forward with allegations against Depp Disney tossed him out without hearing his side or waiting for the legal outcome. They went full woke, the woman must be right. If I were Depp I’d tell them exactly what they could do with their 300 mil - in small bills with sharp edges.
I enjoyed the pirates movies, but actually found the way he played that role pretty grating
I'd describe it as quite odd, unappealing to me.
they didnt throw in the alpacas..that is a deal breaker
After all the publicity from the trial and the massive amount of fan love Depp got during the trial, I am sure the film would make back that kind of cash.
There were some serious cringe moments in the trial, the vast majority of the footage had him running rings around the lawyers and Amber. He came out looking reasonably sane from the whole ordeal, and incredibly loved by his fandom. They would pay just about anything to see him be Sparrow again.
He wore eye makeup in the movie and looked like a total fag.
Back when the case was still on-going, the local Dairy Queen had two tip jars by the cash register.
One was labelled Amber Heard and the other was labelled Johnny Depp.
The one with Johnny on it was full, the other with Amber on it was empty...................
Depp made Sparrow a comical coward.
If he had play it like Disney wanted, a standard evil pirate character, the series would have stopped at 1.................
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