Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales is an upcoming American fantasy swashbuckler film, and the fifth installment in the Pirates of the Caribbean film series. The film will be directed by Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg from a script by Jeff Nathanson, with Jerry Bruckheimer serving again as producer. The film is scheduled to star Johnny Depp returning as Jack Sparrow, Javier Bardem as the film's villain, Captain Salazar, Orlando Bloom back as Will Turner, as well as Brenton Thwaites as Henry Turner, Kaya Scodelario as Carina Smyth, and Geoffrey Rush as Hector Barbossa.

Pre-production for the film started shortly before the fourth installment On Stranger Tides was released in early 2011, with Terry Rossio writing a script for the film. In early 2013, Jeff Nathanson was hired to write a new script, with Depp being involved in Nathanson's writing process. Initially planned for a 2015 release, the film was delayed to 2016 and then to 2017, due to script and budget issues. Principal photography started in Australia in February 2015, after the Australian government offered Disney $20 million of tax incentives, and ended in July 2015. It is set to be released in Disney Digital 3D on May 26, 2017.

The villainous Capt. Salazar (Javier Bardem) pursues Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) as he searches for the trident used by Poseidon.

Initial release: May 26, 2017 (Turkey)

Directors: Joachim Rønning, Espen Sandberg

Film series: Pirates of the Caribbean

Screenplay: Jeff Nathanson

Story by: Walt Disney, Ted Elliott, Jay Wolpert, Stuart Beattie

Captain Jack Sparrow is pursued by an old rival, Captain Salazar, who along with his crew of ghost pirates has escaped from the Devil's Triangle, and is determined to kill every pirate at sea. Jack seeks the Trident of Poseidon, a powerful artifact that grants its possessor total control over the seas, in order to defeat Salazar.

Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow

A colourful pirate captain on the hunt for the Trident of Poseidon, which bestows control over the seas.

Javier Bardem as Captain Salazar

A powerful merciless ghost pirate trapped in the Devil's Triangle. After escaping, he seeks the Trident of Poseidon to kill every pirate at sea and exact revenge on his former nemesis, Jack Sparrow.

Geoffrey Rush as Captain Hector Barbossa

Brenton Thwaites as Henry

A young man who tries to reconnect with his father. He struggles to break a curse that is preventing him from doing so.

Lewis McGowan as young Henry

Kaya Scodelario as Carina Smyth

An astronomer. Scodelario explained the character's motivation and role saying, "she is an academic, she's fighting for the right to study at university, because women couldn't at that time. So she's on her own journey - looking for the trident of Poseidon - and she has a diary with clues." She was keen to express the difference between Carina and Elizabeth Swann, believing that she was not just a carbon copy of that character.

Orlando Bloom as William "Will" Turner, Jr. / Davy Jones

A blacksmith-turned-pirate who is transformed into the captain of the Flying Dutchman, an entity known as Davy Jones at the end of At World's End. Speaking about his possible return to the franchise, Bloom stated that he would love to portray a character outside of his usual role types as a good-looking hero: "I’m of course Davy 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."

Kevin McNally as Joshamee Gibbs

Stephen Graham as Scrum

Martin Klebba as Marty

Giles New and Angus Barnett as Murtogg and Mullroy

Golshifteh Farahani

David Wenham

Adam Brown

Danny Kirrane

Delroy Atkinson

Paul McCartney

Shortly before the release of On Stranger Tides in 2011, it was confirmed that writer Terry Rossio was working on a script for a fifth film without his writing partner Ted Elliot. Furthermore, the cast and crew of the fourth film were told to set aside time in the near future, as Walt Disney Pictures intended to shoot a fifth and sixth film back-to-back. However, it was later stated that only a fifth film was in the works. On January 11, 2013, Jeff Nathanson signed on to write the script for the film. On May 29, 2013, Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg were selected to direct. This decision was based both on their Academy Award nominated high sea film Kon-Tiki, as well as their ability to work with a limited budget. On August 22, 2013, Rønning and Sandberg revealed that the title of the fifth film would be Dead Men Tell No Tales. They also confirmed that they were working on the film, speaking highly of Jeff Nathanson's "funny and touching" script and that they are inspired by the first film, The Curse of the Black Pearl. Kaya Scodelario felt that the film "will have much more of the feel of the first film, the producers want to take it back to the beginning again. They wanted it to have this epic journey, and for it to make sense, and for it to tie things up, and also lead to new storylines."

