“I guess they don’t want to do it,” Robbie says in a new interview.

A spokesperson for Disney did not immediately respond to EW’s request for comment.

The idea wasn’t to do a formal spin-off but rather a separate origin story with new characters.

Margot Robbie; PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MEN TELL NO TALES (2017) Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp)

Margot Robbie’s ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ movie is not moving forward, she says.Kate Green/Getty Images; Disney

This would’ve been completely different than the long-in-development reboot of the franchise that wasfirst reported back in 2019.

Orlando Bloom’s Will Turner,Keira Knightley’s Elizabeth Swann, andJohnny Depp’s (Captain!)

The future of the franchise is unclear at this point.

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