Depp confirmed for POTC 4

According to ANI wire reports, Johnny Depp will reprise his role as Captain Jack Sparrow in a fourth Pirates of the Caribbean film, it has been confirmed. Depp will also play Tonto in a film adaptation of The Lone Ranger. Variety Magazine reports that both the films will be produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, who has helped Disney earn about 2.6 billion dollars with the previous three Pirates films.

Simon Brew at "Den of Geek" has suggested Ten Ways Disney Can Make Sure POTC4 Gets It Right. Not sure if we agree with all of them, but interesting reading nonetheless.

For what it's worth, Rope of Silicon reports that the 9/24 Disney Studios Showcase (which also announced Depp would portray the Mad Hatter in Tim Burton's "Alice in Wonderland") didn't exactly claim a POTC4 was imminent, but rather that Studios' chairman Dick Cook claimed that Depp's casting was "a perfect Trifecta," including Tonto, the Hatter, and "another (Pirates) for good measure," apparently referring to Depp's role as the infamous Jack Sparrow.

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