Even so, soon after Disney's This Lone Ranger shed this facility $190 mil with 2013 a picture likewise starring Johnny Depp within a also unconventional role Disney inhibited this bankability connected with Depp therefore this team, to ensure the picture seemed to be reconsidered instead of basically green-lit adjusted beginning 2014. A different dilemma, and also the deficit of achievements Depp encountered outside the Helps make pirates team were being screenplay complications, seeing that Walt Disney Broadcasters chairman Joe Horn expressed: "We haven't much viewed some sort of script still of which Appears competent to warning down with. There are numerous issues of which have an impact on one more consequence the moment the item actually leaves this facility ton, and so i am very wary. inch Caused by most of these complications, this film's output seemed to be detained and it also migrated at a 2015 generate aspired by means of Disney with 2013 into a very likely generate with 2016. Developer Jerry Bruckheimer disclosed of which screenplay together with funds difficulties were being driving this hold up, and this Jason Nathanson seemed to be at your workplace using a minute endeavor dependant on some sort of well-received put together, revealing: "It’s many a componant. We'd like some sort of screenplay of which everyone’s brought in down with as well as a funds of which everyone’s brought in down with." After the script was accepted and the film was finally officially green-lit by Disney in July 2014, the release date moved to July 7, 2017.

Many of the crew members for the film were new to the franchise, replacing members that had served on the previous four films. Apart from Directors Rønning and Sandberg and writer Nathanson, a new Director of Cinematography, Paul Cameron replacing Dariusz Wolski, production designer Nigel Phelps, visual effects supervisor Gary Brozenich, special effects supervisor Dan Oliver, supervising stunt coordinator R.A. Rondell, stunt coordinators Thomas Robinson Harper and Kyle Gardiner, makeup and hair designer Peter Swords King, new executive producers Joe Caracciolo, Jr. and Brigham Taylor replacing Mike Stenson, and film editors Joel Cox and Gary D. Roach and Roger Barton. Costume Designer Penny Rose returned after providing the costumes for all four previous films, along with Executive Producer Chad Oman.

Speaking to IGN while promoting The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, Orlando Bloom indicated that the film might serve as a soft-reboot for the franchise, saying: "Basically they want to reboot the whole franchise, I think, and do something with me and the relationship with my son."

By 2011, shortly before the release of On Stranger Tides, Terry Rossio was writing a script for a fifth film. In January 2013, Disney hired Jeff Nathanson to work on a script. That September, producer Bruckheimer said, “We have an outline everyone loves but the script is not done,” explaining that the release would be postponed beyond summer 2015.

On April 13, 2014, Depp said Bruckheimer and Disney had invited him in to collaborate with the writer Jeff Nathanson, noting:

Everyone involved wants the script to be right and perfect. So we have gone on to do other things. We are still going to do the film together. I enjoy them immensely. They are super talented. They have a great sense of humor. I think they have a really fun approach to what we are going to do with the next 'Pirates.' Very happily and proudly, I have welcomed taking part in the story and working directly with the screenwriter he and I. It's working out really well that way. So I have high hopes for that 'Pirates 5' because if that's really the last one, which it probably is, I feel that we owe it to the audience who went and saw the films so many times. We’ll do it right and end it on a high note.

Speaking at the On Stranger Tides press launch in Cannes, Depp said he would play the role for as long as it is popular with the public. In August 2012 news surfaced that Johnny Depp signed on officially for the fifth film, earning A$90 million to reprise his role. As with the fourth film, Depp was also involved in scripting and planning Dead Men Tell No Tales. Geoffrey Rush had commented on returning as Hector Barbossa in the fifth installment, saying "If they keep shapeshifting this character, absolutely" as well as implying he may return as the villain. He also said that Barbossa's megalomania "could explode in horrific ways." In December 2014, Rush confirmed his return for the fifth installment, where Barbossa and Jack were "at the heart of it and there's a whole new set of story lines." In late 2011, about four years after choosing not to return for the fourth installment, Orlando Bloom stated that he would like to return for the fifth film if he was offered. Several weeks after Disney officially green-lit the film, Bloom stated that there were "discussions" about his return to the franchise in September 2014. Bloom further commented in December 2014, that while he is not sure whether he will return, there are talks. He also indicated that Disney may do a soft reboot with the franchise and focus on Will Turner and his son. After months of speculation and after filming wrapped up, Bloom's participation was confirmed at Disney D23 on August 15, 2015.

