User blog comment:Mr. Joshamee Gibbs/Pirates 5 Release Date Moved.../@comment-9467233-20130914194542/@comment-1984959-20130915064024

Just to clarify... ''Wasn't P3 released one year after P2 - why can't it just be like that between P4 and P5 or just keep the 2015 date? I hope this doesn't come out in 2016.''
 * Despite our differences in opinion, Sean B is correct. P2 and P3 were filmed back-to-back, hence why the latter was released under 10 months after the former(I know, shocking). Films like Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter can take it because they know where the series is heading and what fans want. To this day, POTC is still growing as a series so there was no way of knowing how fans would react to either of the films.
 * Personally, unless they have it all set(which apparently they don't save for only an outline, according to Bruckheimer), I don't think they'll filming future installments back-to-back again, mainly because of doing P4 by itself and (confirmed by Terry Rossio) they're focusing on making P5 alone...there will never be a P6 until there is a release and reactions of P5 from the public. Even then, we won't know how things will go.
 * Expect the worst, hope for the best.

Pirates 5 is coming out in 2016, or rather Summer 2016.
 * Correction: P5 might come out in Summer 2016. Reports have said that Disney is hoping for a 2016 release, while some also say that it is likely. That being said, nothing is set in stone, so take this news lightly until more updates come in.