DEPP SCOOPS BIGGEST EVER UP-FRONT PAYOUT FOR PIRATES 4
Hollywood star JOHNNY DEPP will reportedly pocket a staggering $59.2 million (£32 million) pay cheque for reprising his role as CAPTAIN JACK SPARROW in a fourth installment of the PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN franchise.
The big-money deal will make Hollywood history as the highest up-front payment ever - overshadowing the $53.65 million (£29 million) Tom Hanks was offered to star in the forthcoming The Da Vinci Code sequel, Angels & Demons.
But a movie insider insists Disney Studio bosses - who are behind the hugely successful franchise - would pay anything to keep Depp on their books.
The source tells Britain’s Daily Mail newspaper, "There’s only one Johnny Depp
. They simply cannot make another Pirates movie without Jack Sparrow.
"The first three films have earned $2.7 billion (£1.46 billion) at the box office
. It’s no surprise that Disney executives want Jack back and they are willing to pay big bucks to get him." However, it is unlikely Depp’s co-stars Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightley will return to star in another sequel.
Knightley, who played Elizabeth Swann in the adventure trilogy recently said: "I think it was wonderful and an amazing opportunity and those films were just extraordinary and I was extremely lucky to be a part of them
. But no
. I think my pirating days may be over."
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