Johnny Depp has reportedly been dropped from Pirates of the Caribbean following the news that Disney could reboot the film franchise.
The company is thought to be looking into bringing back to Pirates films, originally a spin-off from a ride at the theme parks, but it is now rumoured that Captain Jack Sparrow will no longer be played by Depp.
Speaking to DailyMailTV, original writer Stuart Beattie appeared to confirm Depp’s time was over, saying “he had a great run”.
Although never naming Depp, Beattie said: “Obviously he's made that character his own and it's become the thing that he's most famous for now. It's been great for him and it's been great for us.”
“There's that saying, 'Don't frown because it's over, smile because it happened.'
“The fact that they're rebooting something that you did means that you did something that was worth rebooting. It's an honour.”
Standard Online has contacted representatives for Depp for comment.
Depp has played the role of Sparrow for 14 years, making his debut in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl back in 2003.
The now-iconic franchise went on to spawn four more films with the most recent, Dead Men Tell No Tales, hitting screens in 2017.
Depp’s next big screen role is as dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald, who gives his name to the title, and will see him persued by Eddie Redmayne’s Newt Scamander and Jude Law as Albus Dumbledore.
