Like the original Pirates, The Lone Ranger sought to turn a long-famous property into a cinematic big screen adventure with Gore Verbinski directing, a script credited in part to Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio, and Johnny Depp in a leading role.
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That new arrangement, which begins April 2014 and does not affect Pirates and National Treasure sequels, did not come before Disney had to endure another summer Bruckheimer box office bomb. Even his 2011 return to his flagship Disney franchise, the Pirates of the Caribbean series, saw significant declines in the domestic market (though ones more than offset by the foreign gains eased by the use of 3D).Īdding the brands of Star Wars and Indiana Jones to an already formidable stable that includes Marvel and Pixar, Disney allowed Bruckheimer's longtime first-look deal to expire, prompting him to recently land a new distributor in Paramount, another fan of big budget-movies. His 2010 tandem of Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time and The Sorcerer's Apprentice revealed the potential down side to tentpole filmmaking in suffering back to back steep losses. But Bruckheimer has been on a losing streak lately. Jerry Bruckheimer has been considered one of Hollywood's premier producers since the 1980s when blockbusters like Beverly Hills Cop and Top Gun made him known.īased at Disney for the past twenty years, he's been behind more of the studio's live-action hits than practically anyone since Walt himself.īruckheimer's eponymous production company quickly became a cornerstone for Disney in CEO Bob Iger's franchise-driven business model.