Variety’s Mike Fleming today reports that Pirates of the Caribean 4, which lost director Gore Verbinski earlier this year, is close to hiring Chicago director Rob Marshall.  Ha, more like BUTT Pirates of the GAYribbean, amirite?  …Anyway, this is good news, because Chicago is one of my top 10 favorite musicals starring Queen Latifah and Richard Gere.

Producer Jerry Bruckheimer and Disney have been meeting with a number of directors in recent weeks, because the studio wants to pull the “Pirates” film together and have Depp star in it before he does “The Lone Ranger” for the producer and the studio.

According to theplaylist, the plan for Pirates 4 is to focus solely on Depp’s Captain Jack.  Which is fine by me as long as there’s a ghost story, or some robots or aliens.  That’s what I love about Jerry Bruckheimer, he really knows how to spice up a boring old story about cannons and swordfighting and rape. I mean, who’d wanna watch that?  (I hate you.)