Pirates of the Caribbean star Orlando Bloom teases comeback following Johnny Depp exit | Films | Entertainment

The Pirates of the Caribbean fandom has been left in the dark for years, at this point. The last movie set in Disney’s swashbuckling universe – Pirates of the Caribbean: Salazar’s Revenge – was released in 2017, and saw the surprising comeback of not only Will Turner, but Elizabeth Swann, as well. It also marked the final time Johnny Depp played Captain Jack Sparrow. But now, Orlando Bloom reckons he’d like to make a comeback as Will Turner.

Depp was dropped from the series following domestic violence allegations made against him by his ex-wife, Amber Heard. Since then, no new Pirates of the Caribbean projects have been announced with Depp at the helm.

There has been, however, information about the future of the franchise from executive producer Jerry Bruckheimer.

Bruckheimer recently said of Depp’s future in the series: “I would love to have him in the movie. He’s a friend, a terrific actor, and it’s unfortunate that personal lives creep into everything we do.” While not a concrete answer, it certainly doesn’t sound good for the Edward Scissorhands actor.

Meanwhile, Margot Robbie was due to star in her own Pirates movie, but she recently opened up that it had been “scrapped”. Bruckheimer later came out to add: “I think that that script will come forward at a certain point. We developed two different stories for ‘Pirates’ and the other one’s going forward first, so that’s what we’re working on, to try to get that one made.”

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