Gore Verbinski ditches Pirates 4 to Focus on Bioshock
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- By drvenkman
One of the best career movies Gore Verbinski has made is to not continue to make those Pirate of the Caribbean movies. They would have tied him up for another few years. The guy has already spent about 6 years of his life making those movies and I am happy to hear is is moving on to do bigger and better things. Like Bioshock! I honestly don’t need to see another Pirates movie anyway. Variety reports:
Verbinski has informed Disney and producer Jerry Bruckheimer that he will not helm a fourth installment that’s expected to set sail in 2010 with Johnny Depp back as Captain Jack Sparrow.
Sequel is in development but not yet greenlit. It’s unknown how Verbinski’s ankling will affect the pic’s schedule.
I kind of hope the project gets dropped altogether now, but it probably wont. I’m sure they will find some director to take on the film. The Pirates franchise seems to have run its course. I don’t see them getting any better. Verbinski says:
“I had a fantastic time bringing ‘Pirates’ to life, and I am eternally grateful to Jerry, Johnny and the rest of the creative and production team. I’m looking forward to all of us crossing paths again in the future.”
Now he is going to give his complete attention and talents to the video game film adaptation of ‘Bioshock’ which is being developed over at Universal Pictures. I would much rather see a a great ‘Bioshock’ movie than another Disney Pirates movie. Verbinski is currently working on the CGI animated film ‘Rango’ with Johnny Depp and he also has ‘Clue’ lined up after ‘Bioshock’.
What do you think?
I don’t think another Pirates movie should be made at all to be honest, where else can the story be taken in a logical sense. Surprised Depp even agreed to a 4th film.
As for Bioshock, awesome. It’s already hailed for it’s storytelling as a game which means we should be in for a great movie!
We haven’t seen the last of the PotC. Unfortunately. Those movies were getting stale after round 2 and while the third had some huge set pieces, it wasn’t all that great either. I’m surprised Depp is still attached to these, you would think he would also have said enough is enough.
Disney should really consider taking a break and stop beating this dead horse. Find some other property exploit:
how about Hall of Presidents?
I dont see why you would make a movie out of such a lame game. Well hasnt been the first time thats happend.
Bioshock is the only game i’ve ever played that actually had a good no amazing story. That actually served a purpose. I really hope they don’t screw this one up
It should never have been a trilogy in the first place. Why the constant need to “Star Wars” it up every time a good film gets made?!