Auf dem Blog des Drehbuchautoren Ken Levine gibt es ein ganz witziges Posting zu POTC: By Ken Levine: Pirates of the Caribbean -- arrgh!!
So I imagined a scene if I were asked to write PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN 4. This is me and the studio executive.

ME: After three movies and practically nine hours, what pirate genre moment hasn’t been done?


STUDIO EXEC: It doesn’t matter.


ME: The franchise is already getting extremely repetitious.


STUDIO EXEC: It doesn’t matter.


ME: And what was once fresh is now just a series of clichés.

STUDIO EXEC: It doesn’t matter.

ME: But you'll get terrible reviews.

STUDIO EXEC: It doesn't matter.


ME: No one can follow the story.


STUDIO EXEC: It doesn’t matter.

ME: If this next installment is the prequel, hasn’t the audience already been told everything that’s going to happen?

STUDIO EXEC: It doesn’t matter.


ME: And won’t the fans of the series feel cheated without Keira and Orlando?


STUDO EXEC: It doesn’t matter.


ME: I see you have a new director, Rob Marshall. Isn’t he known for staging musicals and big dance numbers not action?

STUDIO EXEC: It doesn’t matter.


ME: Well then, hell. What does matter?

STUDIO EXEC: We make $500 million and keep the lines long at Disneyland. Nothing you've brought up will have any effect on that.


ME: Well, I'm an artist. I have integrity. I can't do this.

STUDIO EXEC: Here's what I'd pay you.


(HE WRITES A NUMBER DOWN ON A SCRAP OF PAPER AND SHOWS IT TO ME.)

ME: I can have the screenplay for you in two weeks.


STUDIO EXEC: There might be even more sequels involved.

ME: It doesn't matter.