When Rob Marshall shepherds his cast on the latest pirates of the Caribbean installment; he will do so with a budget cut by a third in comparison to the Gore Verbinski had for the last installment, due to the scaling down that Disney chairman Rich Ross is putting in place.
The LA Times blames the an increase the cost of making movies and its ‘stunning’ effects over the money that a movie can generate at the box office and dvd sales.. [Cynically we await the announcement that Stranger Tides will under take the cheaper post production 3D convert that will see ticket prices hiked]
However, this may just be a blessing in disguise for the project. After all, the sequels to the enjoyable original have felt over bloated with countless plot lines and special effects. So if the scale down means that screenwriters Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio have to sharpen up there script in terms of characterization over spectacle we may find ourselves with a better Pirates films than we otherwise envisaged.
MATT RICHARDSON
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