Margot Robbie has confirmed that plans for a more female-focused Pirates of the Caribbean movie have been scrapped at Disney.
Robbie told Vanity Fair that she had been working on the new Pirates of the Caribbean movie for some time, but the project never really set sail because Disney seemingly decided not to move forward with it.
"We had an idea and we were developing it for a while, ages ago, 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," Robbie explained. "But I guess they don't want to do it."
It was announced in 2020 that Robbie would be the star of a new Pirates of the Caribbean movie written by Birds of Prey screenwriter Christina Hodson. The Robbie-led feature was not intended to be a spinoff of the long-running franchise but rather an original story with new characters.
Pirates franchise producer Jerry Bruckheimer was said to be on board to produce both this movie and a second new Pirates movie that was reported to be in the works with Chernobyl creator Craig Mazin. There hasn't been any word on whether Mazin's reboot is still going ahead.
Bruckheimer confirmed this year that two scripts were being developed for a new movie in the Pirates franchise — one with Robbie, and one without her. He didn't reveal who the star of the other movie would be, but suggested "the future is yet to be decided" for Johnny Depp.
The previous Pirates movies, starring Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow, grossed over $4 billion at the worldwide box office.
The last adventure in the swashbuckler series was 2017's Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, which IGN called "okay," recognizing that it should probably be "the final voyage" for Sparrow and his mates.
Adele Ankers-Range is a freelance entertainment writer for IGN. Follow her on Twitter.
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