The Haunted Mansion, for example, was adapted twice in 20 years, and the first Pirates movie did better at the box office than both combined. Much of that success could be credited to the series’ now controversial star, and while it’s been eight years since the last Pirates movie, a franchise producer suggests there’s more to come — and that star will remain involved. Producer Jerry Bruckheimer remains confident Johnny Depp would return to the Pirates franchise. A separate reboot was later announced with Margot Robbie attached to star, but that was canceled as well. Johnny Depp’s career isn’t what it used to be — his only role in 2024 was as a gibberish-speaking puffin in an animated spinoff-of-a-spinoff movie, Johnny Puff: Secret Mission.