Elliott and Mazin replaced Deadpool writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, who were brought in last year to come up with their own Pirates concept that never came together.
While 2017’s Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales grossed almost $800 million worldwide, that was also the lowest total in the franchise’s history since the very first film, The Curse of the Black Pearl.
Depp is still an extremely controversial figure, and it’s hard to imagine anyone taking over a role as singular as Captain Jack Sparrow.
Meanwhile, bad headlines have followed series star Johnny Depp.