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Brenton Thwaites To Co-Star With Johnny Depp In ‘Pirates Of Caribbean 5′
After reading actors last week for the highly coveted role, Disney and Johnny Depp look to have found Jack Sparrow’s new mate. Brenton Thwaites is in final negotiations to co-star opposite Depp in “Pirates of the Caribbean 5.” Thwaites will play a British soldier in the pic. Javier Bardem is also talks to play the villain with Joachim Ronning and Espen Sandberg, who got their sea legs with “Kon Tiki,” directing. Jerry Bruckheimer is producing. Pre-production on “Pirates” is already under way in Australia, where the big-budget sequel will be shot. The film will bow in July 2017. Thwaites was last seen next in “The Giver,” and previously starred in…
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‘Pirates of the Caribbean 5′ Gets Green-lit, Filming to Begin in Australia
Pirates of the Caribbean 5 is underway, with the fifth installment of the swashbuckling film series green-lit and set to film in Australia. Fans of the franchise have had to wait a short while for a new Pirates film as the fourth title, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, was released over three years ago in 2011. Overall, the series has grossed over $3.7 billion worldwide, making it one of the most successful movie franchises in Hollywood history. The fifth film is officially titled Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales. It is no surprise that American actor Jonny Depp, age 51 but still as spry as…
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Ship Used In The ‘Pirates Of The Caribbean’ Movies Sinks
She was the supporting role in many of Johnny Depp’s scenes where he played eccentric pirate Jack Sparrow. But the main star of Pirates of Caribbean was 66-year-old pirate ship The Brig Unicorn, who sunk in a freak accident off the coast of St Vincent and the Grenadines on Saturday. The magical ship was sailing on her way to be repaired from St Lucia when she encountered difficulties and sank, no one was hurt. On board at the time there was nine crew members and one captain, who were believed to have been rescued by the St Vincent Coast Guard shortly after the incident. The Brig Unicorn played The Henrietta…
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Tribeca: Disney Chief Offers Updates on ‘Frozen,’ ‘Pirates’ Sequels at Bloomberg Breakfast
Harvey Weinstein, former mayor Michael Bloomberg and other New York media power players gathered over baked eggs to hear Disney chairman Alan Horn speak at the Bloomberg Business of Entertainment Breakfast on Tuesday morning. In a far-ranging conversation, Horn touched upon a number of Disney’s most prized franchises. At the top of that list was Disney’s breakout Frozen, now the highest-grossing animated film of all time. Horn told his audience that Disney’s sole focus at the moment was getting the Frozen musical ready for Broadway and that a sequel hadn’t even been discussed. Click Here for Full Story