Orlando Bloom Hints at Possible New Pirates of the Caribbean Film

It’s been eight years since the last Pirates of the Caribbean movie – 2017’s Dead Men Tell No Tales – and Orlando Bloom is ready to return to the franchise.

Bloom shot to fame as Legolas in The Lord of the Rings franchise, and quickly parlayed that into playing Will Turner in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise.

There has been talk of a sixth film ever since Dead Me Tell No Tales debuted, with a report in April claiming the next film would be a reboot, possibly without Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow. 

While nothing has been confirmed about a sixth film by Disney yet, producer Jerry Bruckheimer hinted last year that there were two separate Pirates movies being developed, one with Depp and one without.

Bloom recently appeared on This Morning, promoting his new film Deep Cover with Bryce Dallas Howard and Nick Mohammed, where he was asked about the future of the franchise.

While he admitted that he didn’t know anything about a future sequel, he definitely seemed interested in returning. 

It’s been eight years since the last Pirates of the Caribbean movie – 2017’s Dead Men Tell No Tales – and Orlando Bloom is ready to return to the franchise

Bloom recently appeared on This Morning, promoting his new film Deep Cover with Bryce Dallas Howard and Nick Mohammed, where he was asked about the future of the franchise

While he admitted that he didn’t know anything about a future sequel, he definitely seemed interested in returning.

‘Well, I don’t know, I can’t say anything at the moment because I really don’t know, but there’s definitely…’ and when asked if it was about ‘availability,’ he said it was, ‘nothing like that.’ 

‘I think they’re trying to work out what it would all look like, I personally think it’d be great to get the band back together,’ Bloom admitted. 

‘That would be great, but there are always different ideas, and so we’ll see where it lands,’ Bloom revealed. 

The franchise clearly still holds a beloved place in Bloom’s heart, since he responded to his co-star Keira Knightley’s recent comments about the films.

She told The Times back in November that the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise was, ‘making and breaking’ her simultaneously.

‘I was seen as s*** because of them, and yet because they did so well, I was given the opportunity to do the films that I ended up getting Oscar nominations for,’ Knightley said.

She added that they were, ‘the most successful films I’ll ever be a part of, and they were the reason that I was taken down publicly. So they’re a very confused place in my head.’

Bloom responded in Entertainment Weekly, stating, ”It was such a huge moment in time that is almost like… it feels almost like another lifetime now.’ 

‘Well, I don’t know, I can’t say anything at the moment because I really don’t know, but there’s definitely…’ and when asked if it was about ‘availability,’ he said it was, ‘nothing like that.’

‘I think they’re trying to work out what it would all look like, I personally think it’d be great to get the band back together,’ Bloom admitted

‘That would be great, but there are always different ideas, and so we’ll see where it lands,’ Bloom revealed.

The franchise clearly still holds a beloved place in Bloom’s heart, since he responded to his co-star Keira Knightley’s recent comments about the films

‘I definitely understand where Keira was coming from, and she does wonderful things,’ the actor said, ‘I have a lot of positive takeaways.’

The Pirates of the Caribbean franchise – spawned from the hit Disney theme parks ride of the same name – has grossed over $4.5 billion worldwide.

It was also the first ever movie franchise to spawn two separate $1 billion films – Dead Man’s Chest ($1.1 billion) and On Stranger Tides ($1.046 billion).

While Depp has disappeared from the spotlight for the past few years after his legal battles with Amber Heard, it would be interesting to see if he would in fact return as Captain Jack Sparrow for a new Pirates movie.