re: Disney at it again, replacing Johnny Depp

A redhead female pirate? Were Christina Hendricks and Jessica Chastain both booked?

"PUT A CHICK IN IT, MAKE HER LAME AND GAY!"

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I guess the Little Mermaid remake did well enough for them to keep rolling the redheads under the bus.

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this is nothing more than cultural appropriation.

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Not to mention Anne Bonny was a white Irish Pirate with red hair.

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At least the show Black Sails got it right

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17th-century female pirate.

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She was a pirate in the 18th century

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Why not create something new with their woke policies?

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There’s actually plenty of historical accounts involving Africans and piracy they could work with if they wanted to and still be historically accurate. It’s stupid to change a character that was historically Irish to black

It’s explained that this project was originally developed with the new woman pirate from the Disneyland ride, Redd, in mind to lead the movie. At one point, Guardians of the Galaxy star Karen Gillan was said to be in line to play the character. Obviously, plans have changed and the focus now is on "a younger cast of pirates looking for a hidden treasure."
As for the other Pirates film, Margot Robbie is reportedly still attached to that one to play the lead in a new female-fronted Pirates movie, which is being developed by Birds of Prey writer Christina Hodson. It was reported that this movie was not moving forward, but I guess that report was wrong.
The version that Ayo Edebiri is up for is being developed by Chernobyl creator Craig Mazin and previous Pirates films writer Ted Elliot. This film is much farther along than the other one and if one goes first, it will be this one.

Neither of the movies will have any connection to the original franchise starring Johnny Depp, Keira Knightly, and Orlando Bloom

The only place anyone said she was replacing Depp and going to play Ann Bony, the Irish Pirate, was some far right nut job on Twitter trying to get views and likes.

Do a little research and quit talking everyone thing you read from The Economic Times (never heard of it tbh) as gospel.

It's so easy to get some people riled up. All you have to tweet is Disney, Woman, Lead, and people will lose their shite. LOL

Oh now I see where Elon retreated the far right person on Twitter as if it were fact. What a tool

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For the life of me I don’t get why yall care about this stuff.

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I care about it in the same way I care about Shia LeBeouf stealing McDonald's food from a homeless guy. Or the guy that faked a MAGA Country attack on himself. Bud Light throwing away years of successful branding to cater to a tiny minority that doesn't even buy their product. Or Gary Busey's whole life.

That is to say, I don't truly "care" all that much at all but it's fascinating to watch any successful entity self-destruct.

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That IP needs to go away … Jesus people come up with something new.

Plus if that artist rendering in the OP link is accurate she can walk my plank…or shiver me timber.

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Excellent