Pirates Sequel Update

Joseph T. Cool

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In Entertainment Weekly's 2006 preview, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest star Orlando Bloom and producer Jerry Bruckheimer talked about the anticipated sequel and the third installment.

Bloom said he is jazzed about one particular scene in the second film. "There's a huge sword sequence, which, if it isn't the sword sequence that puts all sword sequences to bed, then I can't imagine what anyone could ever pull out of the ether to top it," he declares. It's a clash among three characters — including his Will Turner and Johnny Depp's Jack Sparrow — "on a big water-mill wheel as it rolls down a hill. And we fight on top of it, and around it, and inside it. It's crazy."

But will Keith Richards cameo as Jack's dad? "We're trying to work out his tour schedule with our schedule [for No. 3]," says producer Jerry Bruckheimer. "We're optimistic."

I just saw the trailer for this film the other day. It looks just as good, if not better, than the original!