Johnny Depp to Get $35 Million for Pirates 4

Posted by Robin Paulson Categories: Disney, Action, Adventure, Family, Period, Sequels, Comedy, Thrillers, Casting, Celeb News, Celebrity Gossip, Rumors, Upcoming Releases

While studio execs at Disney may forge ahead without Johnny Depp for the fifth and sixth Pirates of the Caribbean films, they’ll definitely be paying a hefty amount to have him in the latest sequel of the franchise.

Reportedly commanding a minimum of $35 million, Depp would shoot to the top of the highest-paid actors list, placing him above the likes of Tom Cruise, Tom Hanks, and Mel Gibson, who ask for around $30 million (Depp received $25 million for the last Pirates sequel).

Yes, the Pirates of the Caribbean movies have dominated at the box office; however, higher-ups usually aren’t known to shell out $35 million paychecks, so what gives?

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Casting Corner: Jake Gyllenhaal, Gwyneth Paltrow and More

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: 20th Century Fox, DreamWorks, Sony, Warner Bros, Adaptation, Animation, Biopics, Drama, Family, Independent, Period, Science Fiction, Sequels, Comedy, Thrillers, Casting, Celeb News, Rumors, Upcoming Releases

Here’s a quick look at some of the casting announcements made recently:

Jake Gyllenhaal: The Jarhead star may be prepping to play another military man in Source Code, a sci-fi thriller. The movie, which will be directed by Duncan Jones (Moon), centers on a soldier who wakes up as a commuter on a train. The passenger is forced to relive the experience again and again until the mystery behind a bombing is determined. Shooting should start in early 2010.

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Ozzy Osbourne Would Like Johnny Depp in His Shoes

Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Biopics, Casting, Celebrity Gossip

Could Johnny Depp be biting off doves’ heads someday?

Black Sabbath rocker Ozzy Osbourne has just released his autobiography, I Am Ozzy, and says one of his few remaining ambitions is to see the tome turned into a film, with the Pirates of the Caribbean actor in the lead role.

“What’s left to wish for? A number one album would be good. And to have a movie made of the book, maybe with Johnny Depp playing me - I’d like that,” he revealed. “But really, I’d like to go back in time and make better choices. Still, I know now that there is no such place as Utopia. Even if I do make it to heaven, you can bet your life the toilet will stink.”

As well as career plans, Ozzy is also thinking about returning to his native UK with wife Sharon. “I don’t want to spend the rest of my life in California. There’s so much bulls**t out here and the reality is, I’m English,” he said.

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Pirates Franchise Sails On…Without Depp?

Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Disney, Action, Adventure, Family, Sequels, Casting, Celeb News, Celebrity Gossip, Corporate Shakeups, Rumors, Upcoming Releases, Videos

Which is bigger: Depp or Disney?

Dick Cook, former chairman of the uber-company and friend to actor Johnny Depp, recently left the company and left the fate of the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise up in the air. Depp stated that he may discontinue his piracy if Cook is no longer at the helm of the ship.

But here’s the really shocking part: Disney plans to forge ahead without him. Depp is signed up to do On Stranger Tides, the fourth installment in the franchise, but two more movies are planned after this.

So…is there any way the movies could possibly work without Captain Jack Sparrow? Disney’s pretty big…but it’s doubtful the company has the chops to make Pirates work without Depp in the lead.

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Michael Caine Denies Johnny Depp Rumors

Posted by Robin Paulson Categories: Warner Bros, Action, Adaptation, Classics, Noir, Sequels, Thrillers, Casting, Celeb News, Celebrity Gossip, Celebrity Controversy, Rumors, Upcoming Releases

Poor Michael Caine—ever since he seemed to confirm the Johnny Depp-Riddler rumors, the poor guy has been out of the loop with everything these days!

In an interview with MTV (nearly a year ago with the same interviewer with which the deed was done), Caine realizes that he can’t trust the newspaper these days:

“We talked about Johnny Depp and all that, which is in the paper! We trusted the newspapers, and I got into so much trouble. They said, ‘Johnny Depp’s not in it. Philip Seymour Hoffman’s not in it. There’s no script, there’s nothing.’ They said, ‘Why did you say that?’ I said, ‘Because the reporter I was talking to had the newspaper, and it said it in the newspaper, and I thought you’d announced that.’ So they said, ‘Shut up.’”

