Gore Verbinski To Ditch Pirates, Robert Zemeckis To Send Moms To Mars

Jim Hill is good to his word. As promised last week, he's been at Berkeley Breathed booksigning events, and hoovering up scoops.

For one: Gore Verbinski is looking to ditch Pirates - even though Johnny Depp is close to signing for a fourth installment. Why would Berkeley Breathed know? Because Verbinski's preferred project is an adaptation of his Flawed Dogs children's book.

Breathed's latest is Mars Needs Moms, acclaimed by many to be his best work to date. The great news is that this looks set to be adapted into the first film for the Disney-Robert Zemeckis collaboration, the motion-capture studio announced earlier in the year.

Despite obvious conclusions, I'm not sure Zemeckis will direct, but it is entirely possible. Either way, it should make for a good first project, something to show the world what the new unit is capable of.

New Pirates Featurette

Mike Markus is like a bloodhound. Tonight he's sniffed out for us a new Pirates of the Caribbean 3 featurette. You can right click to download and save, should you desire.

Pirates Of The Caribbean Featurette

Want to download a brand spanking new Pirates of the Caribbean 3 featurette? Sure? Really sure?

You can grab it from Rapidshare. I dare say it will be on Yahoo this time tomorrow.

Want To See The Pirates 3 Trailer Right Here, Right Now?

You can see the Pirates of the Caribbean 3 trailer now, if you don't mind the odd bit of dubbing into Russian. View it, or download it, or try for the HD version.