Thanks so much for posting the link to that article, jimbo. It's very good to read that Warner Brothers "will be making some announcements regarding" the Depp/DS film "pretty soon. Very soon, probably." And apparently the DS purists had better gird their loins if it's true that the producers are "very adamant that there are certain things you should definitely take liberties with."
But I really liked the changes that were made for the '04 pilot. And we should certainly expect that there will be changes for the movie. So, hopefully any liberties they take for the movie will be as equally interesting.
An all-around excellent article.