Executives atWalt Disney Studios drafted a roughtreatment for the film in 2000. A script was developed byJay Wolpert in 2001, and was rewritten byStuart Beattie in early 2002. Around that time, the producer Jerry Bruckheimer became involved in the project. He brought in screenwritersTed Elliott andTerry Rossio, who had drafted a premise for the film in the 1990s. Elliott and Rossio added the curse to the script to align the film's story with the theme park ride.[8] Verbinski eventually signed on as the director. Filming took place from October 2002 to March 2003 inSaint Vincent and the Grenadines and on sets in Los Angeles, California.
Reconstruction of a coin (medalion) from Pirates of the Caribbean
In the early 18th century, GovernorWeatherby Swann and his daughter, Elizabeth, sail aboard HMSDauntless captained by LieutenantNorrington and his crew. They encounter a shipwreck and rescue a boy named Will Turner. Elizabeth notices a gold medallion around Will's neck and takes it while he is unconscious, before seeing a ghostly ship sailing away. Eight years later inPort Royal, Jamaica, Captain Norrington is being promoted tocommodore while Will works as ablacksmith, and pirate captainJack Sparrow arrives in Port Royal seeking a ship. Norrington proposes to Elizabeth atop a cliff, but she faints and falls into the ocean, causing the medallion she is carrying to emit a pulse. Jack rescues Elizabeth and discovers the medallion. Governor Swann orders Jack's execution after he is identified as a pirate, but Jack flees into Will's smithy, where he is caught after Will duels him to a stalemate.
That night, Port Royal is attacked by the pirate crew of theBlack Pearl, who are in search of the medallion. They take Elizabeth hostage aboard the ship to meet CaptainBarbossa after she identifies herself as "Elizabeth Turner". Barbossa explains that the medallion is one of 882 cursed gold pieces used to bribeHernán Cortés to stop hisslaughter of theAztecs. After finding and stealing the cursed gold atIsla de Muerta, the crew became cursedundead zombies who cannot feel pleasure or pain. To lift the curse, the crew has returned all the gold with an offering of blood from each member, but one medallion belonging to "Bootstrap" Bill Turner, a crew member thrown overboard after the theft, is missing. Believing Elizabeth to be Bootstrap's child, Barbossa intends to use her blood for the ritual.
Intent on rescuing Elizabeth, Will frees Jack, and together they steal the HMSInterceptor. They escape toTortuga to recruit a crew fromJoshamee Gibbs, who reveals Jack as the previous captain of theBlack Pearl, whom Barbossa mutinied against and marooned on a deserted island. On Isla de Muerta, they sneak into the treasure grotto where Barbossa fails to lift the curse using Elizabeth's blood. Will and Elizabeth escape with her medallion, but Jack is captured and imprisoned on thePearl. A battle erupts between the ships, crippling theInterceptor. When Will learns that Bootstrap was his father, he surrenders, but threatens to kill himself unless Elizabeth and the crew are left unharmed. Barbossa imprisons the crew and maroons Jack and Elizabeth on the same island that Jack was previously exiled to. Jack reveals that the island was used as arum smuggling cache for rum runners, who rescued him after only three days. Elizabeth signals for help using a bonfire fueled by the rum, leading theRoyal Navy to rescue them. She agrees to marry Norrington if he saves Will from Barbossa.
Jack and Norrington concoct a plan to ambush the pirates at Isla de Muerta, but Jack reveals himself to the pirates and convinces Barbossa to delay lifting the curse until after killing Norrington's men. After Barbossa's crew leaves, Jack frees Will and attacks Barbossa, having surreptitiously pocketed a medallion to give himself immortality. Elizabeth frees Jack's crew on thePearl, but they refuse to help and sail away without her. Jack shoots Barbossa just as Will returns his and Jack's medallions to the chest with their blood, breaking the curse and killing Barbossa. The remaining pirates are immediately defeated by the Navy.
At Port Royal, where Jack is to be imminently hung for his crimes, Will declares his love for Elizabeth before rescuing Jack. Jack and Will are surrounded by Norrington's soldiers, but Elizabeth stands with Will, forcing Governor Swann to order the soldiers to stand down. Jack falls into the sea and is picked up by theBlack Pearl. Norrington accepts that Elizabeth loves Will, and decides to give Jack a head start before pursuing him. Governor Swann gives his blessing to Will and Elizabeth, while Jack becomes captain of thePearl once again.
