Rob Marshall to Helm Next 'Pirates of the Carribean' Film

Director Rob Marshall has been hired by Disney to helm the next "Pirates of the Carribean" film. Production on the film will begin in 2010, with the majority of shooting taking place in Hawaii. The film is slated for a 2011 release. Disney has already signed Johnny Depp to reprise his role as Captain Jack Sparrow.

The film has been in limbo since original director Gore Verbinski left the project in April of this year.

Rob Marshall most recently directed the film adaptatio of Maury Yeston's NINE, starring Nicole Kidman, Judi Dench, and Daniel Day-Lewis. Marshall received an Academy Award nomination for Best Director for his work on the film CHICAGO. Marshall's choreography has been featured on Broadway in Little Me, Cabaret, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Victor/Victoria, Company, Damn Yankees, She Loves Me, and Kiss of the Spider Woman. Marshall performed on Broadway in The Mystery of Edwin Drood, The Rink, Zorba, and Cats.

Pirates of the Caribbean is a series of adventure films written by Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer. They are based on a Walt Disney theme park ride of the same name, and follow Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp), Will Turner (Orlando Bloom), and Elizabeth Swann (Keira Knightley). The films started with their first release on the big screen on July 9, 2003 with Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl.

After the unexpected success of the first film, Walt Disney Pictures revealed that a trilogy was in the works. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest was released three years later on July 7, 2006. The sequel proved to be very successful, breaking records worldwide the day of its premiere. In the end it acquired a total of $1,066,179,725 at the worldwide box office, becoming the third and fastest film to reach this amount. The third film in the series, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End was released worldwide on May 24, 2007. So far, the film franchise has grossed over $2.79 billion worldwide. In September 2008, Depp signed on for a fourth film in the franchise, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, set to be released on May 20, 2011.

 

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