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‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ Movie Starring Margot Robbie No Longer Happening at Disney
A new female-fronted take on the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise was announced back in 2020, with Margot Robbie starring and Christina Hodson (Birds of Prey) on board to write.
Alas, Margot Robbie tells Vanity Fair this week, the project is no longer setting sail.
“We had an idea and we were developing it for a while, ages ago, to have more of a female-led—not totally female-led, but just a different kind of story—which we thought would’ve been really cool,” Robbie explained to Vanity Fair. “But I guess they don’t want to do it.”
When it was announced back in 2020, the Margot Robbie-led Pirates movie was said to be a “wholly original story with new characters,” rather than a spinoff/sequel to the franchise.
We had also learned at the time that a franchise reboot was in the works as well, which may or may not still be happening. Jerry Bruckheimer was on board to produce both films.
Stay tuned for more on all things Pirates of the Caribbean as we learn it.
Filming is underway on The Invisible Man director Leigh Whannell’s Wolf Man for Universal and Blumhouse, which will be howling its way into theaters on January 17, 2025.
Deadline reports that Matilda Firth (Disenchanted) is the latest actor to sign on, joining Christopher Abbott (Poor Things), Julia Garner (The Royal Hotel), and Sam Jaeger.
The project will mark Whannell’s second monster movie and fourth directing collaboration with Blumhouse Productions (The Invisible Man, Upgrade, Insidious: Chapter 3).
Wolf Man stars Christopher Abbott as a man whose family is being terrorized by a lethal predator.
Writers include Whannell & Corbett Tuck as well as Lauren Schuker Blum & Rebecca Angelo.
Jason Blum is producing the film. Ryan Gosling, Ken Kao, Bea Sequeira, Mel Turner and Whannell are executive producers. Wolf Man is a Blumhouse and Motel Movies production.
In the wake of the failed Dark Universe, Leigh Whannell’s The Invisible Man has been the only real success story for the Universal Monsters brand, which has been struggling with recent box office flops including the comedic Renfield and period horror movie The Last Voyage of the Demeter. Giving him the keys to the castle once more seems like a wise idea, to say the least.
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