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Has PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN 4 Found A Director??


Merrick here...

Since Gore Verbinski left the franchise to head up an adaptation of the BIOSHOCK video game...and since he didn't come back once BIOSHOCK more or less collapsed...one of the bigger questions hanging in the entertainment ether has been: who'll direct the next PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN film?

Seems that question is just about to be answered.

Disney is on the verge of putting Rob Marshall in as director of a fourth installment of “Pirates of the Caribbean,” a move that puts the film on track for a 2010 production start, with Johnny Depp back as Captain Jack Sparrow.
[EDIT]
While Marshall’s involvement wasn’t immediately confirmed, sources said things look good enough that the studio has begun casting new characters that will appear in the picture.

...says Mike Fleming over at VAIRETY.

Marshal, of course, directed CHICAGO, the forthcoming NINE...



...and MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA.

Makes one wonder if PIRATES 4 will have a musical component; not sure such a move would be completely out of place in that particular universe. I doubt this is the case...just thinking aloud...




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Marshall, eh?
by Jardinier
Jul 31st, 2009
05:23:07 PM
Who are the ad wizards...
by wampa 1
Jul 31st, 2009
05:24:06 PM
First!
by one9deuce
Jul 31st, 2009
05:24:20 PM
Seems like an odd choice
by chewyou812
Jul 31st, 2009
05:24:24 PM
No
by Belasco_House
Jul 31st, 2009
05:24:58 PM
Here's the pitch:
by Orbots Commander
Jul 31st, 2009
05:25:41 PM
Hey, that's great. I now give even less of a damn.
by StarWarsRedux
Jul 31st, 2009
05:26:14 PM
This whole,
by Timahh
Jul 31st, 2009
05:26:29 PM
you're the next contestant......
by SpikedBuffy
Jul 31st, 2009
05:27:08 PM
Decent choice...
by TheWaqman
Jul 31st, 2009
05:27:50 PM
Uh... oh. Okay.
by OGoncho
Jul 31st, 2009
05:28:09 PM
Those six Oscars were a gross miscarriage of justice.
by Jardinier
Jul 31st, 2009
05:29:02 PM
Does anyone care?
by boosebaster
Jul 31st, 2009
05:30:23 PM
Pirates 2 and 3 sucked.
by Rev. Slappy
Jul 31st, 2009
05:31:09 PM
Pirates of the Caribbean 4?
by MaleSheep
Jul 31st, 2009
05:35:03 PM
This actually gives me a little hope.
by Larry of Arabia
Jul 31st, 2009
05:38:27 PM
Do we really neeed another one?
by lockesbrokenleg
Jul 31st, 2009
05:41:02 PM
Bioshock collapsed?
by AngelinasOilBoy
Jul 31st, 2009
05:42:31 PM
It gives me hope too
by ThrowMeTheIdol
Jul 31st, 2009
05:45:53 PM
"Piratesh are a girlsh besht fraaaaaynnnnd"
by thelordofhell
Jul 31st, 2009
05:48:00 PM
Now all they need to do is cast Russell Brand...
by Pissed Off And Bitter
Jul 31st, 2009
05:48:03 PM
Oh and they should have Tarsem direct..
by Pissed Off And Bitter
Jul 31st, 2009
05:52:58 PM
I have an idea! Vampire Pirates in..... SPACE!!
by RobertBaron
Jul 31st, 2009
06:03:08 PM
Pirates of the Caribbean 2 made a billion dollars
by Trannyformers_Apologist
Jul 31st, 2009
06:06:04 PM
I want to see Pirates 4, be like Grease.
by scriptgirl_nipples
Jul 31st, 2009
06:08:03 PM
Please...
by SunTzu77
Jul 31st, 2009
