Johnny Depp In Talks For ‘Pirates 6,’ Jerry Bruckheimer Says

We also got the Top Gun franchise producer’s thoughts on David Ellison’s plans to have Paramount leave the state of California; this planned maneuver in response to the state AGs antitrust case and hold-up of the Melrose lot’s yearned merger with Warner Bros Discovery.

Bruckheimer doesn’t want to the see the big mountain-top studio in another state.

Says Bruckheimer, “Look, we want to keep ’em here. It’s unfortunate that it’s got this kind of political circle around it, which is a shame, and hopefully they work it all out, they stay here, and the business gets healthier.”

Bruckheimer has been a very vocal supporter of Ellison’s attempted grab of Warner Bros Discovery, believing that the studio titan is a lover of movies and a supporter of cinema. At a CinemaCon panel last spring with The Odyssey producer Emma Thomas, Bruckheimer said the following in response to not signing a petition against the merger:

“Look, I think the train has left the station. I think this is well on its way. You can sign all the petitions you want, but [the merger is] already being approved by European countries. It’s happening. So there’s not much we can do about it other than take [Paramount’s] David [Ellison] at his word that he’s going to make 30 movies [a year], and that would be fantastic.”