In apost-credits scene, Jack, Barbossa's pet monkey, climbs onto the chest of gold in the cave on Isla de Muerta and takes a coin from it, becoming undead once more.
Johnny Depp asCaptain Jack Sparrow: A notorious pirate characterized by his slightly drunken swagger, slurred speech and flailing hand gestures. He is determined to reacquire theBlack Pearl.
Geoffrey Rush asCaptain Barbossa: The captain of theBlack Pearl. He was Jack's first mate before he led a mutiny. Barbossa and his crew stole cursed Aztec gold and became immortal zombies.
Orlando Bloom asWill Turner: A blacksmith's apprentice working in Port Royal who is in love with Elizabeth Swann. Will struggles with the fact that his father was a pirate.
Keira Knightley asElizabeth Swann: The daughter of Governor Weatherby Swann. She has been fascinated with pirates since childhood and is in love with Will.
Zoe Saldaña asAnamaria: A pirate who wants to confront Jack for stealing her ship. One of the film's screenwriters, Terry Rossio, stated that the name "AnaMaria" was chosen because it is the middle name of his daughter.[9][10]
In 2001,Jay Wolpert wrote a script based on thePirates of the Caribbean ride, which was based on a story created by theWalt Disney Studios executives Brigham Taylor, Michael Haynes and Josh Harmon. This story featuredWill Turner as a prison guard who releasesJack Sparrow to rescueElizabeth Swann, who is being held for ransom by Captain Blackheart.[8] By March 2002, Disney broughtStuart Beattie in to rewrite the script because of his knowledge of piracy.[4] Beattie stated that he talked about making a pirate film based on the ride while tossing a Frisbee with a friend and wrote a first draft titled "Quest for the Caribbean" while on exchange toOregon State University in 1991.[11][12][13]
ScreenwritersTed Elliott andTerry Rossio notably thought about a pirate film based on the ride during the early 1990s, havingpitched the idea after completing work on the 1992 filmAladdin as a premise to studio executives who were not interested at the time.[14] Undeterred, the writing team refused to give up the dream, waiting for a studio to pick up their take on a pirate tale.[15] Having worked with Disney onAladdin and the 2002 filmTreasure Planet, among other successful films, Elliott and Rossio were also brought in forPirates of the Caribbean to give it a "moresupernatural spin".[4] Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio were the final writers to receive screenplay credit, while all four writers received story credits.
WhenDick Cook managed to convince producerJerry Bruckheimer to join the project,[16] he rejected Jay Wolpert's script because it was "a straight pirate movie".[17] Later in March 2002, Bruckheimer brought Elliott and Rossio,[17] who suggested making asupernatural curse—as described in the opening narration of the ride—the film's plot.[18]
Disney was unsure whether to release the film in theaters ordirect-to-video. The studio was interested inMatthew McConaughey as Sparrow because of his resemblance toBurt Lancaster, who had inspired that script's interpretation of the character. If they chose to release it direct-to-video,Christopher Walken orCary Elwes would have been their first choice.[16]
In May 2002,Gore Verbinski signed on to directPirates of the Caribbean.[4] He was attracted to the idea of using modern technology to resurrect a genre that had disappeared after theGolden Age of Hollywood. He recalled his childhood memories of the ride, feeling the film was an opportunity to pay tribute to the "scary and funny" tone of it.[19]
Although Cook had been a strong proponent of adapting Disney's rides into films, the box-office failure ofThe Country Bears (2002) madeMichael Eisner attempt to shut down production ofPirates of the Caribbean. However, Verbinski told his concept artists to keep working on the picture, and when Eisner came to visit, Eisner was astonished by what had been created.[20][21]
As recalled in the bookDisneyWar, Eisner asked "Why does it have to cost so much?". Bruckheimer replied, "Your competition is spending $150 million," referring to franchises likeThe Lord of the Rings andThe Matrix. Eisner concurred, but with the stigma attached to theme-park adaptations, Eisner requested Verbinski and Bruckheimer remove some of the more overt references to the ride in thePirates of the Caribbean script, such as a scene where Sparrow and Turner enter a cave via a waterfall. Another change made, was addingThe Curse of the Black Pearl as a subtitle, should the film be a hit and lend itself to sequels likeRaiders of the Lost Ark. This brought protest, due to theBlack Pearl being the name of the ship and nothing to do with the pirates' curse. Although Verbinski thought the subtitle was nonsense, Eisner refused to back down andThe Curse of the Black Pearl remained the subtitle, although on most posters and trailers the words were so small as to be barely visible.[20][21]