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Johnny Depp Out of Pirates?

Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Disney, Action, Adventure, Family, Period, Sequels, Comedy, Casting, Celeb News, Celebrity Gossip, Celebrity Controversy, Rumors, Upcoming Releases

To a whole lot of women’s dismay, Johnny Depp may not appear in the next Pirates of the Caribbean film.

The veteran actor said that following the departure of Disney chief executive Dick Cook last Friday, he will have to wait to see the script for Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides before he will commit to the movie.

Referring to the film he said, “There’s a fissure, a crack in my enthusiasm at the moment.”

Johnny, who has played the lead role of Captain Jack Sparrow in the previous three installments of the pirate adventure trilogy, said that he was “shocked and very sad” about the news when Dick phoned to tell him he was leaving.

“He is the utmost gentleman, so he made the call himself. He didn’t give me a reason. I didn’t see this coming. There was no reason to see this coming. He’s instantly trustworthy. And you generally don’t meet people at the studios you trust. He’s a rare beast.”

Johnny also said Dick was the person who convinced him to sign on for Pirates of the Caribbean in the first place.

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Johnny Depp Surprises D23 Audience

Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Disney, Action, Adventure, Sequels, Casting, Rumors

Johnny Depp, in his Pirates of the Caribbean mien, rode a pirate ship into the Disney D23 Expo yesterday. As it turns out, Jack Sparrow wasn’t just there to delight crowds: he had an announcement to make.

It was in this fashion that Disney chose to unveil the name for the newest Pirates installment. The fourth in the franchise will be named Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides and sails to theaters in the summer of 2011.

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Tim Burton’s Unique Relationship with Johnny Depp

Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Celebrity Gossip

Tim Burton doesn’t know what he and Johnny Depp talk about.

The director - who is working on Alice In Wonderland, his seventh venture with the actor - admits he is regularly left perplexed when they finish discussing their work.

He said: “What do we talk about? That’s the thing - we don’t really know. It’s very nice to have someone that you can have a completely abstract conversation with and leave the room, feel like everything’s fine, and then realize that if you pick it apart, you have absolutely no idea what either of you said.”

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This Week on DVD and Blu-ray: August 11, 2009

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Lionsgate, Paramount, Sony, Action, Adventure, Drama, Foreign, Horror, Science Fiction, Comedy, Home Entertainment, Lists

Here are some of the DVD and Blu-ray options available this Tuesday:

• 17 Again: DVD, Blu-ray
• About Last Night: Blu-ray
• Alien Trespass: DVD, Blu-ray
• Blue Thunder: Blu-ray
• Chaos: Blu-ray
• The Class: DVD, Blu-ray
• Cutthroat Island: Blu-ray
• Gigantic: DVD
• I Love You, Man: DVD, Blu-ray
• The Ninth Gate: Blu-ray
• Replicant: Blu-ray

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Box Office Breakdown: G-Force Teams Up on Harry Potter

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: 20th Century Fox, Disney, Paramount, Warner Bros, Action, Adaptation, Adventure, Animation, Drama, Family, Horror, Period, Romance, Science Fiction, Sequels, Comedy, Box Office, Lists

Let’s face it: Daniel Radcliffe may be cute, but guinea pigs are cuter.

Despite earning $78 million last weekend, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince could not keep up the magic. The sequel fell to second place after earning a still impressive $29.5 million take over the past three days. Overall, the film has raked in $220 million to date and a delayed opening in IMAX theaters this Wednesday - Transformers 2 had been taking up room - should give the film another boost.

So what could possibly scoot the wizards out of first place? Rodents. Disney, which has already seen The Proposal and Up premiere on top this summer, earned another victory with the debut of G-Force. The comedy about a bunch of whiskered CIA operatives roped in $31.6 million over the weekend, just enough for a close win.

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