Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

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Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

Production credits
Director	Rob Marshall ^[1]
Producer	Jerry Bruckheimer^[2]
Writer	Ted Elliott Terry Rossio^[2] Stuart Beattie (characters) Jay Wolpert (characters)
Acting credits
Starring	Johnny Depp^[3] Geoffrey Rush
Distribution
Distributor	Walt Disney Pictures
Release date	Summer 2011
Preceeded by	Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

"For the sake of sanity, we're compiling all of the Johnny Depp stories that have come out of Disney Studios' presentation at the Kodak Theatre earlier today including the previously unreported announcement that Depp would be returning as Captain Jack Sparrow for Pirates of the Caribbean 4"

―Heather Newgon

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides is the fourth and (as of 2011) final installment in the Pirates of the Caribbean film series.

It was announced by Walt Disney Pictures on September 25 2008 that a fourth Pirates of the Caribbean film is in development, and that Johnny Depp has signed on to reprise his role as Captain Jack Sparrow.^[3] Geoffrey Rush stated that he's going to reprise his role as Captain Hector Barbossa and is now preparing to shoot the fourth Pirates movie in Spring 2010.

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Johnny Depp previously stated that he would love to play Jack Sparrow again, but only if the script was good. On the 25 September 2008 Depp formally announced that he was signed on for the fourth film. Geoffrey Rush also expressed interest in playing the role of Hector Barbossa again and has also been signed on.

After filming for At World's End was completed, Keira Knightley^[4] and Orlando Bloom both announced that they were not interested in reprising their roles, as they wanted to pursue different projects, and they felt that the Will/Elizabeth storyline had gone as far as it could. It has since been confirmed that neither Bloom or Knightley are returning.

According to Jim Hill's The Art of the Pirates of the Caribbean, the proposed story for the fourth film was for Sparrow and Barbossa to meet up in the newly founded New Orleans, before they sail to find the Fountain of Youth together.

Jerry Bruckheimer could be planning to enter the realm of Science Fiction this time around and it could be the heart of a new trilogy with Jack Sparrow and his crew of misfits. Some of the brainstorming going around involves some Jules Verne type of scenarios involving some pretty big flying machines, a man who wants to rule more than just the ocean, a encounter with the most famous and dangerous pirate of all, a race to get to a lost world, and Jack and his crew going to where no pirate has gone before. Apparently we’ll also get more of Jack’s past and his family, which could also mean more Keith Richards. This movie will come out in Summer 2011.

In September 2009, Dick Cook, Chairman of Walt Disney Studios, resigned after holding his position for over 38 years. The circumstances of his resignation are unknown, but most speculate he resigned due to his conflicting business tactics with CEO Bob Iger. Iger sought out "new ways of doing business", while Cook remained a traditionalist. After Cook's resignation, Johnny Depp's faith in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides has somewhat shaken, with Depp explaining that "There’s a fissure, a crack in my enthusiasm at the moment. It was all born in that office". Depp also explained Cook was one of the few that accepted his portrayal of Captain Jack Sparrow, claiming that "When things went a little sideways on the first Pirates movie and others at the studio were less than enthusiastic about my interpretation of the character, Dick was there from the first moment. He trusted me."

Jerry Bruckheimer will be talking to Johnny Depp to try and convince him to stay with the Pirates of the Caribbean movie franchise, so that the future Pirates of the Caribbean movies can even happen at all.

On November 15, 2009, Disney has announced that they would pay Johnny Depp $55.5 million to return as Captain Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.