Johnny Depp was not taken to the new part of the 'Pirates of the Caribbean' due to age
'27.10.2018'
Source: RIA News
Johnny Depp, who plays Jack Sparrow in the Pirates of the Caribbean film series, will not be involved in the project after its restart.
About this tabloid Daily Mail reported one of the creators of the pictures, screenwriter Stuart Beatty, writes RIA News.
According to the interlocutor of the newspaper, the film company Disney plans to radically change the appearance of the "Pirates" due to the low box office of the previous part of the franchise. Influenced the decision of the studio bosses and the age of the actor - in June Depp turned 55 years old.
Beatty did not say if there will be other changes in the cast of the project, but noted that a new team of writers will be working on the sequel to Pirates of the Caribbean, which will include the creators of the comedy action movie Deadpool.
Johnny Depp played in all five parts of the series, which brought Disney about four billion dollars.
For the role of Captain Jack Sparrow in the first part of “Pirates”, the actor was nominated for an Oscar (2004), but the statuette went to Sean Penn.