Jim Varney's "Ernest" character was featured in many commercials and films.
Since his death in 2000, there had been on-going rumors in regards to a film called "Ernest the Pirate".
The rumors I've heard range from several scenes being filmed to a near-completed movie.
Recently I heard that the movie may have become Pirates of the Plains with Tim Curry and that this film may have scenes with Jim Varney as Ernest or as the Jezebel Jack character played by Curry.
I would like to know if anyone knows the full story on this...and if any clips are out there.
"By 2003, Varney's IMDb biography page stated that he had died before he could finish filming a tenth Ernest film, titled Ernest the Pirate, which was stated to be scheduled for release in 2000.[13] In November 2011, Sams said the film never existed. Varney had actually been in consideration for a role in the 1999 film, Pirates of the Plain.[12]"
I got that off Wikipedia. There seems to be no IMDB or official page for it anywhere. So basically from what I'm gathering, there was supposed to be a movie titled "Pirate's of the Plain" however Jim Varney's death caused the film to be cancelled. He wanted to do the movie so he could "extend his range" and not just be known for "Ernest". The movie "Ernest the Pirate" was just a rumour/ never existed according to a Coke Sams Q&A site (http://jimvarney.org/cokesamsintro.html). He also states that there is possibly some missing footage of Jim on the set before his death.