06:08:37 PM
Trannyformers_Apologist
by lockesbrokenleg
Jul 31st, 2009
06:11:01 PM
It's a boring choice
by Bass Ackwards
Jul 31st, 2009
06:12:32 PM
Russell Brand being Brand....
by Orbots Commander
Jul 31st, 2009
06:13:43 PM
Nobody wants this, really?
by OptimusCrime
Jul 31st, 2009
06:23:19 PM
Enjoyed the first 3 but..
by beastie
Jul 31st, 2009
06:24:17 PM
Russel Brand is a fucking asshole
by lockesbrokenleg
Jul 31st, 2009
06:26:58 PM
Nine and Memoirs
by enderandrew
Jul 31st, 2009
06:27:30 PM
1 fucking singalong and I start busting heads
by Anything But Tangerines
Jul 31st, 2009
06:33:32 PM
A better question would be...
by Johnno
Jul 31st, 2009
06:34:13 PM
Has Pirates of the Caribbean found
by ballyhoo
Jul 31st, 2009
06:37:12 PM
Pure Jack Sparrow, and no dull Will and Elizabeth!
by optimus grime
Jul 31st, 2009
06:42:38 PM
Memoirs
by banville
Jul 31st, 2009
06:45:11 PM
remove all characters except sparrow
by tiger69357
Jul 31st, 2009
06:51:10 PM
Awful franchise
by JuanSanchez
Jul 31st, 2009
06:55:09 PM
Optimus Crime
by kateowyn
Jul 31st, 2009
06:57:32 PM
Get a better writer, these PIRATE stories are a mess...
by FlickaPoo
Jul 31st, 2009
07:05:41 PM
What's the Buzz on Nine?
by Lance Rocke
Jul 31st, 2009
07:06:50 PM
Sparrow being dead and that whole bit was interesting...
by FlickaPoo
Jul 31st, 2009
07:08:23 PM
Olivia Wilde should be in it
by estacado1
Jul 31st, 2009
07:09:11 PM
Can anyone out there explain PIRATES 1 to me?...
by FlickaPoo
Jul 31st, 2009
07:22:41 PM
i honestly think
by Ogmios_the_Eloquent
Jul 31st, 2009
07:28:57 PM
Flicka
by JuanSanchez
Jul 31st, 2009
07:38:57 PM
I loved World's End
by MattmanReturns
Jul 31st, 2009
07:43:27 PM
You forgot about Bootstrap Bill
by lockesbrokenleg
Jul 31st, 2009
07:45:58 PM
Huh-ate Gore Verbinski
by marcspector
Jul 31st, 2009
07:48:23 PM
Get a fucking Bee Gees number in there!
by scriptgirl_nipples
Jul 31st, 2009
07:49:39 PM
And Kelly Brook as a Pirate!
by scriptgirl_nipples
Jul 31st, 2009
07:51:48 PM
Get Penny Marshall to direct!
by The Dum Guy
Jul 31st, 2009
07:58:07 PM
Mr. Sanchez...I guess it might be implied, but my problem...
by FlickaPoo
Jul 31st, 2009
08:07:57 PM
...so Nine is like a sequel/remake of 8 1/2?
by The Dum Guy
Jul 31st, 2009
08:09:45 PM
Tim Burton
by The_Myhand
Jul 31st, 2009
08:31:38 PM
Nice lookin trailer
by Oompacabra
Jul 31st, 2009
08:42:51 PM
What did we do to deserve another POTC film?
by savagedave
Jul 31st, 2009
08:45:21 PM
i met jonny depp at the edinburgh festival a couple of years ago
by Mixedcompany
Jul 31st, 2009
08:50:52 PM
Geez...
by JTStarkiller
Jul 31st, 2009
08:59:45 PM
Junk, junk, junk!!!
by I am_NOTREAL
Jul 31st, 2009
09:01:13 PM
The pirate thing's still going?
by johndillingers20inchseveredcoc k
Jul 31st, 2009
09:04:47 PM
Meh
by I_am_Error
Jul 31st, 2009
09:17:09 PM
NINE RAPED MY CHILDHOOD.
by Lutz
Jul 31st, 2009
09:35:12 PM
Re: jonny depp at the edinburgh festival a couple of years ago
by jbs9200
Jul 31st, 2009
09:35:55 PM
CAPT JACK!!!!!!!!!!!
by alice 13
Jul 31st, 2009
09:48:49 PM
9 is going to be so much better than Nine.
by kirttrik
Jul 31st, 2009
09:55:07 PM
Sparrow vs Barbossa
by TheDudeinLA
Jul 31st, 2009
10:07:06 PM
Bootstraps' bootstraps
by Sodomy_Joe_Shitpants
