After I think about it, it is a very Bond-ish name. 
We Could Have a Problem!
Hollywood was shocked Friday afternoon by the sudden dismissal/resignation (take your pick) of Walt Disney Studios chairman Dick Cook, but no one may have taken it harder than Johnny Depp.
Speaking to The Los Angeles Times late at night in London, Depp said Cook’s departure had created “a fissure, a crack in my enthusiasm at the moment” for the project.
Depp, who recently appeared at the first official Disney convention, D23 Expo, to support both his role as the Mad Hatter in Tim Burton’s “Alice in Wonderland” and the new “Pirates” movie, credited Cook with standing by his interpretation of the character Captain Jack Sparrow when others at the studio were questioning his un-Disney like direction.
Depp told the Times, “He’s instantly trustworthy. And you generally don’t meet people at the studios you trust. He’s a rare beast.”
The actor also said he currently has a potential deal in place for “Pirates 4” and whether he moves forward or not will depend on how good the script is, but was presently “shocked and sad” over the day’s events.
A lifelong employee at Disney, Cook began his career with the company in 1971 when he started as a monorail operator. By 2002, then CEO Michael Eisner made him chairman of the studio, one of the most senior positions in the company. Unfortunately, the studio side of the operation – his responsibility – lost $12 million in the third quarter due to financial disappointments such as “Bedtime Stories” and “Confessions of a Shopaholic.” Current CEO Bob Iger blamed the losses on the quality of the overall slate in a conference call with Wall Street investors, but no one in the industry truly believed Cook could loose his job. Clearly, having hits such as “The Proposal” and “Up” over the summer didn’t restore Iger’s confidence in the well liked studio chief.
Who will take over Cook’s position as studio chairman now and convince stars like Depp to stay in the fold is the $100 million dollar question that will have the town buzzing over the weekend. Will Pixar head and Disney Animation Chief John Lassiter take the top spot? Could Kevin Feige, president of production at newly acquired Marvel Studios, really ascend to a position of that stature so quickly? Could Stacey Snider somehow get out of her DreamWorks deal to run the studio? Or will it be an unknown who will have an even harder time proving himself to the likes of Jerry Bruckheimer, Richard Zemeckis and Burton? All are major players with projects or longtime deals at the studio who will be wary of someone without a strong track record.
Needless to say, Cook’s replacement and possibly Iger, will have a call to Depp on the top of their list of things to do.
oh dear, I honestly think that one disappointing summer isn’t a reason to fire someone who’s been in that spot for 38 years. This is all ridiculous and really is making me question Iger… I just hope that Johnny still returns to be Jack Sparrow! 
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When is the 3D fad gonna end?? It’s like after TS, there was the influx of CGI films and now, after Avatar, there’s the influx of 3D movies. At least Pixar’s aren’t a gimmick to make more money.
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Oh, BTW, Honor Hunter over at Blue Sky Disney broke this news on April 10th. blueskydisney.blogspot.com/2010/ … nsion.html
oh goodness 
For some reason this concerns me :s
No lie, I couldn’t stand Elizabeth. She sucks. I like Jack and Barbosa, and the stuff that makes all 3 great. If you can’t tell, I loooove these movies.
I actually liked Elizabeth. But the only reason why I don’t like her as much as other characters is because she went from “damsel in distress” to “butt kicking swashbuckler”. I actually liked her as a damsel.