To achieve this lower budget, there's going to be fewer shooting days - dropping to between 90-95 when the last movie had 142 days. is at least a third less than the last movie. Although the budget for Pirates of the Caribbean 4 is still north of $200 million, the budget being imposed on Bruckheimer and Co. So naturally things are going to get squeezed at the ground level. On top of the current economic situation, there's also things like DVD sales declining while production and marketing costs are rising. The deal is that new Disney chairman Rich Ross is taking things in a new direction by trying to cut down costs on those big-budget special effects extravaganza's that Pirates producer, Jerry Bruckheimer, is known for. LA Times has run a piece detailing the lowering of the Pirates of the Caribbean 4 budget. We're hearing word that the upcoming Pirates of the Caribbean 4: On Stranger Tides is being scaled back in terms of production costs, which could affect how you, the audience, see the movie. It's no surprise that in these tough economic times, even movies aren't safe. Update: Pirates of the Caribbean 4 screenwriter, Terry Rossio, has wrote on his blog denying the news that the film's budget is being cut as LA Times report says.
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