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Johnny Depp on July 17, 2013 in Tokyo, Japan. Johnny Depp has been dropped from the 'Pirates Of the Caribbean' film franchise. Atsushi Tomura/Getty Images
Johnny Depp has been dropped from “Pirates of the Caribbean,” according to the film franchise’s original scriptwriter Stuart Beattie.
Disney Studios plans to reboot the billion-dollar franchise and will be axing Depp, Beattie told DailyMail TV at a recent red carpet event in Hollywood.