‘Pirates of the Caribbean 4′ Rolls Cameras Next Spring

Posted by Scott the Intern (intern@filmschoolrejects.com) on July 23, 2009

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With the madness of Comic-Con in full swing, and our crew lost out there somewhere in the desert, we’re covering the rest of the desperately tangled mess from around the web. While stumbling around the tubes, we found a cool little story from ComingSoon regarding the upcoming Pirates of the Caribbean 4.

They were lucky enough to talk to producer Oren Aviv who mentioned that they’d be filming in April and May of 2010, aiming for a 2011 release date. He also mentioned that the movie would be the first of another possible trilogy. Or, of course, just the fourth installment in what they are attempting to make at least a sextilogy.

Luckily, it seems like they are learning a bit from the mistakes of the last one:

It’s important to get the story right, and it’s important to me to scale it down, because we can’t get bigger. The movies have subsequently gotten bigger and bigger and very complicated, and they were satisfying on so many levels obviously, but I want to kind of reboot the whole thing and bring it down to its core, its essence, just characters.”

Wow. There’s that word ‘reboot’ again. Definitely used in a different context than we’re used to, but it’s always nice to see Hollywood is keeping their memes going.

It sounds pretty cool, and would certainly be fantastic as a small film than the last. It also seems like a long way off – filming in a year and releasing in two, so we’ve got plenty more time to get lost at sea with this one.

What do you think?

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mladenL

I think I'd prefer if these films were a little more episodic and standalone. I'm happy for there to be long character arcs which take place over several films, but really I'd enjoy these a lot more if they were done in the James Bond sequel style rather than the 'trilogy' style.

Peter Donohue

I really think it's a good idea they're back to the characters. I'm sure they realized that Bloom and Knightly were just weak characters, and the adventures of Jack and Barbossa are going to be much more enduring.

KO

What are they thinking? The first was maybe alright but the second and third were just terrible.

michaelalriceedejer

i waiting for this movies.....beacause i love this movies and johnny depp

michaelalriceedejer

pirates of the carribean is great movie

Phoghat

Depp is a great actor, yet I think he's underrated. Audiences accept with no question that he can play ANY character well, from a guy with scissors for hands to a pirate channeling Keith Richards, because of this he tends to be dismissed. Could De Niro do as well? Maybe in his prime as with Pacino.
But they couldn't do comedy if it came up and bit them on the ass. Johnny boy seems to be able to do anything well, and some things extremely well. In 40 years or so, I'm sure he'll get a Lifetime Acheivement Award.

jacob3213

I'm ok with them bringing it back down in scale, the third movie was almost unbearably complex for a swashbuckling film. However, that being said, it is Pirates of the Caribbean 4...A sequel, not a freaking reboot. unless they are starting from scratch (IE without ANY of the original actors, directors, or backstory, then it is not a reboot. I don't mind that some of these recent franchises have gotten reboots, without them we would not have the dark brooding Batman we have longed for as comic fans. However, not every franchise needs a reboot, and the ones that don't are still getting them for some reason. From that point, its just a few more steps until we get something like a Godfather Trilogy Reboot (may the Gods of Film forgive me for suggesting such a horrid idea.)

Potc4tfoy2011

If they are going to start filming pirates of the caribbean 4 in april and may 2010,then it comes out in 2011, thats got mean one thing and one thing only, and that is - that its going to be out on around may 25th, 2011 wednesday, as like this other website claims from a count down on there, the website i'm talking about is called http://www.ohjohnny.net/ . Check it out!, when yu have chance to!, you just might think its pretty interesting considering the fact that pirates 4 does not come out until 2 years from now in 2011.

ian

pirates of the caribbean films are the best ive seen for a long time and should keep the characters as they are all gd together i really cant wait for this to come out and i hope they keep makin these films for many years to come as i will never get bored of any of the films

‘Pirates of the Caribbean 4′ Rolls Cameras Next Spring

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