Disney Still Wants Pirates of the Caribbean 6, Teases an Exciting Story For Johnny Depp After Leaving Him Stranded Amid Legal Battle With Amber Heard
Johnny Depp and Amber Heard’s ugly separation and legal battle had many consequences. It did not just have financial implications attached to them, but more significant damage was done in terms of their reputation in the industry, and as a result of all the chaos and unwanted media highlights, Johnny Depp lost one of his most iconic and successful roles as Captain Jack Sparrow in the Pirates Of The Caribbean franchise. However, it seems that with the end of the long impending feud between the ex-couple, Disney is all set to welcome back Depp to reprise his role as Jack Sparrow in the upcoming sixth installment.
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A Complete Timeline of Johnny Depp and Amber Heard’s Chaotic Relationship
Johnny Depp and Amber Heard’s turbulent relationship details exploded in court during the former couple’s 2022 defamation trial. Depp and Heard first met on the set of their shared 2011 film The Rum Diary and despite being linked with other people back then neither of them denied having undeniable chemistry between them.
The couple married in a private island ceremony in 2015, but called it quits just 15 months later as Heard filed for divorce in May 2016. The pair reached a $7 million divorce settlement in 2016, but things turned nasty in March 2019, when Depp sued his ex-wife for defamation over a 2018 op-ed she penned for the Washington Post.
At the beginning of the court proceedings, the two started a series of bombshell allegations of physical, emotional, and mental abuse against each other. In August 2021, Heard’s plea to dismiss the defamation case against her was denied.
On June 1, 2022, the pair’s much-highlighted legal dispute ended in a verdict, with a jury declaring that Heard’s 2018 op-ed, in which she claimed to be a victim of sexual violence, was defamatory. While the trial was immensely stressful for Amber Heard, Johnny Depp jumped into filming Jeanne Du Barry.
Disney To Bring Back Johnny Depp as Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean 6?
Six years have passed by since the release of Pirates of the Caribbean: Salazar’s Revenge and since then the fans have got no new releases from the franchise as its sixth installment has been struggling for a long time possibly due to star Johnny Depp’s well-publicized problems with ex-wife Amber Heard.
However, on the positive side, Disney has confirmed that they are already working on the sixth part and most important of all, there is all probability of Johnny Depp making a comeback as the iconic Jack Sparrow.
Talking to the New York Times, Sean Bailey, the current president of production at Walt Disney Studios Motion Picture Production said, “We think we have a really good, exciting story that honors the films that have come before but also has something new to say.”
Regarding the speculations of Depp’s return to the franchise as Jack Sparrow, Bailey said, it is “noncommittal at this point”. Well, now the fans have to wait patiently to know if the franchise’s controversial star, Johnny Depp, return as Captain Jack Sparrow.
Source: The New York Times
