See full version: Jungle Cruise; sequel setting sail at Disney with Dwayne Johnson, Emily Blunt back on the boat
Director Jaume Collet-Serra (who recently teamed back up with Johnson for next summer's Black Adam) is expected to captain the ship once again with a screenplay from Michael Green (co-writer on the first movie with Glenn Ficarra and John Requa). Johnson returns as a producer — along with John Davis, John Fox, Beau Flynn, Dany Garcia, and Hiram Garcia. Scott Sheldon returns as executive producer. more
Speaking with SYFY WIRE earlier this month, Jungle Cruise's main unit cinematographer Flavio Labiano sounded off on a potential sequel at that time. "I don't know," he said. "The movies rounds itself and ends up in London again, so I don’t know. It’s hard to imagine a sequel of the movie, but they do it, and when they do it, they do it really well. The first time I saw Pirates [of the Caribbean], I said, ‘That’s it. What are they going to do next?’ And they went on and on. " more
Set against the period backdrop of World War I, the swashbuckling adventure flick channels old school classics like The African Queen, Indiana Jones, and Romancing the Stone. The story follows an intrepid female physician (Blunt) who embarks on a dangerous journey through the Amazon rainforest to find a mythical tree whose leaves are said to have miraculous healing properties. To find it, she enlists the help of her brother (Jack Whitehall), and the wisecracking captain (Johnson) of a rundown riverboat with a lot of history christened "La Quila." [links]
Jungle Cruise was released late last month after more than a year of pandemic-related delays. Leaning into the same strategy used for Raya and the Last Dragon, Cruella, and Black Widow, Disney adopted a hybrid rollout, offering the blockbuster in theaters and on Disney+ Premier Access (which requires an extra fee $29.99 for current subscribers). here
At World's End: Dead Man's Chest ends with Jack being dragged into Davy Jones' Locker by the Kraken and the remaining heroes resolving to save him with the help of a returning Barbossa. At World's End picks up the action at the beginning of the mission and not much time has passed in between. Consequently, Captain Jack is the same age in the third Pirates of the Caribbean movie as he was in the second, and this makes sense since both films were shot back-to-back. [links]
How does Captain Jack Sparrow's age change through the Pirates of the Caribbean movie franchise? Since sailing into theaters with The Curse of the Black Pearl in 2003, Johnny Depp's Jack Sparrow has been the undisputed face of the Disney film series. Other characters have come and gone, but Captain Jack remains the common thread through each adventure, with much of the Pirates of the Caribbean mythology centered around the swashbuckling exploits of Depp's most iconic portrayal.
Dead Men Tell No Tales: Young Lewis McGowan is credited as playing a 12 year-old Henry Turner in the opening sequence of Dead Men Tell No Tales, and the bulk of the movie is set 9 years later, which means Brenton Thwaites is portraying Henry at age 21. Therefore, 21 years (and nine months) must've passed since At World's End. If Jack was around 40 years old then, he's 60/61 in Dead Men Tell No Tales, which must take place only a year or so after On Stranger Tides. Although the math checks out, the fifth movie's co-director, Joachim Rønning (via Cinemablend), claims a decade has passed since On Stranger Tides, conflicting with either Henry's age or the 1750 production design of the fourth movie.
Captain Jack Sparrow, famously portrayed by Johnny Depp, is the heart of the Pirates of the Caribbean movies. But how old is the pirate in each film?
Dead Man's Chest: Based on the exchange between Captain Jack and Davy Jones about how long Sparrow was captain of the Black Pearl, roughly a year must have passed between The Curse of the Black Pearl and Dead Man's Chest. This would make Depp's pirate around 40, again not far from the actor himself when filming took place in 2005. here
The rumours of Depp’s firing came shortly after the actor engaged in a very public court case with his ex-wife, Amber Heard, and a British newspaper.
However, he has also suggested Depp’s appearance may only be a brief cameo where he literally passes the torch of the franchise on to Robbie.
The legal battle was over claims Depp was a “wife-beater” while he was still married to Heard.