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Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio announced officially on Thursday night that the title for POTC2 is "Pirates of the Caribbean:Dead Man's Chest." They also firmly denied the news that Keith Richards would be in POTC2, however they did not comment when asked if he would be in POTC3.
Both movies are being filmed beginning next month in Long Beach and on various locations, including the Caribbean. Unconfirmed rumors also indicated New Orleans may be involved.
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From Disney found by Peri
01/12/2005:
"Captain Jack Sparrow to sail the seas at Walt Disney World"
Apparently having heard, "What a rip-off. Cap'n Jack's nowhere to been
seen in that ride," long enough, Disney has decided to add an Audio-Animatronic
Captain Jack Sparrow figure, supposedly voiced by Johnny Depp himself,
to the Pirates of the Caribbean attraction at Walt Disney World. In addition,
the studio is considering holding the premiere for Pirates of the Caribbean
2 at the theme park, where Johnny Depp may cut the ribbon to the refreshed
ride. More info can be seen at Jim Hill Media.
Norrington: Well, well. Jack Sparrow, isn't it?
Jack : Captain Jack Sparrow, if you please, sir.
Norrington: Well, I don't see your ship, Captain.
Jack : I'm in the market, as it were.
Murtogg: He said he'd come to commandeer one.
Mullroy: Told ya he was telling the truth. These are his, sir. (hands Norrington Jack's effects)
Norrington: No additional shots nor powder. A compass that doesn't point north. (unsheathes Sparrow's sword) And I half expected it to be made of wood. You are without doubt the worst pirate I've ever heard of.
Jack : But you have heard of me.
By this point, I'd imagine that we've all heard of Captain Jack Sparrow. As played by Academy Award nominee Johnny Depp, Cap'n Jack basically walked off (Well ... staggered off ) with "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl." Thanks in large part of Depp's inspired performance, this 2003 Walt Disney Pictures release went on to earn over $650 million at the worldwide box office.
This popular motion picture has (obviously) sparked a renewed interest in the classic theme park attraction. Though some guests -- as they've been exiting Disney World's version of "Pirates" -- have recently been heard to grumble: "What a rip-off. Cap'n Jack's nowhere to been seen in that ride."
Which (I know) will all make you Disney theme park history buffs out there laugh. Because you already know that "The Curse of the Black Pearl" was only inspired by the "Pirates of the Caribbean" attraction. That this Gore Verbinski film only features elements from the ride. It wasn't meant to be a slavish note-for-note copy of the attraction.
But the members of the general public? They don't seem to understand that. So, when they go on a "Pirates of the Caribbean" ride, they expect -- at some point in the attraction -- to actually get to see Captain Jack Sparrow.
And -- as the hosts & hostesses at City Hall at WDW's Magic Kingdom will tell you -- they've really begun to get complaints about this issue. Particularly now that "Pirates" is out on DVD and continues to sell strongly.
So what's the Mouse to do? Change a classic theme park attraction just to please some somewhat disgruntled members of the general public? You bet.
So even now -- as Walt Disney Pictures is prepping to shoot that "Pirates" sequel -- WDI is making some plans of its own. The Imagineers are looking to fold a little bit of "The Black Pearl" into Disney World's POTC when that Adventureland attraction goes down for a lengthy rehab later this year.
So -- in addition just a general freshing-up of this attraction (As well as repairing the many leaks in the roof of POTC's main show building) -- Disney World's "Pirates" attraction will be getting a brand-new AA figure. An Audio-Animatronic Captain Jack -- supposedly voiced by Johnny Deep himself -- that will appear in the attraction's finale sequence. Which will (hopefully) finally put an end to all those Magic Kingdom guest complaints about WDW's POTC being Sparrow-free.
"So when might we get to see Cap'n Jack staggering around Disney World?," you ask. The current plan calls for the revamped version of "Pirates" to be up & running by the late spring/early summer of 2006.
