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Johnny Depp Dropped From ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ as Disney Plans Reboot for Franchise
www.theepochtimes.com ^ | October 29, 2018 Updated: October 29, 2018 | By Mimi Nguyen Ly

Posted on 10/29/2018 1:29:17 PM PDT by Red Badger

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To: EnquiringMind

...with meth teeth


21 posted on 10/29/2018 1:40:17 PM PDT by EnquiringMind
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To: Red Badger
I liked the first Pirates movie; could barely stay awake for the second. Had no idea they'd gotten up to five. Had Depp not starred in those films, he'd be a virtual unknown who starred in flops or arthouse-type films.
22 posted on 10/29/2018 1:41:18 PM PDT by Sans-Culotte (Time to get the US out of the UN and the UN out of the US!)
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To: al_c

The old actors are, well, OLD!

Reboot = new actors, new stories, new fans = new $$$$$$................


23 posted on 10/29/2018 1:42:05 PM PDT by Red Badger (I lie to pollsters......................ALL Of THEM!...................)
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To: Sans-Culotte

Depps a basket case....not sure the guy’s going to change either.


24 posted on 10/29/2018 1:42:58 PM PDT by caww
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To: Red Badger

Haven’t seen any of these movies.

In fact, out of curiosity I just pulled up Depp’s IMDB profile and I’ve only seen 2 of his movies!


25 posted on 10/29/2018 1:43:19 PM PDT by z3n
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To: C19fan

I could actually envision a Small World horror movie. You are onto something!

Sorry Johnny Depp. Too much money, too many drugs, too hollow an ego, too bad, so sad.


26 posted on 10/29/2018 1:43:44 PM PDT by Yaelle
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To: Snickering Hound

Wow, someone who’s too freaky for Disney.


27 posted on 10/29/2018 1:43:57 PM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know. how people are infected with Ebola.")
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To: Red Badger

Depp’s mental stability worried Disney, too. Look, even normally Left-leaning CEO Robert Iger realized politics is starting to kill the highly valuable Disney brand, and that’s why they dropped Depp and even have de-emphasized politics at ESPN.


28 posted on 10/29/2018 1:44:31 PM PDT by RayChuang88 (FairTax: America's Economic Cure)
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To: Red Badger

“Obviously, he’s made that character his own”

He stole the character from Keith Richards.


29 posted on 10/29/2018 1:44:44 PM PDT by BEJ
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To: Red Badger

I differ with the article, I believe Depp was a star before pirates. I know he’s a liberal mess, but he’s had some great roles. I would pick Donnie Brasco as his best, followed by What’s Eating Gilbert Grape.


30 posted on 10/29/2018 1:45:02 PM PDT by Williams (The New Democrat Slogan: Choke It Down!)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

I read that the studio is in talks with the writers for “Deadpool”. No word on what direction any new film will be going, but it would be nice to see a different story line with new characters. I liked Geoffrey Rush as an actor, and enjoyed his character Barbossa in the series.


31 posted on 10/29/2018 1:45:04 PM PDT by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: z3n

The Pirates movies are good, for their genre.

Funny, dramatic, and entertaining......................


32 posted on 10/29/2018 1:45:20 PM PDT by Red Badger (I lie to pollsters......................ALL Of THEM!...................)
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To: BEJ

Keith Richards played his dad..............


33 posted on 10/29/2018 1:45:56 PM PDT by Red Badger (I lie to pollsters......................ALL Of THEM!...................)
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To: Snickering Hound

But knowing Disney will be replaced by a lesbian Jackie Sparrow who is constantly asserting grrl pwwr.
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My bet is a one-legged (gotta have the physically challenged represented), black tranny that identifies as a furry squid.


34 posted on 10/29/2018 1:47:20 PM PDT by Grimmy (equivocation is but the first step along the road to capitulation)
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To: 1Old Pro; Zathras; max americana

Maybe they couldn’t get a completion bond on him for a decent price?

(at one time I thought they had them on some actors, too)

Dunno


35 posted on 10/29/2018 1:47:35 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Williams

Edward Scissorhands was great!..................


36 posted on 10/29/2018 1:48:18 PM PDT by Red Badger (I lie to pollsters......................ALL Of THEM!...................)
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To: Red Badger
The old actors are, well, OLD!

Rowan Atkinson has said that he quit doing Mr. Bean because that was not a character that audiences wanted to see growing old. A 60-year old Bean would become pathetic, not funny. Good call.


37 posted on 10/29/2018 1:48:57 PM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: exPBRrat

Yes, as a actor depicting strange characters he is unequaled.........


38 posted on 10/29/2018 1:50:00 PM PDT by Red Badger (I lie to pollsters......................ALL Of THEM!...................)
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To: Red Badger

I think his “father”, Keith Richards looks better than he does.


39 posted on 10/29/2018 1:50:08 PM PDT by Huskrrrr
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To: Red Badger

Good grief, not another reboot!! Stop!!!!

Five “Pirates of the Carribean” were too much for me. Only the first one in the series and the fourth one (”On Stranger Tides”) had plots you could actually kind of follow. The other three movies had plots that were so muddled with silly complicated action scenes and nonsense dialogue, it was hard to tell what the h*** was going on.

I liked “On Stranger Tides” the best because it was about the pirates/English(including Ian McShane as Blackbeard) and the Spanish Armada (all dressed in black and sporting large crucifixes) were both going after the Fountain of Youth.

When the Spanish finally arrived at the Fountain (marching and holding large banners with crucifix crosses on them), the Spanish commander declared “Only God can grant eternal life, not this pagan water.”

Then he ordered his men to tear down the fountain, and the Spanish soldiers pulled it down with ropes. Then the Spanish soldiers crossed themselves and marched back to their ships. I’m Roman Catholic, so I absolutely loved this scene LOL.

Hey, sometimes you have to hand it to the Catholics, they don’t mess around when it comes to certain things. :0)


40 posted on 10/29/2018 1:50:08 PM PDT by RooRoobird20 ("Democrats haven't been this angry since Republicans freed the slaves.")
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