Johnny Depp’s Threat Not To Make Pirates 4 Collapses On Day 10

Johnny Depp made a big deal about making known his dissatisfaction after his friend Dick Cook was ousted from Disney last week. Apparently he’s already forgotten about that.

After hearing the news of Cook’s departure on September 18, Depp said that his participation in the fourth film, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides—which is tentatively scheduled for 2011 and will make more booty for the studio than J.Lo has when she’s retaining water weight — hinged on the quality of the script and his passion for the project. “There’s a fissure, a crack in my enthusiasm at the moment. [The franchise] was all born in [Dick Cook's] office,” he told the L.A. Times, hinting that he would not return now that Cook was gone.

Well, Depp is already back walking the plank. A spokesperson from Disney said that Captain Jack Sparrow will not be recast for the movie.

So, guess that goes to show you just how long taking a stand lasts in Hollywood: ten days, give or take. But you have to cut them a break here. I mean, we’re all for taking stands, but not expecting a man not to make a fourth Pirates movie — we can’t all be Mohandus Ghandi!