"We take the ship then. Now!" - Scrum
Tuesday, May 12, 2015
Thursday, May 7, 2015
Monday, May 4, 2015
Friday, May 1, 2015
Pirate News: Pirate Ships Galore
Thank goodness Australians living near the POTC5 set are posting photos of it on Twitter; otherwise I would have nothing to blog about.
Recently a couple of set photos showed up on Twitter. They are of various boats. Check it out,
Recently a couple of set photos showed up on Twitter. They are of various boats. Check it out,
You know what's particularly crazy about this? I can't for certain say that we've seen any of these ships before. I guess that third one might be the same one we got pictures of exactly one month ago; but I honestly doubt it. It doesn't look right.
The second picture is clearly some sort of wrecked ship. The victims of Salazar perhaps? What it reminds me of most is the wrecked-ship from Dead Man's Chest that Will Turner mistakes for the Flying Dutchman. It definitely has a similar color scheme, but I doubt there is any relation.
Arguably the most interesting of the three photos is the first; for two reasons. Firstly: We get to see part of the flag that the ship is sailing under; and it gives us a few hints as to the nature of the vessel. That flag has a bird and/or griffin with a crest on it. that much is clear. And the crest has a castle and some sort of lion on the front of it. A casual search of the internet revealed no clues as to what country or group this flag could represent; it looks almost like a combination of a bunch of flags.
The second point of interest in the first picture is the sailors on the ship. They're clearly wearing matching uniforms, which tells us that they're probably part of some sort of military; AKA not pirates. They're also clearly not members of the British military; so that's unique.
As much as I love getting more shots from the set, I'm hoping that some juicier info from the movie comes out soon. I'm dying to know what's going to happen.
Saturday, April 25, 2015
Wednesday, April 22, 2015
Pirate News: First Look at Jack Sparrow in POTC5!
Not much to say about this one. The other day Jerry Bruckheimer, Pirates of the Caribbean's producer, posted the below picture of Jack Sparrow on Twitter.
This isn't much, but it's good to get our first look at the new pirate flick. In this image Sparrow is being tied up by two pirates of unknown origin or intent. Are they some of Salazar's ghost pirates? I doubt it. It has been hinted at that those characters might be CGI; and even if they aren't, I'd hope that their design would be more menacing than this. These Buccaneers look more like a neutral party.
Also; notice the black sails and dark floorboards. This appears to be taking place on The Black Pearl herself! Has Jack run afowl of his own crew? Or maybe this is an invading party? It's possible that a third party has taken control of the Pearl.
And is it me or is that rope coming from some odd place off screen? Could it be that this is the doing of Barbossa and the magical sword he stole from Blackbeard?
Rampant Speculation aside; I really love how this picture looks. Those aforementioned buccaneers look like they came right out of the original Disneyland attraction, which is nothing but a good thing in my book. Occasionally the POTC movies suffer a bit from not being quite pirate-y enough, but from the looks of things that won't be a problem in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales!
Monday, April 20, 2015
Pirate Quote of the Day
“I once sailed with a geezer lost both his arms and part of his eye” – Jack Sparrow
Friday, April 17, 2015
Pirate Quote of the Day
“You can mistrust me less than you can mistrust him. Trust me.” – Jack Sparrow
Saturday, April 11, 2015
Pirate Quote of the Day
“Now where be that fascinating little old treasure, eh? Heave-to mateys! Say, have you set your eyes on the bewitched maiden in your travels?” – The Pooped Pirate
Thursday, April 9, 2015
Sunday, April 5, 2015
Wednesday, April 1, 2015
Pirate News: What the Heck is a Lazaro?
Check it out pirates fans! New set photos of an unknown vessel sailing the deep-blue screen!
Also, check out this shoot plan of what may or may not be the same boat from the above photos. It features a sequence where Salazar discovers Jack Sparrow hiding on said boat, and speaks reference to something called Lazaro.
What is Lazaro? Could it be the name of Salazar's ship? Could it be the name of a new Pirate character? Could the Disney marketing machine just be screwing with us? I don't know for certain.
It does appear, upon closer inspection that Lazaro is actually a person, or person like character. We'll probably find out more as production continues (and as Joachim Ronning continues to tweet and Instagram haphazardly.)
Also, check out this shoot plan of what may or may not be the same boat from the above photos. It features a sequence where Salazar discovers Jack Sparrow hiding on said boat, and speaks reference to something called Lazaro.
What is Lazaro? Could it be the name of Salazar's ship? Could it be the name of a new Pirate character? Could the Disney marketing machine just be screwing with us? I don't know for certain.
It does appear, upon closer inspection that Lazaro is actually a person, or person like character. We'll probably find out more as production continues (and as Joachim Ronning continues to tweet and Instagram haphazardly.)
Monday, March 30, 2015
Pirate Quote of the Day
“Haul on the main brace; make
ready the guns, and run out the sweeps!” - Barbossa
Saturday, March 28, 2015
Wednesday, March 25, 2015
Pirate News: New POTC5 Set Photo and Casting Call
Just the other day Joachim Ronning, one of the directors for the new Pirates film currently filming, posted this rather intriguing photograph on his Twitter. Check it out.
