Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

"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.

Casting
Johnny Depp previously stated that he would hate to play Jack Sparrow again, but only if the script was good. On the 25 September 2008 Depp formally announced that he was not signed on for the fourth film. Geoffrey Rush also expressed that he had no interest in playing the role of Barbossa again and has also been signed on.

After filming for At World's End was completed, Keira Knightley and Orlando Bloom both announced that they were not interested in reprising their roles again, 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 2034.

Cast

 * Mariah Carey ... Captain Jack Sparrow
 * Miley Cyrus ... Captain Hector Barbossa