- So much for the Fountain of Youth."Pirates" director Gore Verbinski to tackle "Bioshock." (Variety)
-Frank Miller to adapt "Buck Rogers"? (IGN)
- Kill the Wabbit! Kill the Wabbit! "Donnie Darko" sequel to start shooting next week. (Screen Daily)
- If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits 88mph, you're gonna see some serious sh--. DeLorean named best movie car of all-time. (Rotten Tomatoes)
- For years I've stared at Jessica Abla. Now Jessica Alba stares back. (People)
Posted 2/8/08 11:06 am EST by Shawn Adler in News
Between Captain Jack, Barbossa, Will, Elizabeth, Davy Jones, Calypso, Norrington and a veritable rogues gallery of pirates, buccaneers and scoundrels, trying to follow every plot thread in "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" left my head spinning like a giant maelstrom.
Turns out "Pirates" helmer Gore Verbinski agrees. Holding court as the keynote speaker at the video game-centric DICE Summit in Las Vegas, the director told the audience that his biggest problem with "At World's End" was that it had just too many darn characters.
It's a problem they'll almost certainly remedy next time around. Reports from websites like Jim Hill Media indicate that the next "Pirates" adventure will center almost exclusively on Jack and Barbossa, presumably as they search for the fabled Fountain of Youth. Read More...
Posted 5/29/07 11:40 am EST by Larry Carroll in News
Now that we've seen those Pirates of the Caribbean reach the "World's End," the cat is out of the bag over which characters get a clean wrap-up, and which are poised to set sail for further adventures. With that in mind, here's a quick summation of where the "Pirates" stars stand on further sequels.
"I'm waiting for 'Pirates 4’ and '5’ if they greenlight it," Martin Klebba told us last week, revealing behind-the-scenes discussions of a pair of "Pirates" sequels. "I can't see them not doing it, if you have Johnny, Gore [Verbinski], [and writers] Ted [Elliott] and Terry [Rossio]," he added. "If they did any, I could see them doing more Jack Sparrow."
As for Johnny Depp, he is wide open to returning. "You're just trying to avoid what is inevitable, which is saying goodbye to this person you've known for umpteen months and have been very close to," the superstar said of sequels. "So yeah, I hope I get to see Captain Jack again."
With Knightley, Bloom and Verbinski finished (as a director, anyways), the sequels/spin-offs would undoubtedly focus on Jack Sparrow and his search for the fountain of youth. "You could take it in any kind of direction, but it's definitely left open, the possibility of there being a fourth," said Naomie Harris, whose Tia Dalma could return to expand the implied romance between her and Sparrow. "I'd be open to that," she said of the idea.
"I am too," Lee Arenberg said of the inevitable return of comedic duo Pintel and Ragetti. "I've got a baby on the way, so I'm hoping [for more sequels]." "Me and Mackenzie [Crook] could be the new Laurel and Hardy," he added. "That would work."
If the Sparrow spin-offs do take flight, Geoffrey Rush said he'd be willing to bring Barbossa back. "If some new ideas came up, people would be interested," he grinned. "We're going to wait and see." At the end of the day, however, it's all in the hands of producer Jerry Bruckheimer. "We'll see how this opens," he told us. "If people love it, then we'll decide what to do." Judging by this weekend's huge box-office, it sounds like "CSI" won't be the only thing Bruckheimer will be spinning-off in the months to come.
Were you happy with "At World's End"? Do you want to see more sequels? Post your thoughts in the comments section, mateys!
Posted 5/18/07 3:59 pm EST by Brian Jacks in News
He helped create one of the biggest movie franchises of all time, but now "Pirates of the Caribbean" helmer Gore Verbinski is turning his attention to something on the smaller side...unadopted canines. The director is looking to bring Berkeley Breathed's "Flawed Dogs" to theaters as an animated film.
The book -- a tongue-in-cheek catalog of "damaged" pooches held at the Piddleton 'Last Chance' Dog Pound -- is written and illustrated by Breathed, who is better known as the cartoonist behind the popular syndicated comic strip "Bloom County."
"He wrote a great book that I thought was really endearing and interesting," Verbinski remarked. "If we can do something, we're going to start talking about that after a little bit of a vacation [for me]."
The project would mark the first all-CGI film for Verbinski, but the director doesn't consider that an obstacle. "The majority of the work is trying to hash out the story. Making the movie is the next phase. If I can get to a place where we have something that's really compelling, yeah, I would love to do it."
Verbinski's "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" opens Friday, May 25, 2007.
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