Depp officially Disney’s Golden Boy
Late last week word came out that Captain Jack Sparrow will indeed make his way back to the big screen. And at the same time, word came that Johnny Depp will diversify himself for the studio as well, playing more than just the swashbuckling hero. Here is the report from Variety…
Depp has agreed to reprise his role as Captain Jack Sparrow in a fourth “Pirates of the Caribbean” pic and play Tonto in a big screen adaptation of “The Lone Ranger,” both produced by Jerry Bruckheimer. He will also star as the Mad Hatter in Tim Burton’s version of “Alice in Wonderland.”
These all seem very interesting. Using Depp in the Lone Ranger means it is probably not a cheesy Haunted Mansion-quality script, or he wouldn’t do it. And Tim Burton doing “Alice in Wonderland” is certainly one of those ideas that can either be brilliant or unwatchably weird.
But it is Pirates 4 that is causing Disney fans to look at their computer screens and cheer in their chairs. Considering the plot was all but revealed at the end of “At World’s End” there isn’t much to report. All I can say is that I hope they return the franchise to its funnier and more appealing roots found in the first film.