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Pirates of the Caribbean is one of Disney's most popular, and profitable, live-action franchises. While the fifth movie in the series didn't light up the domestic box office the way previous films did, the movie still made nearly $800 million globally, and that's not the sort of money you would ever expect Disney to just forget about. However, in the years since the last film, while there has been a lot of movement on a new movie, it has all led to very little when it comes to actual productions, and a lot more when it comes to confusion.
The biggest question about the future of the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise is also the question about Johnny Depp's future with it. Since he introduced Captain Jack Sparrow to the world, the character and the film series have been one and the same. While Captain Jack is rarely the man the Pirates of the Caribbean film is actually about, he's a huge part of the story, and for many people, a Pirates movie without Jack just wouldn't be a Pirates movie.
But the initial report of this Pirates of the Caribbean movie was careful to draw a distinction between this one and the film being written by Ted Elliott and Craig Mazin. These are two distinct Pirates of the Caribbean films being developed simultaneously. Beyond that, we don't really know what the plan is. Is one of these movies essentially Pirates of the Caribbean 6 in everything but name, and the other some sort of spinoff? Or are they both something different and separated from the world of Captain Jack Sparrow? That's the part where things get murky once again.