Margot Robbie Explained Why Her Women-Led "Pirates Of The Caribbean" Movie Is Dead
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It's been a while since there's been a new movie in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise — specifically, almost six years.
The last Pirates movie, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, came out in 2017 — and the sixth film has been in development hell ever since.
It seems that a major reason for the sixth film's delay has been the controversy around series star Johnny Depp, who has been accused of domestic abuse and sexual assault amid his ongoing legal battle with actor and ex-wife Amber Heard.
Way back in June 2020, a "female-fronted" Pirates spinoff film was announced, with Margot Robbie as the lead — but now it seems like that movie is, no pun intended, dead in the water.
In a new interview with Vanity Fair, Margot says that her women-led Pirates film — which would've reunited her with Birds of Prey screenwriter Christina Hodson — is seemingly no longer happening, and it's not her fault, either.
“We had an idea and we were developing it for a while, ages ago," she said, "to have more of a female-led — not totally female-led, but just a different kind of story — which we thought would’ve been really cool.”
“But I guess they don’t want to do it," she added, presumably referring to Disney — which owns the rights to the Pirates franchise.
The news comes as a bit of a surprise, since Pirates producer Jerry Bruckheimer confirmed that the Margot-led installment was indeed on the way earlier this year.
“Yes. We’re talking to Margot Robbie," he told the UK's Sunday Times, while also mentioning that Johnny wouldn't be returning to the franchise "at this point" and that another unspecified Pirates film was also "in development."
But hey, there's still plenty to come from Margot — like, for example, the Barbie movie, of course. Summer 2023 can't come soon enough!