Ted Elliott was allegedly writing aGeorge Lucas-produced animated film adaptation ofThe Curse of Monkey Island, which was cancelled before its official announcement, three years prior to the release ofPirates of the Caribbean. This film was allegedly in production atIndustrial Light and Magic before being cancelled.[22]Ron Gilbert, the creator of theMonkey Island series, has jokingly expressed a bitterness towardsPirates of the Caribbean films, specifically thesecond film, for its similarities to his game.[23]
Gilbert has stated thatTim Powers' 1987 novelOn Stranger Tides, which was adapted into thefourthPirates film, was the principal source of inspiration for his video games.[24]Pirates screenwriter Terry Rossio mentioned how Disney was hit with at least six plagiarism lawsuits for the firstPirates of the Caribbean film for supposedly stealing elements of theMonkey Island video game and theOn Stranger Tides novel, despite there being a ride at Disneyland and also a first draft screenplay by other writers.[25]
Stuart Beattie, who drafted early versions of the film's script, said he created the character Jack Sparrow withHugh Jackman in mind to play the part. However, since Jackman was not well-known outside of his native Australia, themore-famousJohnny Depp was cast instead.[26] Depp found the script quirky: rather than seeking treasure, the crew of theBlack Pearl were trying to return it; also, the traditional mutiny had already taken place.[27] Initially Sparrow was, according to Bruckheimer, "a youngBurt Lancaster, just the cocky pirate."Jim Carrey was considered for the part, but the production schedule forPirates of the Caribbean conflicted withBruce Almighty. Other actors considered for the role includeMichael Keaton andChristopher Walken. Eventually, Depp was cast, as Bruckheimer felt he could give the character the edge.[28]
Johnny Depp in 2009
At the first read-through, Depp surprised the rest of the cast and crew by portraying the character in an off-kilter manner.[29] After researching 18th-century pirates, Depp compared them to modern rock stars and decided to base his performance onKeith Richards.[30] Although Verbinski and Bruckheimer had confidence in Depp, partly because it would be Bloom who was playing the traditionalErrol Flynn type,[27] Disney executives were confused, asking Depp whether the character was drunk orgay, andMichael Eisner at one point proclaimed, "He's ruining the film!"[29] Even Bruckheimer was slightly uncomfortable with Depp's decision to cap his teeth with gold. Depp later recalled, "I said, 'Look, these are the choices I made. You know my work. So either trust me or give me the boot.' And luckily, they didn't."[30]
Verbinski approachedGeoffrey Rush for the role ofHector Barbossa, as he knew he would not play it with attempts at complexity, but with a simple villainy that would suit the story's tone.[27] Contrarily, Rush felt that he was playing the unsung hero of the film, who only dreamed about lifting the curse and living as a rich rogue with his prized pirate bride and developed an intricate backstory for the character to play him more convincingly.[31] Originally, Rush was the second choice for the role behindRobert De Niro, who turned it down because he expected the film to flop in a similar manner to previous pirate films;[32] he regretted this decision later and accepted the role of Captain Shakespeare in the movieStardust.[33] Barbossa was conceptualized as a villain, a "dark trickster", and an evil counterpart to Sparrow.[34] Depp created the name "Hector Barbossa" on set, but the name was never revealed onscreen.[27]
Verbinski did not want an entirely romanticized feel to the film, but rather a sense ofhistorical fantasy. Most of the actors wore prosthetics and contact lenses. Depp had contacts that acted as sunglasses, while Rush andLee Arenberg wore dulled contacts that gave a sinister feel to the characters.Mackenzie Crook wore two contacts to represent his character's wooden eye: a soft version, and a harder version for when it protrudes. Their teeth andscurvy skin were dyed on.[39] Depp carried a genuine pistol, which was made in London in 1760.[39] A number of swords were built for the production by the blacksmithTony Swatton.[40]
The crew spent five months creating the cavern in which Barbossa and theBlack Pearl crew attempt to reverse their curse, filling it with five feet of water, 882 gold coins, and applying gold paint to the styrofoam rocks for more impressions of treasure.[14] The Port Royal fortress was built in Rancho Palos Verdes, California. Governor Swann's mansion was built atManhattan Beach.[39] A fire broke out in September 2002, causing $525,000 worth of damage, though no one was injured.[41]
