Pirates Of The Caribbean: Kevin McNally Wants Johnny Depp Back As Jack Sparrow

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One thing is certain, Pirates of the Caribbean aren’t over and Disney is slowly building up the future of its famous franchise. But apparently, Disney is building a future that won’t sit well with the fans, and you probably know why. Johnny Depp, the main star of the franchise who played the notorious Captain Jack Sparrow in all five previous movies was removed from the franchise by Disney and fans generally agree that Pirates of the Caribbean aren’t really Pirates of the Caribbean without him.

Currently, the latest movie in the franchise – Dead Men Tell No Tales – was released in 2017 and it was probably the last time for Depp in the role of Jack Sparrow. Since then, Disney announced that the sixth movie is in development and an additional spin-off movie with Margot Robbie set to star. The post-credit scene of Dead Men Tell No Tales gave us a tease that we could see Davy Jones back in the franchise, but it is unknown what older characters Disney is planning to bring back.

As reported by Express, Kevin McNally, better known as Mr. Gibbs to the fans of the franchise now revealed what he thinks of Johnny Depp’s case:

“I’ve never seen a hint of any dark side to Johnny. I see a great humanitarian and a beautiful human being. I don’t see any impediment for him coming back and playing Jack Sparrow. I think there was a general feeling that without Jack there is no Pirates franchise. And there’s probably a lot of truth in that.”

It’s safe to say that fans would agree with McNally. It is unknown what Disney is actually cooking behind their walls, but once we get the chance to see Pirates on the big screen again, we will probably feel a bit empty knowing that we won’t see Depp again as Jack Sparrow.

Depp was also removed from WB’s franchise Fantastic Beasts where he played the role of Dark Wizard Gellert Grindelwald. Mads Mikkelsen will replace him in the upcoming third movie – Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore – which is set to come out next year.

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Lukas Abramovich is a freelance writer and photo and video editor based in Croatia. He's also a web designer and holds a Master’s degree in general Computer Science from the Faculty of Informatics based in Pula, Croatia. Since 2018, Lukas has worked on several portals writing about movies, TV shows, and video games. He's currently writing articles for two of them: Fiction Horizon and Comic Basics. He also has a YouTube channel in his native language, and the content there is mostly reviewing popular movies and TV shows. Lukas also has an Instagram page where he once used to post fan-made posters he made, which is something he would like to continue working on, as photo and video editing are also some of his passions. Lukas is a big movie lover who is okay with watching any kind of movie. His favorite movie is Michael Curtiz's Casablanca, but he's a loyal follower of Marvel and DC movies, as well as several other blockbuster franchises he's been following for years; Star Wars, Fast & Furious, Mission: Impossible, and James Cameron's Avatar are only some of them. His favorite director is Christopher Nolan, with Quentin Tarantino and Denis Villeneuve as honorable mentions. Lukas is also a big fan of four fantasy multimedia franchises; The Wizarding World, A Song of Ice and Fire, The Witcher, and The Lord of the Rings. He calls them "the four rulers of the fantasy genre." He loves to write about anything spawned from those franchises (books, games, movies...), as well as anything branded with the Marvel or DC logo. Video games and their adaptations are also something he follows faithfully since he's a big fan of story-driven single-player games like Assassin's Creed, The Last of Us, Uncharted, etc. His favorite video game ever is Red Dead Redemption 2.

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