User blog comment:J Fan/Pirates 5 - Sequel News Rundown/@comment-12320611-20130808102109

Jerry Bruckheimer may lose the final cuts of POTC 5. Bruckheimer and the directors will still have more than 200 million to spend on the production. Disney wants to slim down a budget that is going to hit 250 million because the flop of The Lone Ranger. The studio took also the final cuts from Verbinski for The Lone Ranger. For those not in the know with how Hollywood works, final cut means that the director, or in this case, the producer, has final say over how the film is edited for release. If the director/producer doesn’t have final cut rights, then the studio can make changes to the film and release it how they want. Source: http://wegotthiscovered.com/movies/jerry-bruckheimer-lose-final-cut-pirates-caribbean-5/