"Pirates Of The Caribbean 2 & 3" Cast & Crew Discuss Storyline, Updates, Working On Both Sequel Films!

“”Pirates Of The Caribbean 2 & 3” Cast & Crew Discuss Storyline, Updates, Working On Both Sequel Films!”

By Arlene R. Weiss © Copyright March 21, 2006

The April 2006 issue of “Total Film Magazine” has a simply scrumptious Cover Story on BOTH “Pirates Of The Caribbean 2 & 3” films, featuring a GIANT photo of a regal Johnny Depp in perfect, dashing, pirate pose as Captain Jack Sparrow on the cover!

The article, “Jack’s Back”, on pages 60-64, is a wonderful in depth, up close and personal, story featuring insightful and delightful interviews with a TON of the cast and crew, as well as a dazzling color photo spread throughout, giving YOU the FIRST, SNEAK PEAK at both “Pirates Of The Caribbean” film sequels!

The article begins with “Pirates’” parent film making company, Walt Disney Motion Pictures’ Chairman, Dick Cook, entertaining the press at Los Angeles’ Kodak Theater, with a gala all day event, preview, of the crop of Disney films scheduled to come out in 2006/2007. To sweeten things up, Cook brings out such luminaries as “The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, And The Wardrobe” Director, Andrew Adamson, as well as a presentation of Disney’s NEW, 3D film technology!

But….as the “Total Film” article continues, the GRAND FINALE, is a VERY SPECIAL GUEST!!

“Johnny Depp, in full, Captain Jack regalia, flounces onto the stage, flailing about wildly, and bringing the house down as he refuses to let Cook finish a sentence without interjecting the same, slurry mantra: “RRRRRRRUUUUUMMMM?””

“Coupled with some archly timed staggering and lascivious, wild-eyed drooling at every woman in the front 3 rows, it’s safe to say that, in spite of the A-listers that have come before, it’s Jack who steals the show. In much the same way he stole the whole damn summer, back in 2003….”

Then the article goes on to discuss the heightened expectations for both “Pirates Of The Caribbean 2 & 3” films to not only live up to, if not TOP, the stellar standards of the first “Pirates Of The Caribbean” film, which to date has made over $1 BILLION, and has at least just as many eager fans, as well as discussing of course, both sequels’ current works in progress and how they are shaping up.

Director of all 3 “Pirates” films, Gore Verbinski enthuses to “Total Film” that, “I think Jack is the character Johnny Depp was born to play.” (We certainly AGREE!)

But “Total Film” likewise notes that it’s the entire cast, and outstanding storyline, script, and character development that made the first “Pirates” the mega hit that it IS, stating, “It’s the spectacle, mixed with scruffy wit and dog eared charm that made the first “Pirates” film a success.”

Producer Jerry Bruckheimer knows that maintaining that unique, original, charismatic, witty, character driven storyline, chemistry and formula is essential in creating BOTH “Pirates” sequel movies, saying to “Total Film”, that, “We spent an enormous amount of time working on the screenplays (for BOTH “Pirates” Sequel films 2 & 3), to make sure they were inventive and worthwhile.”

Bruckheimer tells “Total Film” that, regarding the current, simultaneous production of both sequels, “It was always planned as a package 2 and 3. For a number of reasons. Economically, it helped with the location shooting. But more than money, it was about ensuring we could get all the creative elements together; writers, directors, cast. There’s a lot of people and getting all of their schedules aligned is hard. If we’d set just to do Part 2, it could have been 3 or 4 years before we could get everyone back together for a 3rd film.”

“Total Film” goes on to tell us that “Up the 101 Hollywood Freeway North, a cab ride from the Kodak Theater, some….creative elements are hard at work.”

“Portions of BOTH “Pirates” sequels are being shot at Universal Studios, and among the sets, is the deck of “The Flying Dutchman”, the ship captained by Davey Jones in “Pirates Of The Caribbean 2: Dead Man’s Chest”. Creaky looking and barnacle strewn, with rusty cannons and mould everywhere, it’s sprawling and intimidating, the haunted homestead of a distinctly disturbed mind.”

Actor, Bill Nighy, who plays Jones tells “Total Film” that, “Davey’s a very upset, angry guy. He’s so wounded from love that he literally tore his heart out and stuck it in a locker, deep in the sea, so he would never have to feel again”.

The main plot of “Dead Man’s Chest” surrounds our budding, young lovers’, Will Turner’s (played by actor, Orlando Bloom, reprising his role!) and Elizabeth Swann’s (played by actress, Keira Knightley reprising her role!), imminent wedding plans, which are rudely interrupted when Will’s Father, Bootstrap Bill (portrayed by actor, Stellan Skarsgard) pops in for an unexpected visit.

For fans of the first “Pirates” film, you may remember Bootstrap Bill was thrown into the sea after a mutiny aboard the Black Pearl.

To complicate matters for our Will and Elizabeth, their irascible rogue of a friend, Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp reprising his role, of COURSE!), has gotten himself into quite a mess! It seems that Jack owes a debt of sorts to the wicked Davey Jones, and if Jack fails to repay it, he will spend all of eternity in damnation! Oh MY!

Will and Elizabeth have to put their wedding on the back burner to come to the rescue of Jack and THAT’S where things get REALLY JUICY and SCARY and filled with SUPERNATURAL doings and creatures!

As “Total Film” reports, “The theory here is that the longer that Jones’ crew, (Jack included!), serve on his ship, the more they become “part of the sea”, leading to a variety of mutant seamen with eels, serpents, and shark heads sprouting out of their bodies. Jones himself, has a “crab leg”. You know, like a peg leg, but with more, well, crab.”

ARGH!!!!

We certainly wouldn’t want our Captain Jack to suffer the same sea salty fate! Oh, NO! Can you imagine Jack with a Sea Horse’s curly tail, or the tentacles of an octopus, or the otherworldly shape of a manta ray?!

Come on, Will and Elizabeth! We KNOW we can count on the two of you to get Captain Jack out of this fix!

Oh, but we DO hear that Elizabeth must fight off some nasty sea creatures in order to save Jack, including a GIANT SQUID with LOTS of tentacles!!!!

Keira Knightley details to “Total Film”, her own green screen, smackdown of a CGI monster squid, and it sounds like she’s having a BLAST!!!! (pirate lingo pun intended!)

Ahoy me mateys! We be mightily awaitin’ on more news and to be a seein’ “Pirates Of The Caribbean 2: Dead Man’s Chest” and we still, be awaitin’ on the inside scoop on “Pirates Of The Caribbean 3”!

We be akeepin’ you posted quicker than a full wind’s gale be fillin’ our ship’s sails!

Source:
“Total Film Magazine”

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By Arlene R. Weiss © Copyright March 21, 2006