Johnny Depp could reprise Captain Jack ‘Pirates’ role with $301M deal: report

To tweak a legendary line from Johnny Depp’s best-known franchise:

“This is the day you will always remember as the day you almost canceled Captain Jack Sparrow.”

Embattled actor Johnny Depp is rumored to be getting paid

over $300 million to return to “Pirates Of The Caribbean,”

after getting unceremoniously dumped from the franchise in 2018 amid abuse allegations by ex Amber Heard.

A source close to Disney allegedly dropped the bombshell in a new interview with Aussie outlet Poptopic.

The deal is reportedly for Johnny Depp to return as Jack Sparrow,

the little leaking birdie claimed to the Down Under entertainment website.

The 59-year-old “Donnie Brasco” star had played the swashbuckling buccaneer in five “Pirates” movies over the last 15 years,