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Has ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ Found Their Next A-List Captain? · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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  Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest.
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  Speaker 2: The hopes for a new Pirates of the Caribbean movie
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  Speaker 2: has felt like a sinking ship, with the Margo Robbie
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  Speaker 2: led project announced years ago losing momentum due to her
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  Speaker 2: busy slate and Johnny Depp seeming to be retired from
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  Speaker 2: his pirrating ways. But there's a new rumor now gaining
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  Speaker 2: steam that a rising star will be the next Pirate Captain,
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  Speaker 2: none other than Austin Butler. Life and Style reports that
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  Speaker 2: there isn't a script ready to go for Austin to
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  Speaker 2: sign onto, but he's very interested in joining the franchise,
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  Speaker 2: and Disney loves the idea. Austin is the right age
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  Speaker 2: to star in a trilogy or more and comes with
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  Speaker 2: the right skill set to create a new character that
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  Speaker 2: feels like he belongs in the Pirates universe. The word
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  Speaker 2: is Austin doesn't want to officially sign on until he's
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  Speaker 2: ready script, and they're hoping to have one done by
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  Speaker 2: next year for a release date of summer twenty twenty seven.
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  Speaker 1: Very exciting. That's direct from Hollywood