Overview
- Producer Jerry Bruckheimer told Deadline at D23 on Sunday that Disney is talking with Johnny Depp and that a screenplay for Pirates of the Caribbean 6 is being developed.
- Bruckheimer stopped short of announcing a deal, and the project remains in active development with no release date set.
- Multiple outlets report that Disney plans to center the next installment on a new protagonist played by Margot Robbie while keeping Jack Sparrow as a supporting figure.
- Depp is concurrently returning to major-studio work, including Ti West’s Ebenezer due in theaters on November 13, 2026, which helps explain why talks with Disney have become feasible again.
- The franchise has earned about $4.5 billion worldwide and has been in iterative development with different writers and concepts for years, so the key next steps to watch are whether Disney finalizes Depp’s deal, names a director, and sets a release schedule.