User blog comment:J Fan/Pirates 5 Director found!/@comment-5984367-20130617141143/@comment-1984959-20130617234213

It seems to be a bit mixed, from what I see in our polls. But in terms of actual comments made, it seems to be a positive choice. Personally, I'm neutral on it. To me, Gore is the one and only true director of Pirates...second choice being Jim Byrkit, at least if I can't have him tied for first place(Verbinski/Byrkit make a great team; they also did Rango, which was fun). Any other directing choices would be a decent choice rather than a great choice, in my opinion.

Having said that, I think Rønning and Sandberg are fairly good choices, but seems a bit odd. Surely two things probably made it vital to choose them: Kon-Tiki and Penélope Cruz. It is good to reunite cast and crew for another movie (no problems here, I don't think) but part of me asks the rhetorical question: how do we know Kon-Tiki won't be one of those rare successes? But my optimistic side says, let's wait until the potential flick is released. :)