Despite drafts being completed by series regular Terry Rossio (who in the case of the first four films wrote with his regular collaborator Ted Elliot), the movie recently got a new screenwriter: Jeff Nathanson, who wrote and co-wrote such scripts as Speed 2, the second and third Rush Hour films, Spielberg's Catch Me if You Can and The Terminal, the recent Tower Heist, and one of the ten billion unused incarnations of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (residue of which scored him a story credit). Other than that, the only thing known is Johnny Depp's participation.
What specious homages to the Monkey Island series will this next installment evince that promise to inspire a thread with at least five (5) posts in it? We'll just have to wait until July 10th, 2015.
Source: Deadline
Sad to say that the same deal will probably carry over to a fifth, sixth, and seventh PotC.
Jason
Now that Disney owns all the characters they should just use them by name!
That would certainly make the inevitable tie-in game have more gamer cred.
TheJoe
I was only carrying on the Monkey Island similarities joke. Penelope Cruz could easily be the Swordmaster!
Now that Disney owns all the characters they should just use them by name!
Jason
Well, they might be milking it, but you're hardly down to drops when the fourth installment brings in $1 billion worldwide. The four year intervals are helpful, too.
I was only carrying on the Monkey Island similarities joke. Penelope Cruz could easily be the Swordmaster!
TheJoe
"I will milk every drop of money out of your franchise!"
Well, they might be milking it, but you're hardly down to drops when the fourth installment brings in $1 billion worldwide. The four year intervals are helpful, too.