Pirates of the Caribbean Producer Confirms Returning Cast

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It’s been eight years since “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales”, and the sixth movie has been in development ever since. Now, thanks to an interview with ScreenRant, we know a little bit more about the long-brewing sequel.

According to “Pirates” producer Jerry Bruckheimer, “Pirates of the Caribbean 6” will be a new take on the franchise, but it will also bring back some of the fan-favorite cast. Bruckheimer was mum about who exactly is coming back, however.

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Asked about “Pirates 6” while promoting the upcoming “F1”, Bruckheimer told ScreenRant, “We’re working on a screenplay. Hopefully we’ll get it right — and then we’ll make it. We really want to make it, that’s for sure.”

Asked if it would be a continuation or not, Bruckheimer answered, “It’ll be a new take on it.”

“New take, new actors?” the interviewer asked. Bruckheimer responded, “Well, not all new actors. We’ll have some back … I’m not going to tell you which ones — you’ll have to guess.”

Bruckheimer’s words on the subject seem to confirm that while “Pirates of the Caribbean 6” will be a “new take” on the franchise, it won’t completely reboot the story considering some of the same actors are returning.

A wealth of actors have jumped in and out of the “Pirates of the Caribbean” franchise since the 2003 debut of “Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl”, but no doubt there are three actors in particular most fans are wondering about: Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, and Johnny Depp.

Bloom himself recently commented on the possibility of returning to the franchise and seemed to like the idea of all three coming back.

“Well, I don’t know, I can’t say anything at the moment because I really don’t know, but there’s definitely availability,” Bloom said.

“I think they’re trying to work out what it would all look like, I personally think it’d be great to get the band back together. That would be great, but there are always different ideas, and so we’ll see where it lands.”

Regardless of where it lands there is no doubt plenty of interest in seeing a new “Pirates of the Caribbean” on the big screen. The five previous movies pulled in a total of $4.5 billion at the box office.

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