Jul 31st, 2009
10:07:09 PM
Hey, you know what-
by Sodomy_Joe_Shitpants
Jul 31st, 2009
10:08:46 PM
Someone tell Depp
by awardgiver
Jul 31st, 2009
10:11:31 PM
I'm not waiting...
by em_tee_em
Jul 31st, 2009
10:20:30 PM
Flickapoo...
by em_tee_em
Jul 31st, 2009
10:22:57 PM
optimus grime...
by em_tee_em
Jul 31st, 2009
10:25:12 PM
Captain Jack Sparrow vs. Captain Jack Harkness!
by johndillingers20inchseveredcoc k
Jul 31st, 2009
10:25:20 PM
Oh my god...
by em_tee_em
Jul 31st, 2009
10:26:48 PM
Yeah yeah yeah...
by em_tee_em
Jul 31st, 2009
10:27:27 PM
No, the Pirates thought she was a Turner because
by lockesbrokenleg
Jul 31st, 2009
10:30:28 PM
Yep...
by em_tee_em
Jul 31st, 2009
10:32:40 PM
em_tee_em...really? Am I that far off?...
by FlickaPoo
Jul 31st, 2009
10:34:35 PM
Flickapoo
by em_tee_em
Jul 31st, 2009
10:39:33 PM
i;m down with a Pirates 4
by bone_white
Jul 31st, 2009
10:40:39 PM
em_tee_em...but they don't need all of the blood...
by FlickaPoo
Jul 31st, 2009
10:53:55 PM
BUTT PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN
by PixarsSUP
Jul 31st, 2009
10:56:37 PM
Nine looks boring....
by Nuking the Fridge
Jul 31st, 2009
11:32:12 PM
Captain Jack Sparrow & Captain Jack Harkness...
by Seth_Rogens_Hairy_Breasts
Jul 31st, 2009
11:39:41 PM
KEEP STAGE AND FILM SEPARATE DAMMIT
by gruemanlives
Aug 1st, 2009
12:33:20 AM
PIRATES 27 : LEGACY
by Gorgomel
Aug 1st, 2009
12:33:58 AM
memoirs of a geisha was crap
by disfigurehead
Aug 1st, 2009
12:52:12 AM
gruemanlives
by lockesbrokenleg
Aug 1st, 2009
01:43:15 AM
They already knew where the island was
by lockesbrokenleg
Aug 1st, 2009
01:52:26 AM
FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH storyline?
by ZombieHeathLedger
Aug 1st, 2009
01:55:33 AM
Really shitty movies
by kwisatzhaderach
Aug 1st, 2009
02:04:40 AM
FRANK Marshall would make more sense.
by The_Genteel_Gentile
Aug 1st, 2009
02:29:30 AM
Garry Marshall would make NO sense
by YackBacker
Aug 1st, 2009
02:33:05 AM
All three were soulless crap
by Mr Gorilla
Aug 1st, 2009
02:40:05 AM
I can't stand Nicole Kidman
by bbbbeeeennnn
Aug 1st, 2009
03:10:27 AM
As long as Gibbs is in it...
by loafroaster
Aug 1st, 2009
03:11:27 AM
No BIOSHOCK, but a PotC 4?!
by BurnHollywood
Aug 1st, 2009
03:17:27 AM
I look at Pirates 4 as
by Muki
Aug 1st, 2009
03:48:38 AM
A little thing I liked about the PIRATES franchise
by ZombieHeathLedger
Aug 1st, 2009
04:54:38 AM
Also, NO to a Bioshock movie!
by savagedave
Aug 1st, 2009
05:29:41 AM
Dancing and singing pirates
by AsimovLives
Aug 1st, 2009
06:41:23 AM
Does your mother know that Bioshock won't happen?
by Fareal
Aug 1st, 2009
06:47:33 AM
I need to lay off the drugs
by savagedave
Aug 1st, 2009
09:11:01 AM
This does not inspire me with confidence.
by rbatty024
Aug 1st, 2009
09:45:06 AM
Why is 2 and 3 considered bad?
by maelstrom_ZERO
Aug 1st, 2009
10:19:01 AM
Maelstrom...
by rbatty024
Aug 1st, 2009
10:43:39 AM
Pirates 3 was one of the worst movies ever
by MANZILLA
Aug 1st, 2009
11:25:03 AM
I hated the sequels
by dr_buggerlugs
Aug 1st, 2009
12:45:04 PM
Pirates 2 and 3 were mediocre
by ominus
Aug 1st, 2009
02:49:25 PM
All 3 of them are great
by lockesbrokenleg
Aug 1st, 2009
02:50:39 PM
Monkey Island would have been a better
