Chris Hemsworth and Jason Momoa become pirates and Johnny Depp's Jack Sparrow in fan-made Pirates of the Caribbean 6 art. After getting its start back in 2003 with Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, the hit Disney franchise would release four sequels of varying quality, the most of recent of which came in 2017. Since then, Depp's future as Sparrow has been in question, but Pirates of the Caribbean 6 has been confirmed to be in development, though few updates have emerged on the project in recent months.

As Pirates of the Caribbean 6's cast remains a mystery, new AI-generated images shared by Esh-El on Instagram imagine some big names ing Depp's fan-favorite pirate. Featuring four images in total, the carousel sees Thor's Hemsworth and Aquaman's Momoa in full pirate costumes, with both also sporting fitting facial hair to accompany the look. Depp himself also makes an appearance in the final slide, looking as Sparrow has looked now for five movies. Check out the carousel of images below:

What Hemsworth & Momoa's Casting Would Mean For Pirates Of The Caribbean 6

The Next Movie Might Not Feature Many Returning Characters

Casting will be a major part of the Pirates of the Caribbean movie, as it's likely that relatively few familiar faces will be returning. The Jerry Bruckheimer has expressed interested in bringing Depp back as Sparrow after the actor's widely-publicized legal troubles.

Hector Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush) dies in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, meaning Depp may be the only lead actor to return, aside from other minor crew of the Black Pearl. Whether Depp returns or not, Pirates of the Caribbean 6 will need a major star as an anchor, as it's not clear how much of an audience draw Depp alone will be. Actors like Hemsworth and Momoa are not averse to ing big, blockbuster franchises and do seem like prime candidates to the cast, and their star power could help the movie succeed.

Depp recently appeared in Jeanne du Barry (2023), as well as smaller titles like Minamata (2020) and Waiting for the Barbarians (2019). His last mainsteam Hollywood film was Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018).

Our Take On Pirates Of The Caribbean 6's Cast

Is It Time To Move Past Jack Sparrow?

Depp's Sparrow has been crucial to all previous Pirates of the Caribbean movies, but the character showed his limits in Dead Men Tell No Tales. Part of Sparrow's appeal is that he doesn't really change, but this also makes him a challenging character to build a story around, as the last two movies proved. The franchise is in a tricky spot, then, because moving forward without Sparrow could risk alienating fans of that character, while pushing forward with another Sparrow-centric story could just end up feeling like a repeat of what we've seen before.

If the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise is to succeed and have any form of longevity, it does seem inevitable that it will have to move beyond Sparrow at some point, and the sixth film could be just the place to introduce new characters for audiences to root for. It remains to be seen whether Pirates of the Caribbean 6 will ever actually come to fruition, but getting the cast right will evidently be a major part of the puzzle.

Source: @esheffects