Pirates of the Caribbean: Johnny Depp films risk being replaced by new Disney blockbuster
At the moment the Pirates of the Caribbean series does not have any future projects announced just yet. The previous film, Salazar’s Revenge, was released in 2017 and was a great success. Although the film raked in more than $794 million, it did not reach the staggering wealth of the previous film, On Stranger Tides, which broke $1 billion at the box office. Later this year Disney’s next adventure movie, Jungle Cruise, is due to his cinemas.
Jungle Cruise has a lot of parallels to Pirates of the Caribbean.
On top of being based on a Disney World theme park ride, Jungle Cruise also employs a Hollywood star (Dwayne Johnson), a mysterious ship and a heroine (Emily Blunt).
The sea-faring adventure has shown a lot of wit and whimsy in the trailers thus far, utilising some of the same Disney magic seen in the Pirates films.
The film also focuses on a magical artifact – The Tree of Life – something that will change the lives of the film’s characters; a story beat extremely similar to Pirates’ Aztec Gold.
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