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Johnny Depp mulls retirement in wake of Lone Ranger flop

Johnny Depp has told BBC Breakfast he’s “not too far” from retirement; a vague declaration made newsworthy by its proximity to his recent big screen flop, The Lone Ranger. His comments were captured for posterity by THR. Disney’s The Lone Ranger marked the second big budget failure for Depp in a row, following his 2012 […]

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Burton, Raimi, Levy and Cuarón in the running for Pirates 5?

Critical consensus surmises that, upon taking over from Gore Verbinski, director Rob Marshall gave Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides a bland handling.  Our own Simon Miraudo wasn’t exactly blown away, and Margaret Pomeranz commented that the franchise had reached its use by date. So it makes sense that measured star Johnny Depp is […]

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