Margot Robbie says her 'Pirates of the Caribbean' spinoff was canceled by Disney

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It’s not a pirate’s life for Margot Robbie in spite of everything. The Oscar nominee mentioned the “Pirates of the Caribbean” spinoff wherein she was set to star has been canceled.

Robbie mentioned work had stopped on the deliberate “Pirates” movie as a result of Disney didn’t wish to transfer ahead with it, in accordance with her Vainness Truthful cowl story. She’d been engaged on the movie with author Christina Hodson, who penned the script for Robbie’s Harley Quinn flick, “Birds of Prey.”

“We had an thought and we had been creating it for some time, ages in the past, to have extra of a female-led – not completely female-led, however only a totally different type of story – which we thought would’ve been actually cool, however I suppose they don’t wish to do it,” Robbie mentioned, referring to Disney.

Robbie and Hodson had been first connected to the undertaking in June 2020, one among two deliberate “Pirates” movies, the Hollywood Reporter mentioned on the time. The movie collection’ producer Jerry Bruckheimer confirmed Robbie’s involvement as just lately as Might of this yr.

The unique “Pirates” movie collection was loosely impressed by the Disney theme park journey of the identical identify and starred Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow. Depp starred in all 5, with Keira Knightley, Orlando Bloom and Geoffrey Rush in supporting roles. The movies grossed greater than $4.52 billion worldwide, per CNBC, making it probably the most profitable movie franchises of all time.

However critiques received progressively colder because the collection went on, and as Depp’s public popularity suffered, so did the potential for future movies starring Sparrow.

A reboot of the collection (separate from the canceled Robbie-starring spinoff) has been in growth since 2019, with unique collection screenwriter Ted Elliott and HBO’s “Chernobyl” creator Craig Mazin. Bruckheimer advised the Instances this yr that Depp would doubtless not star in future “Pirates” movies, although the “future is but to be determined.”

Robbie, in the meantime, is main one other studio tentpole: Subsequent yr’s extremely anticipated “Barbie” adaptation, directed by Greta Gerwig. She’s additionally set to star in an “Ocean’s Eleven” prequel that can reportedly additionally star Ryan Gosling.