Australian actor Brenton Thwaites entered talks for the role of Henry in late November 2014, after Disney choose him over Taron Egerton, George MacKay, Mitchell Hope, Ansel Elgort and Sam Keeley. In mid-January 2015, he stated that he was to travel to Australia for the film in February, disclosing that his role was indeed that of Davy Jones' son, struggling to break a curse to meet his father. On January 24, Jerry Bruckheimer announced via Twitter that Kaya Scodelario had been cast as the female lead. In July, her character was revealed to be called Carina. In earlier drafts of the script the name Carina Smyth appeared as Barbossa's daughter and was a love interest of Sparrow's and was an astronomer accused of being a witch. Scodelario confirmed that the character was an astronomer and that “she's a totally different character,” to Keira Knightley's Elizabeth Swann. By October 2014, Javier Bardem, husband of Penelope Cruz, who portrayed Angelica in the fourth installment, was in early talks to appear as the antagonist of the film. His role was eventually confirmed to be that of Captain Salazar. Kevin McNally confirmed his return as Joshamee Gibbs via Twitter in late January. Shortly after on location pre-production opened in Australia, Disney issued a casting call to local agents for actors from all age- and experience levels to apply for roles and as extras in the upcoming film, with casting also open in the US.Adam Brown, Delroy Atkinson, Danny Kirrane were revealed as cast members shortly before filming. Martin Klebba confirmed his return as Marty via Twitter days before filming began. Director Joachim Rønning's two children appear in the film as extras.

Both Lee Arenberg and Mackenzie Crook commented on the possibility of returning as Pintel and Ragetti. Arenberg confirmed in several interviews that, despite wanting to return to the fourth film, he hoped to reprise his role as Pintel. In an interview on November 7, 2014, Crook confirmed that he had received a call of availability from Disney for the film, although stated that the uncertainty of whether he wanted to reprise his role. Crook declined to reprise his role ultimately, in order to focus on his television series, Detectorists. He said he felt "pangs of nostalgia," when the cast and crew filmed the film without him. However, shortly before filming started, Arenberg announced on Twitter that he would not do so, despite having been interested.

On January 15, 2014, directors Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg confirmed that shooting would take place in Puerto Rico and New Orleans and Bruckheimer had previously mentioned that there might be a sequence in Louisiana. However, a spokesman for the Australian Arts Minister confirmed that the fifth installment was set to shoot exclusively in Australia after the government agreed to repurpose $20 million of tax incentives originally intended for the remake of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, thus edging out Mexico and South Africa as filming locations. According to Australian film industry sources, on location pre-production started in late September 2014.This was officially confirmed by Disney and the Queensland Arts Minister on October 2, 2014, stating that filming will take place exclusively in Queensland, Australia, being the largest production to ever shoot in the country. Village Roadshow Studios and Port Douglas were officially confirmed as filming locations. On January 1, 2015, The Rainbow Gypsy, a 15-year-old replica of an 1897 Scottish bawley, sailed into the Gold Coast to start the extensive refit, which will include a new bowsprit and reconfigured decks and cabins in order to become the Dying Gull, a single-masted ghost ship. Its captain and owner Kit Woodward will be a rigger on the film.

Filming commenced on February 17, 2015. Ship scenes were filmed in front of a giant outdoor greenscreen in Helensvale, while a film set in the form of a village was built in Maudsland. Filming moved to Doug Jennings Park on The Spit from March 30 to June 15, 2015 for water bound scenes. However, due to extreme sea sickness among the cast and crew due to "big swells" at The Spit, filming moved to Raby Bay for calmer waters. Scenes were shot at Lennox Head on June 1. Locals made up more than 75 percent of the 850-plus crew then working on the film. After much speculation about whether Orlando Bloom would return, Bloom arrived at the Gold Coast in late May to reprise his role as Will Turner. Scenes featuring a skeleton of a Sperm Whale that had been constructed were shot at Hastings Point from June 21 to 23.

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On March 10, 2015, Depp was injured while on set and had to be flown back to the United States for surgery. Due to his absence, filming stalled completely and 200 crew members were forced to stand down for two weeks as they had done all they had been able to without Depp. Filming was set to resume "on or about April 20"and Depp returned to set on April 21. In June, Kaya Scodelario was injured on set along with a stuntman.

Most of the cast and crew had finished on the 8th, and a wrap party was held on July 11, 2015. Filming then moved to the Whitsundays for the final shots to be filmed. On July 21, 2015, Joachim Rønning announced via Instagram that filming has wrapped after a 95-day shoot. After nearly a year in post production, reshoots and additional photography was conducted in Vancouver, Canada from March 24 to April 13 under the production title Herschel Additional Photography.