PIRATES sequel in development

By: Patrick Sauriol
Date: Wednesday, July 16, 2003
Source: The Hollywood Reporter

With a $46 million dollar opening weekend it was bound to happen.

Josh Spector over at The Hollywood Reporter says that Disney is in early development on a sequel to PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN. According to Spector, the studio has already locked the principal PIRATES players including director Gore Verbinski, producer Jerry Bruckheimer and cast members Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightley. As well, the movie's screenwriters, Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio, are thinking about where they could take the characters in a second adventure.

One week after its bow, the film is approaching the $80 million dollar mark at the box office.


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