Iconic guitarist Keith Richards was last seen on the silver screen walking around with a shrunken head in Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End. Ever since the 4th installment was greenlit the producers (and Depp) have been pushing to have him reprise his role as Captain Teague, aka father Sparrow.
With his new book recently released, Richards is once again in the news – and now comes word via Reuters that he has signed on for number 4, On Stranger Tides. While filming for this 3D (of course) epic has been going on since June, only this weekend did the Richards signing officially break, so his role is likely to be roughly the same size as it was in the last film.
At World’s End was a piece of trash but it had its moments – most notably of course the Depp/Richards scene. They need to get back to the swashbuckling silliness of the original and stay away from the glut of the two sequels, if they hope to have the new one be worth anything. The Richards signing is fine and expected, but hopefully with Ian McShane as Blackbeard this one will be more focused.
This thing is set to be unleashed on May 20, 2011.
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"At World's End was a piece of trash but it had its moments – most notably of course the Depp/Richards scene." Yeah, that's actually a pretty good summation of Part 3. Part 2 was really fun but overlong and overly indulgent… and all of the goodwill engendered by its clever plot and locations was undone by AWE. The original is still the best. I doubt that'll change with this new one, but I might give it a shot all the same.
I'm genuinely looking forward to On Stranger Tides. No irritating Bloom and Knightley, Ian McShane rocks and Keef is always good value. But can Depp pull himself out of the lethargy that has engulfed him these past few years?
curious. Remember when piranha 3d came out and the filmmakers said they had to post-convert cuz the water made it too hard to film with 3d cameras? I wonder how this movie was able to overcome that obstacle…CGI water?
Much like Matrix 2 and 3, there is a good movie in Pirates 2 and 3. I firmly believe that if someone had the editing skills, you could take both movies and edit them together, remove the extraneous BS, and make one decent movie out of the 2.
To Fred – I've always felt like the party line regarding Piranha 3D's post conversion was a lie. Creature from the Black Lagoon was released in '54. Did they have problems shooting water? Did Jaws 3D? Did the technology suddenly become impossible? Aja said that the issue was that the reflections on the water sent two different images to your eyes. That sounds just like what happens to you WHEN YOU LOOK AT SOMETHING WITH YOUR EYES. I doubt that there will be a problem with the 3D in On Stranger Tides – the problem will be with EVERYTHING ELSE.
I enjoy all 3 Pirates films. And if they get Keith back, fantastic! Hell, Keith is the guy who fell out of a coconut tree and was fine. He has co-written far too many classic songs to count.
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