PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST on the cover of TOTAL FILM Summer 2006

The UK’s TOTAL FILM magazine devotes the cover of their Summer issue to DEAD MAN’S CHEST, and inside features a long and lively behind-the-scenes article called “The Shore Things” by Martyn Palmer. Palmer includes question-and-answer interviews with Johnny Depp, Keira Knightley, and Orlando Bloom; he also talks to new cast member Bill Nighy, producer Jerry Bruckheimer and the sequels’ unsung hero, production designer Rick Heinrichs. Asked why he returned to the POTC franchise, Johnny Depp shrugs off commercial considerations (like a rumored $37-million paycheck for POTC 2 and 3). “For me, there was one reason and one reason only to do more,” he tells Palmer. “Captain Jack. [. . .] I wanted to play Captain Jack again because he’s so much fun to play.” Thanks to Gilbert’s Girl for breaking the news and In-too-Depp for posting scans on our Recent Pics forum. You can see a larger view of the TOTAL FILM cover HERE.

In other magazine news, GAO reports that Johnny Depp (as Captain Jack Sparrow) is on the cover of Japan’s SCREEN magazine once again in August; you can see the cover HERE. This marks the third consecutive month that SCREEN has featured Johnny Depp on the cover–an unprecedented honor. Thanks, GAO, for sharing the news from Japan.