Disney has unveiled a series of high-resolution images fromPirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, offering a new look at the upcoming fifth film in the popular franchise.Gore Verbinskidirected the initialPiratestrilogy to thrilling results, but the franchise went through something of a soft reboot withPirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tidesvia directorRob Marshall. That film shiftedJohnny Depp’s Jack Sparrow from supporting character to protagonist to mixed results, but now another sequel is on the horizon with another change-up in store.
Kon-TikifilmmakersJoachim RønningandEspen SandbergdirectDead Men Tell No Tales, bringing a fresh sensibility to the franchise. The cast once again gets an update with Depp’s Jack Sparrow still the lead, but welcoming franchise newcomersBrenton ThwaitesandKaya Scodelarioas a new hero couple that echoes the rolesOrlando BloomandKeira Knightleyplayed in the original trilogy. The most exciting new addition isJavier Bardemas the film’s antagonist, the ghost pirate Captain Salazar who blames Sparrow for the spell that he and his crew are under.
These new images offer new looks at the characters as well as the CG-enhanced landscape, and I’m curious to see how Rønning and Sandberg handle this complex narrative. Check out the images below and click for high-resolution. Also starringGeoffrey Rush,David Wenham,Keith Richards, andPaul McCartney,Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Talesopens in theaters on May 26th.
Here’s the official synopsis forPirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales:
Johnny Depp returns to the big screen as the iconic, swashbuckling anti-hero Jack Sparrow in the all-new “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales.” The rip-roaring adventure finds down-on-his-luck Captain Jack feeling the winds of ill-fortune blowing strongly his way when deadly ghost sailors, led by the terrifying Captain Salazar (Javier Bardem), escape from the Devil’s Triangle bent on killing every pirate at sea—notably Jack. Jack’s only hope of survival lies in the legendary Trident of Poseidon, but to find it he must forge an uneasy alliance with Carina Smyth (Kaya Scodelario), a brilliant and beautiful astronomer, and Henry (Brenton Thwaites), a headstrong young sailor in the Royal Navy. At the helm of the Dying Gull, his pitifully small and shabby ship, Captain Jack seeks not only to reverse his recent spate of ill fortune, but to save his very life from the most formidable and malicious foe he has ever faced.
