The first trailer sets sail for the fourth Pirates Of The Caribbean movie, On Stranger Tides, which you can view within…
Screenwriter Terry Rossio described it as “a completely different beast.” Johnny Depp has elsewhere said it’s “a fresh, clean slate” – and we’re hoping, too, that Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides returns the franchise to the brilliance of the original movie.
While Dead Man’s Chest and At World’s End made colossal amounts of money, and contained some sporadically entertaining moments, neither movie captured the focus or magic of The Curse Of The Black Pearl.
That Stranger Tides is based on the 1988 novel On Stranger Tides, a work that won numerous fantasy awards, at least affords the possibility that its story will be a compelling one, and we’re intrigued to see where director Rob Marshall takes the series as he takes over from Gore Verbinski – Marshall is, after all, more recognised for his song-and-dance pictures than his all-action adventure films.
The images we keep seeing of Penelope Cruz apparently dressed as Dick Whittington are a little disquieting, but we’re quietly confident that On Stranger Tides will be an entertaining, cutlass-based diversion when it appears next May.
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