it took him awhile but he called. >> reporter: at the outtet it was bruckheimer's then controversial call to cast depp, whose characterization initially made disney executives' jaws hit the poop deck. >> they're panicking, seeing pepe lepew as >> when we cut a scene together and showed them how it was going to work, they got on board with and it saw what we were trying to do. >> me, i'm dishonest. a dishonest man you can count on to be dishonest, honestly. >> what's it like to work with captain jack sparrow? >> when you're working with him and he becomes this the guy, there's a moment, there he is. then you are proud, and you go, that was fun! but you have to do your lines. i'm sorry, i forgot. >> reporter: the characterization has outlasted studio regimes, trends in film franchises, even bruckheimer's overall producing deal at disney, abc's parent company. yet in recent months, following the death of his mother, depp has gone through a public divorce and played a game of suit/counter suit with his former business managers amid reports of lavish spending. none of it seemed to dampen

no word on who else is signing on but jerry bruckheimer who directed the original in 1986 has been hinting for white a while now. >> you might be curious. val kilmer was asked last month if he'd join a sequel. his response, hell yes. >> yes. and that's everybody else's response too. >> i'm looking for "risky business part 2." >> i could do that too. >>> next a lighthearted moment featuring two friends from in philadelphia. >> they are longtime anchor jim gardner and meteorologist sicily tynan. jim just marked 40 years on the air at action news today actually. he's a serious news man. so even sicily was shocked when this happened. >> partly sunny skies, there goes my earring. wardrobe malfunction. i hope i didn't lose that. rain across parts of south jersey and delaware. the highs here, 71 degrees. i was wondering what that was. >> thank you. >> is that it? >> that's it, jim. >> like my favorite moment ever on action news? that's great. >> you got to love live tv. the best part about it. >> cool. >> you know it wasn't prepped for it because his tie is there with the green screen. >> i dropp

bruckheimer meant quality for me. i sat down with him and spoke that him about the bogo.ation ways it zooms on a highway and the lightning strike hits the tree and the blooms into a really beautiful tree. i spoke to him about what that meant and also stalked to the cast members one of which broke their shoulder while on the black pearl. watch this. >> i've been watching your work for years i always wanted to know this. the logo is so incredibly epic that like -- ♪ >> camera zoom with the lightnin i've always been curious what the idea behind that was and who came up with that. >> sure. we have a farm in kentucky. we had these trees that are 300 years old. and so we photographed the tree and that's the tree in the logo, but the idea behind it is, you take an idea and it blossoms into something beautiful and that's what the lightning hits you, you know, you come up with an idea, and then you have this beautiful tree that blooms and which is really a movie or whatever. >> i have a message from captain salizar. tell him -- would you stay to him, please. >> there's a great sce

but again bruckheimer what a legend i remember when him and don simpson used to work together i wouldt to see that movie because they are behind -- con air and the rock, the rock is one of the greatest movies of all time if you haven't seen that with sean connery and ed harris and nicholas cage. pirates cari caribbean number on america. if you haven't seen it yet it's playing now. those are two leading stars of the film they're both married haven't children by the way. >> that young kid. >> he's married and has a child. >> he's so cute. i loved him. >> brandon. >> save your bardem excellent villain. >> oh, my >> so scary. >> god, he was like -- whatever that stuff was they were drinking it and he wasn't -- initiately he was supposed to just be on his teeth but he wanted it to like be like raging out of him. >> pretty wild. >> enjoy your morning coffee. [ laughter ] >> at home right now. >> thanks ketch. >> thanks guys. >>> time to say hello to our facebook fan of the day. and maybe we'll do that little bit later. all right. we'll be right back. ♪ ♪ >>> all right. now it's time to say

j jerry bruckheimer has put together movies and tv shows, including on this network that are memorablewhere it all started. >> yes, this is -- these sound stages were the original pirates. >> reporter: he struck gold again with "pirates of the caribbean." the fifth installment of the series comes out this month, available in, you guessed it, dolby cinema. >> is that the goal, to get something to be as realist you can as possible? >> that's what you want. you want the audience to believe it, feel it. they're seeing it. >> reporter: bruckheimer is a firm believer that the experience inside a movie theater can be transformative. an given the right combination of story and science, one that isn't going anywhere. >> you think the movie goers will spend more for a ticket to see a better picture. >> always. >> but when you get to $20, $30 a ticket, it gets pricey. >> it does, but you know what, you have a kitchen in your home, right. but you still go out to eat. >> good point. >> there are about 40,000 movie screens in the country. just 71 are dolby cinema right now. of course, they aren't th

