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“I think it’s a new beginning. I think it’s tying a lot of loose ends together and also providing an opportunity to continue the story and to continue the journey. There’s a bunch of new characters in this film, so in this one we sort of, you know, playing in their own moments and continuing their own stories, but there is definitely room to explore their backstories and their relationships in the next one if there is another one.”here
Warning: Spoilers ahead for Dead Men Tell No Tales
Dead Men Tell No Tales is currently on course for a $230 million opening weekend, globally. Against a budget of $230 million, that’s certainly enough to ensure that a further installment would be considered. Reviews may be mixed to negative, but the public pays little attention to that when it's a return to such a hugely popular franchise. The movie has been widely touted as a soft reboot of the franchise, and that certainly seems the case while watching. While Rush takes his final bow as Barbossa, Carina takes up his mantle as his long-lost daughter. Henry is the son of Will (who makes a return to the franchise) grandson of Bootstrap Bill Turner, and Jack… is just Jack. As Bruckheimer has rightly stated, the franchise could not continue without Depp’s presence. more
Speaking to Screen Rant, Thwaites agreed that Dead Men Tell No Tales is a new beginning, and with the theme of family prevalent throughout, he feels there is opportunity for that to be further explored: here
Perhaps the biggest obstacle to there not being any more Pirates of the Caribbean, is that a lot of the plotlines have been done, and there seems to be only so much more left to say. We’ve seen Henry and Carina’s story played out with Elizabeth and Will, Barbossa isn’t around to rile Jack Sparrow anymore, we’ve met Davy Jones, Blackbeard, Jack’s dad, his uncle, and several different incarnations of essentially the same crew. He’s lost ships and taken command of ships. He’s drunk an awful lot of rum, leered at an awful lot of women, and caused an awful lot of trouble for the Naval officers. How many more times can we see Jack somehow escaping death at the hands of some vengeful character or another?
The Hollywood Reporter wasn't exactly jazzed up about Dead Men Tell No Tales either, but the review found a lot more positivity than the last one did. DeFore said there was a familiar feel to the movie that franchise fans would love. here
Isn't this dilemma exactly what critics are for?
"Containing only the faintest traces of the spark that turned this once unpromising idea into a nearly four billion-dollar enterprise, Joachim Ronning and Espen Sandberg’s 'Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales' is a mercenary, visually unappealing exercise in brand maintenance. The franchise has lost a bit of its luster with every successive installment, but never has a “Pirates” film felt this inessential, this depressingly pro forma. It will surely make money, and the estimated wait times for its namesake ride will spike in Disney parks worldwide. But considering the quality of some of the other big-money franchises in Disney’s fleet, 'Pirates' needs to make a far better case for its seaworthiness if it expects to see future voyages." more
Read Variety's Full Review Here. here
On the complete opposite end of the spectrum, Angie Han of Mashable thought that Dead Men Tell No Tales had no reason to exist. Seriously, one quote genuinely says that the film "fails to justify its own existence in any way whatsoever." Ouch.
Keira Knightley may be done with Pirates of the Caribbean, but she isn't done with Disney. The actress will be seen later this year, in a perfect bit of casting, as the Sugar Plum Fairy in The Nutcracker and the Four Realms. Before that though, you can see her in Colette, which is now in limited release. Check out our premiere guide for all the biggest movies still to come this year.
Despite the fact that the last Pirates film suffered a $250 million drop from Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, it does seem likely that a sequel will come at some point given the power of the brand and the fact that the last film still earned $795 million worldwide. I think fans might like Keira Knightley to be a part of it, if only because she was back when this franchise was performing stronger critically, but it seems that Elizabeth Swann will not be returning to right the ship. That said, there are directions that a sixth film could go in to try and reinvigorate and reinvent the franchise.
Keira Knightley is also a prolific actress, and perhaps she prefers taking on lots of roles and creative challenges with shorter productions instead of having to pass up on parts because she's spending too much time shooting the next Pirates of the Caribbean film. It's understandable, even if it is a bummer for fans of her character that went from damsel in distress to badass pirate king over the course of the series. [links]
Even though she made a brief return to the series in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, Keira Knightley does not expect to set sail for the high seas again as a part of the franchise. According to the Los Angeles Times, her reasoning is that the films simply take too long to shoot. The Pirates of the Caribbean films take five or more months of principal photography, which is considerably longer than a film that isn't on that blockbuster scale would take. Keira Knightley is a mother now, and blockbuster films like the Pirates series take a long time to shoot, so that probably factors into how much time she wants to commit to one specific project, especially one that she's done before multiple times.
Keira Knightley's Elizabeth Swann was an integral part of the first three films in Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean series. The actress reprised the role for a cameo in last year's Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, but the franchise has generally moved beyond Keira Knightley and co-star Orlando Bloom and has largely suffered for it, as the focus has been entirely on Johnny Depp's Captain Jack Sparrow. Yet, despite the creative decline, these films still make money, especially overseas, so a sixth entry is likely inevitable. But if there is another Pirates of the Caribbean movie, don't expect Keira Knightley to be a part of it because she simply doesn't want to commit the time.
Nick grew up in Maryland has degrees in Film Studies and Communications. His life goal is to walk the earth, meet people and get into adventures. He’s also still looking for The Adventures of Pete and Pete season 3 on DVD if anyone has a lead.