'Pirates of the Caribbean III:' Your Official Information On The Upcoming Sequel...
What We Know:
The Title...
As of now, the full title for this movie is not known. An anonymous Disney representative stated that the true title will be revealed in the coming
months. Some of the rumored titles were: 'Pirates of the Caribbean: World's End,' 'Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End,' and 'Pirates of
the Caribbean: Uncharted Waters.'
Release Date...
May 25, 2007.
The Director...
from: www.imdb.com...
Gore Verbinski will be directing 'Pirates.' He is the director of other movies such as:
- 'Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest' (2006)...
- 'The Weather Man' (2005)...
- 'Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl' (2003)
- 'The Ring' (2002)...
For more information on Verbinski, please see
Gore Verbinski (IMDB)...
The Screenwriters...
Terry Rossio and Ted Elliott will be the screenwriters of 'Pirates.' Rossio has been credited (that relates to 'Pirates') for:
- 'Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest' (2006) (characters) (written by)...
- 'Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl' (2003) (screen story) (screenplay)...
For more information on Rossio, please see
Terry Rossio (IMDB)...
Elliot has been credited (that relates to 'Pirates') for:
- 'Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest' (2006) (characters) (written by)...
- 'Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)' (screen story) (screenplay)...
For more information on Elliot, please see
Ted Elliott (IMDB)...
The Actors / Actresses...
Here is a rough list of the actors / actresses that will act in 'Pirates:'
Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, Stellan Skarsgard, Jack Davenport, Kevin R. McNally, Lee Arenberg, Mackenzie Crook, Andy Beckwith, Reggie
Lee, and Chow Yun-Fat. Additionally, Keith Richards (guitarist from the 'Rolling Stones') will play the cameo role of Captain Jack Sparrow's
father. It is interesting to note that Depp (who plays Jack Sparrow) has said that he adopted the body language and mannerisms of the veteran
guitarist to create his character in the film.
Actual Scenes...
At the San Diego Comic-Con on Saturday (7/22/06), footage was shown from some scenes of 'Pirates of the Caribbean III.' Here is a list of what was
actually shown:
- Chow Yun-Fat's character (who had many speaking lines)...
- Lots of Singapore floating village shots...
- A rescue Captain Jack Sparrow scene...
- A scene where Sparrow has to convince the crew to run back and forth on the ship-deck to rock a ship over...
- Jack the undead monkey in Chinese Warrior armor...
- Shots of Barbossa and Sparrow amid a huge shipboard sword battle...
- A sword-fight between Sparrow and Davy Jones atop a crows nest in a giant storm...
The Plot...
The following information is from wikipedia and thus may be rumors or actual information. At best, the following information is tentative:
It is expected that the next film will involve Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann joining forces with their old enemy, Barbossa, to rescue Captain
Jack Sparrow and Bootstrap Bill Turner and defeat the alliance between Davy Jones, Cutler Beckett, and new villain Sao Feng. The first fifty-six pages
of an early draft of the script have leaked online. Co-writer Ted Elliot confirmed on the website KeepToTheCode.com that this is a portion of an
extremely early "budget draft" of the script, and while some of the broad strokes of the story are consistent with the final version, specific
events and dialogue are very rough when compared with the final film, and these pages do not reflect the final film's writing or quality. This early,
rough version of the script shows Will Turner, Elizabeth Swann, and Barbossa traveling to the Orient and confronting Captain Sao Feng in search of
charts that lead to "World's End". Feng is captain of the red-sailed pirate ship Empress, and hosts a mysterious "dragon lady" onboard his ship.
Another element of the ride is represented in this version of the script, when Will, Barbossa and their crew sails their ship; an oriental junk named
Hai Peng; off the "end of the world" a huge, straight drop in the middle of the ocean, mimicking the large drops found on the Pirates of the
Caribbean theme park attraction. Jack Sparrow and the Black Pearl are found in Davy Jones' Locker, a kind of purgatory made up of nothing but sand
and strange crabs. Will is intent on retrieving the Black Pearl as it is the only ship with the speed necessary to overtake the Flying Dutchman and
therefore rescue his father Bootstrap Bill Turner. This version of the script shows that Admiral James Norrington has Davy Jones and his crew at his
command, having captured his heart in the second film. Many of the rumors include Barbossa giving his life for Jack when the Kraken attacks a ship
that they are on (not the Pearl).
A recent article in Empire magazine revealed a visit to the Singapore set which features in part of the movie. According to another article in
Entertainment Weekly, director Gore Verbiniski, revealed a basic plot: "Piracy itself is at stake. It's like the railroad coming to the West".
Verbiniski continues on to state that within the film there will be: "a conference of the world's pirate leaders and a treacherous journey to the
literal ends of the earth".
Again, from wikipedia:
Captain Sao Feng is the new villain for the Pirates of the Caribbean 3 (untitled), the sequel to the newly released Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead
Man's Chest and the second sequel to Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl. He will be played by actor Chow Yun-Fat and perhaps has
something to do with Asian connections of the East India Trading company mentioned in Dead Man's Chest.
Sao Feng is a captain who leads gang of supernatural Chinese pirates. He has an oriental war ship named the Empress and he will kidnap Elizabeth Swann
from the Black Pearl. He may be killed when the Flying Dutchman attacks the Empress. He believes that Elizabeth is Calypso, goddess of the sea. He is
based on legendary Chinese pirate Cheung Po Tsai.
Here are some additional spoilers from www.filmfocus.co.uk:
- They shot around half of the film on location during the shoot for Dead Man's Chest and they've three months on soundstages from August. That
suggests a good half of the film will be set indoors or on elaborate in-for-out sets.
- Mackenzie Crook's character, Ragetti, gets no closure. There's not a hint of romance to come. But his part becomes clearer and he has a couple of
"important duties to carry out."
- Naomie Harris' character - who gets only two scenes in this film - is a key player next time around. *REAL SPOILERS* At this film's end she
reintroduces Barbossa, brought back to life by her voodoo magic, and she confirmed our suspicions that she'll be bringing Jack back, too.
- Tom Hollander thinks Cuttler Beckett has some tricks up his sleeve for the gang in the third film.
- "Of course you'll see the Pearl again," says Mackenzie, confirming its demise in Dead Man's Chest isn't permanent.
- Nighy is unrelenting in feeling responsible for killing Jack Sparrow. But, he said, "there's always film three..." He promises Davy Jones will be
much more evil next time around but sheepishly denies thoughts of a romance for him.
- Johnny and Keira will be involved in the scene with Keith Richards (if it works out) but poor Orlando Bloom won't be.
- Keira nearly spilled the beans on some great scenes in Pirates 3, but held back saying only it'd be bigger and better.
- Johnny Depp hopes that three won't be the end of it. He wants to keep Jack Sparrow going over more films, if he gets the chance.
The purpose of this thread is to get as much of the official information on 'Pirates of the Caribbean III' as possible and to put it all into this
thread. As stated before, there is only a very little amount of official information available. That is why
speculation and rumors will be allowed
on this thread. If you want to post a rumor (anything that is not official), please just state that it is such so that this thread does not get
confusing to readers.
ENJOY THE NEWS!!!
[edit on 26-7-2006 by they see ALL]
