Sources say that actor, Johnny Depp is rumoured to have made a deal with Disney for more than $300 million to return as Jack Sparrow in “Pirates of the Caribbean” after getting unceremoniously dumped from the franchise in 2018 amid abuse allegations by his ex-wife Amber Heard, which were sorted out in court recently.
The 59-year-old icon had played the swashbuckling buccaneer in five “Pirates” movies over the last 19 years before Disney dropped him from the sixth and final instalment in the wake of his 36-year-old ex-wife, Amber Heard’s, 2018 Washington Post op-ed, which Depp claimed defamed him as a domestic abuser. This reportedly caused the “Sweeney Todd” icon to lose out on a $22.5 million payday.
But Depp was widely supported during his defamation suit against Heard, in which he won more than $10 million.
“Disney are very interested in patching up their relationship with Johnny Depp”, the source alleged to Poptopic. “They reached out to the actor prior to his defamation trial against Amber Heard and asked whether he would be interested in returning for another ‘Pirates’ film or two”.
Some claim that this is made up seeing as representatives for Disney and Depp have yet to respond to requests for confirmation from the New York Post.
According to their report, the source said the massive deal would not only bring Depp back for the sixth movie, but also for a “spin-off Disney Plus series about the early life of the Captain of The Black Pearl”.
The actor previously told the jury during his defamation trial that he would never work with Disney again.
To quote a legendary line from Johnny Depp’s best-known franchise: “This is the day you will always remember as the day you almost caught Captain Jack Sparrow.”