Pirates Of The Caribbean 6 Stays In Development And May Star Margot Robbie

And as he told the newspaper, the film is still at an early enough point of development after its first announcement two years ago that there remain multiple candidates for the project's final script.

Both the film's title and its final cast remain unknown, but Bruckheimer has shared some possibilities.

In his words, "We are developing two Pirates scripts -- one with her, one without."

Considering that The Hollywood Reporter quoted Robbie as hinting that she could join the franchise as far back as 2020, it's unclear exactly how these talks have progressed if her role still remains a possibility rather than a lock.

When asked if Captain Jack Sparrow was in either of the scripts Bruckheimer mentioned, he replied, "not at this point," but also said "the future is yet to be decided."

That said, this would take some Herculean negotiations on Disney's part since Depp has gone on record as saying that even if Disney offered him the role back, he's at a point where he would turn it down.

With that in mind, it doesn't seem likely that either Depp or his character will appear in Pirates 6 at all.

Considering that the post-credits scene from Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales saw Orlando Bloom's Will Turner have a nightmare about Davy Jones, there appears to be some suggestion that he wasn't as easy to kill as our heroes thought.

So if we don't get an all-new villain, this seems like the most likely candidate.

According to Collider, Kaya Scodelario confirmed that her contract has her signed on to the sixth movie in the franchise, which makes her character Carina Barbossa the most likely to return.

That being the case, there's no reason not to expect that her lover Henry Turner — as played by Brenton Thwaites — will also make his return.

When it comes to everything else including when this movie will actually come out, it seems we will simply have to wait and see.

h/t: The Sunday Times