For any of you Pirates of the Caribbean fans out there I’m sure you’ve been wondering and hoping that the franchise will continue, with the original cast intact. Well even though Johnny Depp is reprising his role as Captain Jack Sparrow, it appears that Keira Knightley won’t be returning as Miss Swann, or as anyone else for that matter.
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In an interview with Moviefone, Knightley expressed her plans (or lack thereof) for the fourth film in the Pirates franchise. Check out what she had to say:
It was a completely fantastic experience, and it was an amazingly large portion of my life, but I don’t think I need to go there again. I think that it’s done. But I’m very excited to see the next one. And he [Johnny Depp] is so wonderful in that character. I think it’ll be wonderful.
The Pirates franchise is one which lost me at number two – the first was good (although has lost its appeal after being beaten over the head with the constant mentioning of all things Pirates), but the second and particularly the third were just total wastes and complete bores (why in the hell did the third one need to be nearly three hours?).
The only way I would want to see a fourth film is if they ditch the love story and concentrate on the franchise’s two best characters – Captain Jack Sparrow and Captain Barbossa. And with Knightley now saying she’s not doing another one (although we’ll see if time and a truck load of money changes that decision), it looks like at least as much of the romance won’t be present.
So is Keira Knightley right for not coming back for another Pirates movie? And should there be anymore at all?
Pirates of the Caribbean 4 is expected to be released sometime in 2011.
Source: Moviefone
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Well, I haven’t seen 2 or 3, so I don’t really think I’ll be seeing 4 anyhow, but maybe she doesn’t want to get typecasted??
I enjoyed all three movies (although the second and third to a slightly lesser degree). But if she’s not coming back, then maybe Orlando Bloom won’t be back either, as their love story is what kept the two going.
If it’s just Jack and Barbossa, with some new characters, I’d say that would be a great new start. Wasn’t Russell Brand supposed to show up or something? I can see him doing something like this.
Well, that kills the series for me. I only saw 2 & 3 ’cause I’m a die-hard Keira fan.
The third was at least a step back in the right direction. The second only really had two set pieces (the cannibal island one and the gerbil/water wheel sequence) as high points. The first was always the best, as happens so often.
That said, I think that these movies always worked best when it was only about Jack and Barbossa. The movies should be adventures about them. Of course, you need more than just two characters to carry a film like this, so they’ll need to encounter other characters to interact with (whose lives will be inadvertently complicated because of it, naturally), but the focus of these films should always be those two.
I never really found much to like in any of the films beyond ogling Keira Knightley. That even the first one was such a huge hit has always baffled me.
I really enjoyed the first film, the 2nd was ok and the 3rd was just too long. They could’ve cut that film to 2 hrs and it would have been so much better. This franchise is all about Johnny Depp. All of the other characters are ancillary and expendable. Keira’s character was at times VERY annoying. She will NOT be missed at all by me. IF they stick with a Capt. Jack story instead of contriving some other love interest, this could be much better than the 2nd or 3rd films.
good her character was dumb
I agree with Hud, I wanna see more calypso. The entire fight scene marriage sucked.
No more, please. The first was very entertaining, but they dropped off quickly after that. The last, in particular, was very overwrought yet quite dull at the same time.
I think that they should start now with a different story with Jack as the central character. You could do tons of different story arcs without it getting boring.
Well, if Russell Brand is in it, maybe him and Orlando Bloom will get into a romance together…
He’s probably more feminine than even Keira Knightleyis…
To bad about Keira, if I want to see a movie that SHE made good, i’ll go see Atonement. These movies are made good by (mainly) Depp. As long as he’s in part IV i’ll be up for it.
I enjoyed two and three to a degree, but the whole high school level relationship between Keira and Bloom’s characters was wearing on the nerves. I agree, the third could’ve done with some editing to get it to a reasonable run time.
Like others are saying, if they focus on Sparrow and Barbosa, and a great adventure, I’m there for the viewing.