by ominus
Aug 1st, 2009
02:51:12 PM
Poor ominus
by lockesbrokenleg
Aug 1st, 2009
02:55:16 PM
Why u say that lockesbroken?
by ominus
Aug 1st, 2009
03:08:28 PM
Pirates of the Caribbean 4: Back For More Cash
by TheManCalledFlane
Aug 1st, 2009
04:35:52 PM
It's interesting, Rob Marshall certainly insn't the obvious choi
by The_Genteel_Gentile
Aug 1st, 2009
05:13:14 PM
g'U'ess.
by The_Genteel_Gentile
Aug 1st, 2009
05:15:24 PM
The Pirates movies were silly fun..
by conspiracy
Aug 1st, 2009
05:17:55 PM
Yeah, I liked 'em all! Verbinski actually did a brilliant job.
by The_Genteel_Gentile
Aug 1st, 2009
05:40:18 PM
^ add an "on" somewhere up in there.^
by The_Genteel_Gentile
Aug 1st, 2009
05:45:29 PM
Can Zack Snyder do it instead?
by lockesbrokenleg
Aug 1st, 2009
05:51:08 PM
Renny Harlin!
by pollaxt
Aug 1st, 2009
06:55:40 PM
As long as Elizabeth is outta there, I'm okay with a fourth
by FeralAngel
Aug 1st, 2009
07:20:25 PM
As long as that LIMIT JACK'S SCREENTIME, it can be good.
by GibsonUSA Returns
Aug 1st, 2009
10:05:16 PM
Nice one pollaxt
by NomoredirtyjokespleaseweareYan ks
Aug 1st, 2009
10:51:46 PM
Movie should be 1.5 hrs, Depp debuts 30 mins in.
by GibsonUSA Returns
Aug 2nd, 2009
12:24:12 AM
Overrated ride = overrated movie series
by HB_Dad
Aug 2nd, 2009
01:21:40 AM
Less serious and convoluted would help
by Redmond
Aug 2nd, 2009
01:28:17 AM
R rated Pirates.
by lockesbrokenleg
Aug 2nd, 2009
01:49:56 AM
Why PotC 3 sucked
by BurnHollywood
Aug 2nd, 2009
02:12:53 AM
Um, I thought they already did that?
by lockesbrokenleg
Aug 2nd, 2009
02:17:26 AM
As I've said before, send Sparrow back in time
by Dingbatty
Aug 2nd, 2009
04:28:52 AM
They wasted the interesting character
by Dingbatty
Aug 2nd, 2009
04:37:04 AM
Yeah, Norrington
by Belasco_House
Aug 2nd, 2009
05:00:55 AM
*have* gone out, sorry
by Belasco_House
Aug 2nd, 2009
05:01:49 AM
I'm going to be a proud hater
by BendersShinyAss
Aug 2nd, 2009
08:00:10 AM
I hope Verbrinsky will do a great job with Bioshock
by ominus
Aug 2nd, 2009
10:42:40 AM
Bender
by ThrowMeTheIdol
Aug 2nd, 2009
11:27:33 AM
Pirates 2 and 3
by Detective_Fingerling
Aug 2nd, 2009
11:47:19 AM
Keira Knightley will NOT be in any more Pirates.
by conspiracy
Aug 2nd, 2009
12:02:34 PM
Get Jim Carrey as the other pirate.
by GibsonUSA Returns
Aug 2nd, 2009
12:03:06 PM
Still....Keira Knightley is hot..
by conspiracy
Aug 2nd, 2009
12:03:56 PM
Replace Knightly with Anne Hathaway....
by GibsonUSA Returns
Aug 2nd, 2009
12:04:11 PM
replace her with an actress,for start
by ominus
Aug 2nd, 2009
12:22:54 PM
BendersShinyAss
by lockesbrokenleg
Aug 2nd, 2009
03:00:10 PM
Bioshock Collapsed?
by polyh3dron
Aug 2nd, 2009
04:58:26 PM
I didn't like the sequels...
by GreenRiver
Aug 2nd, 2009
07:39:06 PM
Video game movies are cursed.
by Orbots Commander
Aug 2nd, 2009
10:53:34 PM
Never mind the director...
by BiggusDickus
Aug 3rd, 2009
01:33:54 AM
And sorry, but Anne Hathaway...
by BiggusDickus
Aug 3rd, 2009
01:35:07 AM
Wait, what?
by Orbots Commander
Aug 3rd, 2009
08:00:29 AM
I'll follow Sparrow through the gates of hell...
by Azlam Orlandu
Aug 3rd, 2009
01:09:51 PM
Orbots Commander...
by BiggusDickus
Aug 3rd, 2009
01:42:22 PM

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