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Bruckheimer Gives Updates on Pirates & The Lone Ranger

Source:Edward Douglas
June 11, 2009


Earlier this week, there was a story from the Licensing International Expo in Las Vegas posted on Jim Hill's Blog claiming that Jerry Bruckheimer and Walt Disney Pictures had chosen a director to helm The Lone Ranger, which would star Johnny Depp as Tonto, and that the movie would push the planned Pirates of the Caribbean 4 back.

ComingSoon.net had a chance to catch up with Bruckheimer this week and ask him about the status of both projects, having been over six months since our last update. Currently, the producer is in the middle of filming The Sorcerer's Apprentice with Jon (National Treasure) Turteltaub in New York City, while Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time is well into its post-production, with both movies scheduled for release in the summer of 2010.

That doesn't mean that those other projects aren't in development, but Bruckheimer told us that for Disney, the priority is most definitely "Pirates." "It's a great franchise for them and for us, too," he said. "A beloved character and Johnny's really excited about coming back to Captain Jack. He certainly is interested in Tonto, but Disney's priority is to get 'Pirates' made first. You never know what's going to happen, but they would like it."

Bruckheimer shared that the original writers, Terry Rossio and Ted Elliot, were "writing 'Pirates' as we speak," and he said it was "funny" and a "whole new way of going" although he wouldn't share more than that.

Since Gore Verbinski recently announced that he may not direct a movie based on the video game BioShock, we asked Bruckheimer if there was a chance he might return for a fourth movie. "You never know," he admitted. "He created the franchise so we'd love to have him back, but it's kind of up to him."

That led us to wonder what the status of The Lone Ranger really was, since other than Johnny Depp as Tonto, no casting for the lead character has been announced; we asked whether that information might be forthcoming. His response was that they were going to "wait until they got a director and Disney says to go make the movie," essentially denying earlier stories that "Prince of Persia" director Mike Newell was in talks to direct the movie. "We don't have a director yet. He's too busy on 'Prince of Persia' right now," Bruckheimer confirmed.

COMMENTS (84)

Posted by:
Lenin
June 11, 2009
The fourth pirates movie should be an excuse for the terrible third one!

About "Lone Ranger"... Don't know. Never liked the character, but turned into a movie... Could work.
Posted by:
kev
June 11, 2009
They should leave Pirates as is and not ruin a good trilogy.
Posted by:
Butterscotch
June 11, 2009
I love Depp as Jack Sparrow. I'm looking forward to Pirates 4.
Posted by:
dylansdad
June 11, 2009
Get Bioshock-less Gore to come back and give the Pirates series the send-off it really deserves--that last one wasn't it.
Posted by:
WCB
June 11, 2009
Didn't Gore Verbinski say earlier that he didn't want to come back for Pirates 4?
Posted by:
some guy
June 11, 2009
only do pirates 4 if the kiera and orlando come back otherwise please NO.

cant wait for prince of persia Mike Newell did a great job on goblet of fire and i am sure he'll do the same with prince of persia.
Posted by:
some guy
June 11, 2009
only do pirates 4 if the kiera and orlando come back otherwise please NO.

cant wait for prince of persia Mike Newell did a great job on goblet of fire and i am sure he'll do the same with prince of persia.
Posted by:
Taylorian
June 11, 2009
Good news, I love Pirates!

Also, Keira Knightley said she would not return to play Elizabeth again and I don't think Orlando Bloom would return either. That's good news IMO, their arcs are finished and I didn't really like their characters in the end to be honest...

Bring back Captains Sparrow and Barbossa!
Posted by:
EELYAJEKIM
June 11, 2009
Depp should just focus on the Don Quixote project.
Posted by:
Xero
June 11, 2009
This is promising news. I love all three of the "Pirates" movies and Johnny Depp's Jack Sparrow is one of my favorite characters ever created. No one could play the role any better and I am glad to hear Johnny Depp is anxious to be back.

I agree with Taylorian about Keira Knightley and Orlando Bloom's characters. Their arc is finished and should leave them be. I honestly did not like their story dynamic whatsoever thought they should not have returned after the first one. Maybe just Orlando Bloom's character to wrap up his story with his father, but I think it played out all right throughout the course of the trilogy. Now hopefully they can just concentrate on the actual pirates. Hopefully Geoffry Rush will return as well. He is a great actor.

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