There isn't a whole lot one can gleam from this photograph, but there is some. The image was posted with the message and hashtags "On your marks #pirates5 #jerrybruckheimerfilms #disney #australia;" which implies to us that those little pieces of tape are markers telling the various actors where to walk during the shooting. Whatever they're filming requires a lot of people moving in sinc in order for it to work. Those are a lot of tape marks.
Another thing that I think is fairly obvious is that that this is clearly being filmed on, what is supposed to be, the deck of a ship. I have no Idea what ship it is, it doesn't look like The Black Pearl. Plus there is some kind of creepy light emenating from the ships hull through those grates. Could this be Captain Salazar's vessel we're looking at?
Arguably the most exciting thing you might notice in the photo, is the garb of the people in shot. Several of the people are wearing unexciting standard pirate stuff, complete with sword-sheaths and boots. On these people there isn't anything there that gives away who they might be, other than pirates. The rest of the characters, however, are wearing a strange grey, black and white outfit that might look familiar to anyone who's seen behind-the-scenes photos of the other pirate films. Compare them to this set picture of Bill Nighy, the actor behind Davy Jones.
That's right! It looks as if there are going to be even more Davy-Jones-type CGI characters in POTC5! I'm super excited, and my brain is going wild with speculation. Is Davy Jones and his crew back? Is that Will Turner with a new version of the crew? or, more likely, are these Captain Salazar's ghost pirates? Davy Jones is still one of the most impressive CGI effects in movie history, I can't wait to see how the technology has improved.
In slightly less interesting news, there has been an Australian casting call for women with large breasts to play bit parts in POTC5. This information is more amusing than it is informative; but it still implies some possible plot threads for the film. Is it possible that Jack Sparrow and company will be returning to the port of Tortuga for some salty (Australian) wenches? That seems the most likely reason for this casting call. But who knows? Captains Salazar's ghost crew could consist of busty female ghosts.
The news trickle coming out of POTC5 has been obnoxiously slow. apparently Johnny Depp has injured his hand, and that is slowing down production as well as the info leaking out of production. With a little luck I'll be able to fill another Pirate New sooner rather than later.
There isn't a whole lot one can gleam from this photograph, but there is some. The image was posted with the message and hashtags "On your marks #pirates5 #jerrybruckheimerfilms #disney #australia;" which implies to us that those little pieces of tape are markers telling the various actors where to walk during the shooting. Whatever they're filming requires a lot of people moving in sinc in order for it to work. Those are a lot of tape marks.
Another thing that I think is fairly obvious is that that this is clearly being filmed on, what is supposed to be, the deck of a ship. I have no Idea what ship it is, it doesn't look like The Black Pearl. Plus there is some kind of creepy light emenating from the ships hull through those grates. Could this be Captain Salazar's vessel we're looking at?
Arguably the most exciting thing you might notice in the photo, is the garb of the people in shot. Several of the people are wearing unexciting standard pirate stuff, complete with sword-sheaths and boots. On these people there isn't anything there that gives away who they might be, other than pirates. The rest of the characters, however, are wearing a strange grey, black and white outfit that might look familiar to anyone who's seen behind-the-scenes photos of the other pirate films. Compare them to this set picture of Bill Nighy, the actor behind Davy Jones.
That's right! It looks as if there are going to be even more Davy-Jones-type CGI characters in POTC5! I'm super excited, and my brain is going wild with speculation. Is Davy Jones and his crew back? Is that Will Turner with a new version of the crew? or, more likely, are these Captain Salazar's ghost pirates? Davy Jones is still one of the most impressive CGI effects in movie history, I can't wait to see how the technology has improved.
In slightly less interesting news, there has been an Australian casting call for women with large breasts to play bit parts in POTC5. This information is more amusing than it is informative; but it still implies some possible plot threads for the film. Is it possible that Jack Sparrow and company will be returning to the port of Tortuga for some salty (Australian) wenches? That seems the most likely reason for this casting call. But who knows? Captains Salazar's ghost crew could consist of busty female ghosts.
The news trickle coming out of POTC5 has been obnoxiously slow. apparently Johnny Depp has injured his hand, and that is slowing down production as well as the info leaking out of production. With a little luck I'll be able to fill another Pirate New sooner rather than later.
Monday, March 23, 2015
Pirate Quote of the Day
“Jack! You should know better than to wake a man when he's sleepin’” – Gibbs
Tuesday, March 17, 2015
Pirate Quote of the Day
“This is Aztec gold. One of 882 identical pieces they delivered in a stone chest to Cortez himself. Blood money paid to stem the slaughter he wreaked upon them with his armies. But the greed of Cortez was insatiable. So the heathen gods placed upon the gold a terrible curse. Any mortal that removes but a piece from that stone chest shall be punished for eternity.” – Captain Barbossa
Monday, March 16, 2015
Pirate Quote of the Day
“You and I are no strangers to betrayal, are we Jack?” - Lord Cutler Beckett
Thursday, March 5, 2015
Tuesday, March 3, 2015
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