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LEGO revisits Pirates of the Caribbean for Captain Jack Sparrow’s Pirate Ship LEGO Icons set

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LEGO has unveiled the upcoming LEGO Icons Captain Jack Sparrow’s Pirate Ship set inspired the appearance of the galleon in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise. The set comes with minifigures for Jack Sparrow, Will Turner, Elizabeth Swann, Hector Barbossa, Gibbs, Cotton, Anamaria, and Marty, and goes on sale for LEGO Insiders members on September […]

Jerry Bruckheimer developing two Pirates of the Caribbean movies, one of which features Johnny Depp

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Moana 2 is capping off Disney’s 2024 with impressive numbers, and the studio hopes to return Marvel to regular form in 2025. But what about classic live-action Disney projects? We could see the return of Pirates of the Caribbean sooner rather than later. Disney’s live-action division, headed by David Greenbaum, wants to continue the iconic […]

Jerry Bruckheimer says new Pirates of the Caribbean movie will be a franchise reboot

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Seven years since the last Pirates of the Caribbean sailed into cinemas, and it has been choppy waters trying to steer the franchise back onto the big-screen. However, Pirates Producer Jerry Bruckheimer has provided an update on the future of the seafaring series.  While doing the press rounds for his latest film, The Ministry of […]

20 Years Back: The Films of 2003

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It’s time to take a journey twenty years back in time to look at the cinematic landscape of 2003… Another year passes and another anniversary comes around. 2003 was 20 years ago. 20 years!!! Take a stiff drink people and come along with me to revisit a cinematic year that was stuffed with so so […]

The Most Incredibly Annoying Movie Characters

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Tom Jolliffe looks at some of the most annoying movie characters ever… Cinema at its best delights and enthrals. For that to work, we need engaging characters we can get behind. There’s a problem though. Sometimes for an array of reasons, some characters just end up being incredibly annoying. It can be the cherry on […]

Video Game Review – Disney Speedstorm

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Harrison Abbott reviews Disney Speedstorm… Monetisation can be a touchy subject for gamers. Ever since the birth of this medium, shrewd businesspeople have been devising craftier and craftier ways to make our wallets that little bit lighter. In the late ‘70s, many arcade machines had their difficulty levels artificially inflated — so that they could […]

Jerry Bruckheimer says multiple Pirates of the Caribbean movies are still in the works

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It’s not easy juggling the amount of work a master producer like Jerry Bruckheimer does, which explains why some projects become long delayed. One of Bruckheimer’s recently delayed works involves at least two new Pirates of the Caribbean movies. In a recent interview with The Hollywood Reporter, the producer addressed the fate of the two […]

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales tracking $100 million domestic opening weekend

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With Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales setting sail this Memorial Day weekend, Deadline is reporting that the fifth instalment of the blockbuster adventure series is tracking a four-day opening of between $90 and $100 million. The Memorial Day record is held by the third chapter of the series, Pirates Of The Caribbean: […]

Brenton Thwaites discusses Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales role as Will Turner’s son

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Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales is still over a month away from its Memorial Day release, but Brenton Thwaites recently discussed what we can expect from his character Henry Turner, who has been revealed as the son of the returning Will Turner, once again played by Orlando Bloom. Speaking to USA Today, […]