The filmmakers choseSt. Vincent as their primary shooting location, as it contained the quietest beach they could find. They built three piers and a backlot for Port Royal and Tortuga.[39] Of most importance to the film were the three ships:Black Pearl,Dauntless, andInterceptor. For budget reasons, the ships were built on docks, with only six days spent in the open sea for the battle betweenBlack Pearl andInterceptor.[42]Dauntless andBlack Pearl were built onbarges, withcomputer-generated imagery finishing the structures.Black Pearl was also built on the Spruce Goose stage, to control fog and lighting.[39]Interceptor was a re-dressedLady Washington, a full-scale replica sailing ship fromAberdeen, Washington, fully repainted before going on a 40-day voyage beginning December 2, 2002, arriving on location on January 12, 2003.[43] A miniature was built for the storm sequence.[39]
Principal photography began on October 9, 2002, and wrapped on March 7, 2003.[4] The quick shoot was only marred by two accidents: as Sparrow stealsInterceptor, three of the ropes attaching it toDauntless did not break at first, and when they did snap, debris hit Depp's knee. He was not injured, and the way the incident played out on film made it look like Sparrow merely ducks. A more humorous accident was when the boat Sparrow was supposed to arrive in at Port Royal, sank.[19] In October, the crew was shooting scenes at Rancho Palos Verdes. In December they were shooting atSaint Vincent and the Grenadines, and in January they were at the cavern set at Los Angeles.[44] The script often changed with Elliott and Rossio on set, with additions such as Gibbs (Kevin McNally) telling Will how Sparrow allegedly escaped from an island—strapping two turtles together with rope made of his back hair—and Pryce was written into the climactic battle to keep some empathy for the audience.[19]
Because of the quick schedule of the shoot,Industrial Light & Magic immediately began visual effects work. While the skeletal forms of the pirates revealed by moonlight take up relatively little screen-time, the crew knew their computer-generated forms had to convey the performances of the actors, or else the transition would not work. Each scene featuring them was shot twice: a reference plate with the actors, and then without them to add in the skeletons,[14] an aesthetic complicated by Verbinski's decision to shoot the battles with handheld cameras.[19] The actors had to perform their scenes again on themotion-capture stage.[39] Filming was completed a mere four months before release, which caused Verbinski to spend 18-hour days in the editing room.[19] There were 600 visual effects shots, 250 of which involved merely removing modern sailboats from the shot.[45]
ComposerAlan Silvestri, who had collaborated with Verbinski onMouse Hunt andThe Mexican, was originally hired to write the film's score. Citing creative differences with Bruckheimer, Silvestri left the project before recording any material.[47] Verbinski and Bruckheimer decided to go with Zimmer's team instead, who were frequent collaborators on their productions. Zimmer declined to do the bulk of the composing, as he was busy scoringThe Last Samurai. As a result, he referred Verbinski to Klaus Badelt,[48] a relatively new composer who had been a part ofRemote Control Productions, known asMedia Ventures at the time, for three years. At that point, Badelt had only composed a few films, includingThe Time Machine,The Recruit,K-19: The Widowmaker andBasic.[49] As for Zimmer however, he ended up collaborating with Badelt to write most of the score's primary themes. Zimmer said he wrote most of the music in the space of one night, and then recorded them in an all-synthesized demo credited to him. This demo presents three of the score's themes and motifs, concluding with an early version of "He's A Pirate" which differs from the final cue and includes a development of a melody Zimmer wrote for the score toDrop Zone.[9]
The song Elizabeth Swann sings in the opening of the film as a child, and then later on the island marooned with Jack Sparrow, is called "Yo Ho (A Pirate's Life for Me)'". It was written byGeorge Bruns with lyrics byXavier "X" Atencio. It is the song heard throughout the attraction Pirates of the Caribbean in Disneyland andMagic Kingdom.[50]
On August 22, 2002, IGN FilmForce reportedly previewed Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean after corresponding with an anonymous source prior to the film's shooting in October.[3] The first teaser poster and trailer for film, at the time only titledPirates of the Caribbean, in which only one second of actual footage of the film was used, was attached toThe Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers as well asDisney's official website on December 17, 2002. By March 2003, sensing the possibility of sequels, Disney added the subtitle of "The Curse of the Black Pearl" to the film. On April 6, 2003, the full trailer forPirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, the first to feature footage from the film, was shown on every TV station Disney owned as well as being available to watch online, with some videos featuring an introduction byOrlando Bloom.[4]
