Robbie’s Birds of Prey screenwriter Christina Hodson will pen the new iteration of the franchise.
Johnny Depphas headlined thePiratesfranchise since the first 2003 movie as swashbuckling, rum-drinking Captain Jack Sparrow.
That film currently has the lowest cumulative lifetime box-office gross of the previous installments.
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Depp himself has become a controversial figure afterthe abuse allegationsfrom ex-wifeAmber Heard.
The actor hasdenied these claimsand insistshe was the victim" of abuseby Heard.
The Hollywood Reporterwas the first to report the news.
