While we don’t know for sure whether Orlando Bloom and Miranda Kerr are officially engaged (probably not), one thing’s for sure – they are very much in love. They’re so in love they want to spend as much time together as possible, or so the Daily Mail would have us believe. The Mail is confirming a rumor that’s been around for months – that Orlando Bloom won’t be returning for any future Pirates of the Caribbean sequels. Orlando himself said that he had no interest in returning to the franchise as he was promoting the last one, but I tended to think that might just be a way to get a bigger paycheck. There were two options – either the producers didn’t really want Orlando and they were looking for any future sequels to revolve around Johnny Depp’s character. Or Orlando was done with the Pirates thing two years ago, and now people are putting out this story about his love for Miranda Kerr as some kind of face-saving gesture. Like, “Oh, no really, I wouldn’t want to make another Pirates movie… I’m so in love with my girlfriend, I can’t be parted from her!”

Orlando Bloom will not be appearing in the next Pirates of The Caribbean film. The actor, 32, is said to have turned down the chance to reprise his role as blacksmith Will Turner in the fourth movie because he wants to spend more time with his girlfriend Miranda Kerr, 26.

And judging by her display in a recent fashion shoot for Victoria’s Secrets, it’s no wonder Bloom is walking the plank for the Australian model.

A source told the New of the World: ‘Orlando loved the films but thinks it’s time to bow out because they tied up nicely for his character Will Turner.’

‘The producers are OK with that because they want to concentrate on the new adventures of Johnny Depp’s Captain Jack Sparrow.’

It was recently reported that Bloom and Kerr had been looking at buying a $13 million Malibu home together. Last month the pair were seen viewing at houses together in Los Angeles in an exclusive celebrity enclave.

‘The couple looked so in love and so relaxed,’ a source told X17 Online.

‘They seem so happy together – a perfect match. You could see Miranda getting all dreamy-eyed when they looked at this house. It was beautiful – right on the beach.’

There are also rumours that the pair plan to wed, with Bloom having given his other half an ultimatum. She has already twice turned down his marriage proposals, but he plans to ask her again this summer.

A source told the Mail on Sunday earlier this month: ‘He has told her he wants to marry her and will propose again this summer. If she says no, he’s said it will be over.’

Earlier this month the Lord of the Rings actor had to jet back to LA after his home was broken into by thieves.

At the time it was reported that £300,000-worth of belongings were taken, including vintage watches, jewelry and cash.

[From Daily Mail]

I’m not any kind of Orly fan, but I do think it’s sweet that he keeps asking Miranda to marry him and she keeps saying no. And he sticks around! That makes me like him a lot, that he doesn’t get all defensive and all “we have to get married now or I’m walking”. As for the Pirates franchise – well, I don’t think it was Orly who was saying no, I think it was the producers saying no to him. Bloom’s career isn’t as hot as it once was, and Pirates would have been a great paycheck, at the very least. And he could have afforded a bigger engagement ring, at the very least. Which Miranda still would have said “thanks but no thanks” to.

Orlando Bloom and Miranda Kerr are shown outside of a restaurant in Malibu on 7/5/09. Credit: WENN.com. He’s also shown below walking his dog in NY on 7/15/09. Credit: Splash News