YES!! Ye-he-hes!!!!!!
No more skinny lizzy!!!
I LOVED the original and I own it on DVD.
I HATED 2.
and I just plain skipped 3.
I applaud Keiras decision.
I hope Orlando Bloom follows suit.
Never cared much for her or her character in the series anyway, good news to me.
Geoffrey Rush made Pirates for me.At the end of Dead Mans Chest i was very happy to know he was returning. As much as i love jack sparrow, Barbosa was my ideal pirate. I also think it would be kinda sweet if they include some of the new pirates from At Worlds End like the French, and Corsair type captains. But with the way the third movie ended we all had to know that there would be a fourth. Made too much money for there not to be another one.
They need to introduce another Pirate or bring some in from the bretheren court to follow Barbosa and Sparrow. I agree with Tiny, Barbosa was a better pirate character.
For a fourth one, Macho Man Randy Savage as Sinbad chasing after Sparrow & Barbosa. Think about it!!!
And I really enjoyed Dead Man’s Chest! It was epic and fun!
Keira sucks in these films, so does Orlando – they are far too OTT with their characters (more stage like), you can tell they were amateurs at the start of the series. With them gone, we can continue with more interesting story lines.
Like everyone else, the first was awesome, second okay, third just plain crap.
im glad shes going most of the people commenting seem to be male so from a girls point of view who wouldnt want to watch capt. jack for 3 hours i defenatly would!!!
I think that the story between orlando and keira is over.
I want to see the fountain of youth
and by the way the 2 and 3 movies are AWESOME.
please disney hear me and make a good movie without keira and orlando
cause you have calypso, barbosa, poseidon.
YOU GUYS SHOULD READ THE BOOKS BEFORE THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL
The first movie was really good, the second movie was ok, but it through me off, and the third one was just to far gone, that i didn’t enjoy it that much…….
the love story between orlando and kiera, was good in the first, but not in the second or third……..
i do believe orlando will be back, only because of the ending of the third movie. now he’s a dead capt. who’s alive by magic……..
As for sparrow and barbossa, they always did a good job with the way the characters act. the arguments, the sudden pop ups from nowhere, the disbelief the other is still alive, but, it happened in the first three movies, and it may go to far in the 4th one……
you can only run a series or sequel for so long, before it gets to the point of being horrible, or plain crap……..
they should of stopped with the third movie, but hey the 4th might just beat them all…….
you all are wrong, it wasnt just johnny that made it good. what makes a story good(especially in this case) is the supporting actors who allow the main stars to shine, i saw an essay that defends orlando perfectly, and the same applies for keira, and i think a film with only depp will be terrible, they need keira and orlando: Bloom’s tragic need to actually do his job haunted him even in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise. What so many critics and audience members failed to understand is that it was Orlando Bloom’s straight-man performance that allowed Johnny Depp’s Captain Jack Sparrow to exist in the narrative in the first place. Yes, compared with Johnny Depp’s Captain Jack Sparrow, Orlando Bloom looked pretty dull. But that is the burden of the straight man. A lesser actor would have demanded that he be allowed to be larger-than-life and crowd-pleasingly comedic as well, but Bloom knew that it was his job to counter-balance the off-the-wall antics of Johnny Depp. Because Bloom’s Will Turner fulfilled the genre requirement of having a straight-arrow heroic figure, and his relationship with somewhat more-complicated Elizabeth Swann (Keira Knightley) fulfilled the demand for sea-faring romance, Johnny Depp was free to run wild and do whatever he damn-well felt like. If Rob Marshall and the makers of the upcoming Pirates of the Caribbean: At Stranger Tides think they can craft a story completely around Jack Sparrow, they are in for a rude awakening. A Pirates of the Caribbean sequel utterly and completely dominated by Jack Sparrow would be no less grating than a Shrek sequel starring only Donkey.
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