Rob Marshall Set to Direct Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Back in July, it was let out that Rob Marshall was one of the front runners to direct the next installment of the Pirates franchise at Disney. It was said he was meeting with Bruckheimer and Disney execs. Now it has been confirmed by an Ain’t It Cool News reader who reviewed Rob Marshall’s latest film musical Nine In the review there was a Q&A session afterwards where Marshall confirmed he will be directing Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.
“When asked about his next project (by Nora Ephron, who hosted the Q&A), he replied ‘y’know, it’s something that I was offered and never in the world thought I would do but then I was like ‘why not?’… I’m doing Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. That’s right– Rob Marshall is directing the next installment of the ‘Pirates’ franchise. The only additional thing he mentioned about it was that he had a wonderful meeting with Johnny a little while ago and that they’re both excited to work together.”
While this news hasn’t been officially confirmed by Disney, this appears to be the first time that Marshall had publicly spoken about his involvement on the sequel. I am really excited about this as in fact i think he is a nice change of pace for the series. Verbinski did a fantastic job with the first three films but i think Marshall will bring a new creative element to the franchise. If you watch his other work like Chicago or Memoirs of Geisha, there is a lot of detail in the environments as well as the little details that just pop out at you. I am really excited about this.