bruckheimer and i had a brief relationship when she was a much younger woman. >> you did?ad and a womanizer. >> one of his i haven't slept with a woman over 30 since i was 14, so he's a big cad. >> people can lie but they can be really, really honest through going. >> and the body parts men search for most, e'll leave it to your imagination. >> your feet? >> shg li >> she's like that. >> do you have a little song? everybody makes up a song. >> when i'm changing her diaper. ♪ somebody's got a stinky bobby hello her name is luna and she made a poopie ♪ >> all that -- >> how would you describe what happened with that record? >> lightning in the bottle stuff. >> -- and all that matters. what would you make charlie rose? >> he's a southern boy. >> anything he desires. >> you know what he really likes? southern chicken. >> we'll have dinner tonight if you make fried chicken. >> do you >> - well it's a perfect nespresso hold on a second.orge. mmm. ♪ [mel torme sings "comin' home baby"] hey there. want a lift? ♪ where are we going? no don't tell me. let me guess. ♪ have a nice rid

we reported last year cruise and producer jerry bruckheimer had been trying to iron out the details.o a danger zone near you next year. >> wow. that is good. [ applause ] >> you're excited. >> yeah. >> i loved that movie. very excited. >> did you have a character? were you an iceman. >> i was a maverick. >> still are a maverick. >> yes, you are. >>> also in "pop news" this morning, "vanity fair" magazine celebrating the late great carrie fisher on not one but one of four covers honoring "star wars" and their 40th anniversary. famed photographer annie liebowitz shot the actors on the set of "the last jedi" out december 15th including daisy ready, adam driver and john boyega but only carrie has a cover her own. all four and a commemorative poster if you want it and story behind the making of the new film available online. thank you, "vanity fair." we love carrie and love "star wars." >>> finally, "the bachelorette" as you might have heard on abc is in full swing and hopefully she'll find true love but to all the men and women who have come before her on the 34 seasons of the hit franch

jerry bruckheimer knows what he's doing. captain salizar playing javier bardem.. i didn't love two, three and four. one still the best. i gave this three. it is a bit forgettable but the action scenes are still fun. good for the family but just know it is very violent for p. good 13 film this weekend. i gave a three out of five. now, before we go, i mentioned this earlier, could you imagine walking into your daily morning meeting and in the office is tom hanks, meryl streep and steven spielberg? >> i mean our editorial meetings are like that all the time. >> exactly. could you imagine? that's what happened at the washington post yesterday. tom hanks, meryl streep and steven spielberg stopped by the newsroom to do some research on their upcoming film the post a film based on the newspaper's papers in 1971. hangs will star as the then executive editor ben bradley you see them right there. you kind of see them meeting with party barron executive editor now. streep will co-star as catherine gray ma'am and new publisher at the time the film is set for 2018 release and

back in january of 2016, jerry bruckheimer tweeted, just got back from a weekend in new orleans, to seecruise and discuss a little "top gun 2." now that the movie's biggest star has confirmed the news, social media is buzzing with excitement. mike tweets, it was brilliant then, more brilliant now. and edge writes, i never lost that loving feeling. there's fans that are hesitant. kevin posts, please, no. leave classic movies alone. i can say this, no matter where you stand, there's no doubt expectations will be high for this long-awaited sequel. savannah, especially for you. >> that volleyball scene. remember that? >> yes. >> all right. thanks. >>> coming up, another sequ then there are moments it becomes clear, ♪ together always was, and always will be, a better way. ♪ why not give professional-you the day off? amateur-you has got this! it's just an open house. [yelling] yeah, that's not gonna work. bring out your best you with the refreshing taste of tropicana. coppertone versus the sun. [ children laughing ] coppertone protection is water resistant and stops up to 98% of the sun's dam