Pirates of the Caribbean was the first film released under theWalt Disney Pictures banner to be ratedPG-13 by theMPAA, for action/adventure violence. One executive noted that she found the film too intense for her five-year-old child.[17] Nonetheless, the studio was confident enough to addThe Curse of the Black Pearl subtitle to the film in case sequels were made,[4] and to attract older children. Verbinski disliked the new title because it is the Aztec gold rather than the ship that is cursed, so he requested the title to be unreadable on the poster.[21]
TheDVD andVHS editions of the film were released December 1, 2003, in the United Kingdom and December 2, 2003, in the United States,[51] with 11 million copies sold in the first week, a record for live action video.[52] It earned $235 million from DVD sales as of January 2004.[53] ThisTHX certified DVD release featured two discs, featuring threecommentary tracks (Johnny Depp and Gore Verbinski; Jerry Bruckheimer, Keira Knightley and Jack Davenport; and the screenwriter team), various deleted scenes and documentaries, and a 1968Disneyland episode about the theme park ride.[54][51] A special three-disc edition was released in November 2004, in the United States and April 2005, in the United Kingdom.[55]
APSP release of the film followed on April 19, 2005.[56] The high-definitionBlu-ray Disc version of the film was released in May 2007.[57] This movie was among the first to be sold at theiTunes music store.The Curse of the Black Pearl had its UK television premiere on Christmas Eve 2007 onBBC One at 20:30[58] and was watched by an estimated 7 million viewers.[59]
In January 2022,The Curse of the Black Pearl was released onUltra HD Blu-ray. However, the film's remaster was criticized by various online reviewers for beingupscaled from2K resolution, excessive application ofdigital noise reduction and various other shortcomings.[60][61] A review by Martin Liebman of Blu-ray.com compared the release unfavorably to the previous 2007 Blu-ray release, stating: "The picture's grain has been reduced to a meshy, artificial appearance, looking frozen and flat and certainly less than genuine and flattering. Edge enhancement is in evidence. Textures have been scrubbed down and sharpened back up. Details appear waxy and lacking complexity [...] This is just a real clunker of a UHD image and one of the least impressive the format has seen."[62]
As part of Disney's 100th anniversary,Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl was re-released in theaters from July 7 to 20, 2023, on the film's own 20th anniversary.[63][64]
Before its release, many journalists expectedPirates of the Caribbean would be abox-office bomb. The pirate genre had not been successful for many years, withCutthroat Island (1995) being a notable failure. Depp was known mostly for starring incult films, butPirates of the Caribbean has been cited as launching his career as aleading man.[65]
The film opened at number one ahead ofTerminator 3: Rise of the Machines andThe League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, grossing $46,630,690 in its opening weekend and $70,625,971 since its Wednesday launch.[66] This made it Disney's highest July opening weekend, a record held until the debut ofThe Village a year later.[67] It would also outgross another pirate-themed film,Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas, while staying ahead of the summer's top earner, Disney's ownFinding Nemo.[68] Additionally, the film would hold the record for having the highest opening weekend for a Johnny Depp film until 2005 whenTim Burton'sCharlie and the Chocolate Factory surpassed it.[69] The film was overtaken byBad Boys II during its second weekend, but still made $34 million.[70]Pirates of the Caribbean eventually made its way to $654,264,015 worldwide ($305,413,918 domestically and $348,850,097 overseas), becoming the fourth-highest-grossing film of 2003,[2] as well as joiningFinding Nemo,Bruce Almighty,X2, andThe Matrix Reloaded as one of the first five films to pass the $200 million mark in one summer season.[71][2]Box Office Mojo estimates that the film sold over 50.64 million tickets in the US.[72]
