{"id":10073,"date":"2009-11-18T11:29:18","date_gmt":"2009-11-18T01:59:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fernbyfilms.com\/?p=10073"},"modified":"2010-05-05T09:43:58","modified_gmt":"2010-05-05T00:13:58","slug":"opinion-johnny-depps-4th-pirates-flick-to-make-him-38m-minimum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fernbyfilms.com\/2009\/11\/18\/opinion-johnny-depps-4th-pirates-flick-to-make-him-38m-minimum\/","title":{"rendered":"Opinion – Johnny Depp’s 4th Pirates Flick to make him $38m minimum!!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow....<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Came across this news article online today, which stated that Johnny Depp has accepted a deal to star in the 4th Pirates Of The Caribbean<\/em> film, On Stranger Tides<\/em>. The tone of the article suggested that this figure is grossly disproportionate to what the film would be worth, and\u00a0I have to say, I disagree strongly.<\/p>\n

Johnny Depp’s name alone will draw in a profit for this film, although this might prove invalid if the film does poorly, considering teen-scream heartthrob Orlando Bloom, and female co-star Keira Knightley will not be reprising their roles this time around. The lure of Orlando was thought to have propelled the original Pirates <\/em>film to success, although in recent times, the series has focused more on Depp than anything else.<\/p>\n

While many may scream that this is an outrageous amount of money to throw at somebody to accept a role, it goes without saying that the film will make buckets, and so, Depp should stand to reap the reward for his effort. I don’t deny that perhaps the best part of that salary would be better served to feed the poor or some other noble cause, but since we live in a world of commercial gain and demand vs cost, then I am not surprised. However, should the film tank, then that will be a different story.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, too much emphasis is placed on how much a film cost to make, or how overpaid the stars were, or other nonsense, which often detracts from how good or bad the film actually is. Remember Waterworld<\/em>? People wrote the film off even before it’s release due to the fact the film cost the best part of a squillion dollars to make due to sets being destroyed, re-shoots, and other stuff like that. And Titanic<\/em>, which cost half a billion dollars (at the time) to make and market? Okay, so my Waterworld<\/em> argument doesn’t hold water (ha!) but just because a film costs a bazillion dollars, doesn’t automatically<\/em> make it a crap film. And just because Tom Hanks or Tom Cruise or Johnny Depp can command that kind of price range for a film doesn’t make them any less competent actors.<\/p>\n

So before we judge whether Depps price tag for Pirates 4<\/em> is worthwhile, lets actually see the film first!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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