User blog comment:J Fan/Breaking New 2017 Release Date!/@comment-996391-20160307172819/@comment-1984959-20160310062951

Good eye. I wouldn't be surprised if they had similar elements, as it seemed all four POTC movies had one or two elements from the novel, though they didn't have the rights (or it may have been an amazing coincidence). Still, I'm sure it won't hurt the film or novel for history to repeat itself, as long as P5 delivers a great pirate film.