Internationally,Pirates of the Caribbean dominated for seven consecutive weekends at the box office,[73] tying the record ofMen in Black II at the time.[74] Only three movies after that broke the record; its sequel,Dead Man's Chest, (with nine consecutive No. 1 weekends and ten in total),[75]Avatar (with 11 consecutive No. 1 weekends)[76] andThe Smurfs (with eight consecutive No. 1 weekends).[77] As of February 2021, it is the 141st-highest-grossing film of all time.[78]
Onreview aggregatorRotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 79% based on 216 reviews, and an average rating of 7.1/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "May leave you exhausted like the theme park ride that inspired it; however, you'll have a good time when it's over."[79] AtMetacritic, which assigns aweighted average rating to reviews, the film received an average score of 63 out of 100, based on reviews from 40 critics indicating generally favorable reviews.[80] Audiences polled byCinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale.[81]
Alan Morrison ofEmpire felt it was "the best blockbuster of the summer", acclaiming all the comic performances despite his disappointment with the swashbuckling sequences.[82] Duane Dudek ofMilwaukee Journal Sentinel earned a three-out-of-four rating, describing the film as "a fast-moving, wickedly funny and vividly mounted distraction that brings to mind adventure romps likeThe Mummy,The Princess Bride andThe Mask of Zorro, withAntonio Banderas."[83]
The performance of Depp as Sparrow was particularly praised. Review site PopMatters applauded Depp's performance, saying "Ingenious and mesmerizing, Johnny Depp embodies the film's essential fantasy, that a pirate's life is exciting and unfettered."James Berardinelli of ReelViews also applauds Depp's performance by saying "Pirates of the Caribbean belongs to Johnny Depp...Take away Depp, and you're left with a derivative and dull motion picture."[84]
Roger Ebert acclaimed the performances of Depp and Rush, and particularly that "It can be said that [Depp's] performance is original in its every atom. There has never been a pirate, or for that matter a human being, like this in any other movie... his behavior shows a lifetime of rehearsal." However, he felt the film went on for too long,[85] a criticism shared byKenneth Turan's negative review, feeling it "spends far too much time on its huge supporting cast of pirates (nowhere near as entertaining as everyone assumes) and on bloated adventure set pieces", despite having also enjoyed Depp's performance.[86]Mark Kermode described the film as "a triumph of turgid theme-park hackery over the art of cinema".[87]
In 2025, it was one of the films voted for the "Readers' Choice" edition ofThe New York Times' list of "The 100 Best Movies of the 21st Century," finishing at number 188.[88]
Following the critical and commercial success ofThe Curse of the Black Pearl,Pirates of the Caribbean became amultimedia franchise encompassing films, books, video games, and theme park attractions. WhileThe Curse of the Black Pearl was conceived as a standalone film, its writers Elliott and Rossio turned it into the first of a trilogy, in which twoback-to-back sequels were released:Dead Man's Chest in 2006 andAt World's End in 2007.[92] Depp, Bloom, Knightley, Rush, and McNally returned for both films. A short film created as a prequel toThe Curse of the Black Pearl, titledTales of the Code: Wedlocked, was directed byJames Ward Byrkit, who was a creative consultant for Gore Verbinski in thePirates trilogy.[93]
A fourth film,On Stranger Tides, was released in 2011. Following the release ofThe Curse of the Black Pearl, Disney approached authorTim Powers about optioning his novelOn Stranger Tides for aPirates film, a decision which was finalized near the end of filming the first two sequels.[94][95] With the stories of both Will and Elizabeth resolved, and both Bloom and Knightley declining involvement in a fourth film, a stand-alone sequel was developed focusing on the further adventures of Sparrow.[96] Depp, Rush, McNally, Greg Ellis, and Damian O'Hare reprised their roles from the previous films.[97]
The fifth film,Dead Men Tell No Tales, was also developed as a standalone sequel and was released in 2017. Rossio was contracted to write the screenplay in 2011, but his script was rejected by 2012.[98][99] The screenwriterJeff Nathanson was hired, along with the directorsJoachim Rønning andEspen Sandberg, who were quoted as being inspired byThe Curse of the Black Pearl.[100] Depp, Rush, McNally, Martin Klebba, Giles New and Angus Barnett returned to their roles from previous films.[101] Despite the studio and producer guideline that Knightley and Bloom would not return,[99] as well as the actors' past comments about not wanting to return, they made cameo appearances as their respective characters.[99][102] An untitled sixth film is currently in development, with Jerry Bruckheimer returning as a producer.[103]
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