Get this - Orlando Bloom has been dropped from the fourth installment of Pirates of the Caribbean.

My initial reaction to this news was Thank God someone has realised what a useless, simpering, narcissistic performance this plank - sorry, actor - has been putting in the last few installments.

Then I thought, No, they probably dumped him because they realised that, as far as character arc was concerned, they'd done all they needed to do.

But apparently the reason was this: They wanted to cut costs.

I'm sorry?? The second installment (Dead Man's Chest) had the highest-grossing opening weekend of any film ever and the third film is set to follow (despite the second film being a critical failure). And Disney thought it would be too expensive to keep Bloom on??

Who are these people?

I hope they drop Keira Knightley as well. She's twice as annoying, nearly as untalented and everyone only sees the films for Johnny Depp anyway.

And while we're on the subject ...

Why do we need a fourth installment anyway?? The second one just recycled all the jokes from the first, and thus far they're getting steadily worse with each sequel. Surely Depp is getting better offers than this ...