Orlando Bloom must have a bit of free time on his hands now The Hobbit is all done and dusted, because he's considering going back to another movie franchise.

The 37-year-old star has confirmed in an interview with IGN that he IS in negotiations to appear in the next Pirates Of The Caribbean movie.

Asked whether he'll be returning for the fifth instalment of the series, he answered: "I'm not entirely sure just yet but there are talks.

"Basically they want to reboot the whole franchise, I think, and do something with me and the relationship with my son."

And referring to his last appearance in the movies, he added: "I'm of course Davey Jones now, so I'm down the bottom of the ocean.

"It might be kind of fun to do something where I'm rumbling round the bottom of the ocean, because I won't look anything like me. Get all gnarly."

Bloom appeared in the first three films in the franchise, but skipped the last one.