"Why then?," you query. Remember how "The Curse of the Black Pearl" 's world premiere was actually held at Disneyland? With a giant screen set up right in the middle of the Rivers of America and the film's after-party being held in New Orleans Square? Well, the publicity staff at Walt Disney Pictures is now giving some semi-serious thought to staging a similiar sized event for the world premiere of "Pirates 2." Only this time around, the premiere and the after-party would be held in Orlando inside the Magic Kingdom.
And what better way would there be to cap off an evening of fun (Not to mention maximize your movie's promotion potential) than to have Johnny Depp wielding a sword as he presides over the ribbon cutting at WDW's revamped "Pirates" attraction? Then premiere party-goers (and the press) could board long boats and check out the newly spruced up ride. As well as getting pictures of Mr. Depp standing alongside the attraction's new Cap'n Jack Sparrow figure.
Sounds like a pretty amazing event, doesn't it? Well -- just so you know -- staging the world premiere of "Pirates II" at WDW's Magic Kingdom is NOT a done deal. This idea is still very much in just the talking-about-it phase. No definitive plans have been made at this time.
But that Cap'n
Jack AA figure? That's actually going to happen, folks, as part of "Pirates"
's upcoming rehab. The budget for the figure has already been approved.
Some Disneyana fans might call this a brilliant idea. (After all, WDW's version of "Pirates of the Caribbean" -- due to its rushed construction schedule as well as its abbreviated length -- has often been referred to as the "Cliff Notes" version of Disneyland's "Pirate" ride. But -- once this Jack Sparrow figure is installed -- this Disney World attraction will finally have some bragging rights over the Anaheim original.) While still others (You purists out there. The ones who always complain whenever WDI changes any attraction in the parks) might call it madness.
But -- as Captain Jack Sparrow himself once so eloquently put it:
Jack : It's remarkable how often those two traits coincide.
From YahooNews
The El Capitan Theatre Rings in the New Year With a Special Return Engagement of Disney's 'Pirates of the Caribbean' From January 13th-30th
Monday January 10, 2:00 pm ET
Opening Night Filmmakers' Panel & Daily Costume Contest Scheduled
HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- The El Capitan Theatre, Hollywood's legendary movie palace, gets the New Year off to a swashbuckling start with a special return engagement of Walt Disney Pictures'/Jerry Bruckheimer's blockbuster hit, "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl," set to run from January 13th through the 30th, it was announced today by Lylle Breier, senior vice president of worldwide special events for Buena Vista Pictures Distribution.
The engagement launches on Thursday, January 13th at 7:00 pm with a filmmaker panel discussion that will focus on the production, screenplay, and behind-the-scenes aspects. Noted film historian/author Frank Thompson will lead the panel, which will include screenwriters Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio, composer Klaus Badelt, actor Lee Arenberg (who played the pirate Pintel and is set to reprise that role in the sequel), second unit director Bruce Hendricks, and Disney Studios visual effects senior vice president Art Repola.
Moviegoers who come dressed in pirate garb will receive a free commemorative button, and are invited to compete in a costume contest that will be held at every show.
"Pirates of the Caribbean" will be projected digitally throughout the
engagement at the El Capitan with daily shows at 12:30 pm, 4:00 pm, 7:15
pm, and 10:30 pm. Tickets can be purchased at the box office, by calling
1-800-DISNEY6, or on line at www.elcapitantickets.com.
Experience the Lore and Lure of Pirates on Caribbean Journey
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado—Long the subject of Hollywood movies and romance novels, pirates have captured the public’s imagination for generations. Beyond Boundaries has a new nine-day journey into the world of pirates, both fact and fiction. From June 10-18, 2005 fans of pirate lore and movies will walk in the shadows of the Golden Age of Piracy as it unfolded in the Bahamas and Jamaica.
Guests will visit historic venues, including Spanish Town, site of the Anne Bonny and Mary Read trials, Fort Charles, which served as the mode for the fort in the Pirates of the Caribbean movie, pirate stronghold Port Royal, Gallow’s Point, where many convicted pirates were hanged including Calico Jack Rackam, and the estate of Sir Henry Morgan, pirate turned lieutenant governor of Jamaica.
Jeannie Barresi, owner of Beyond Boundaries Travel, states, “With the success of recent movies, the popularity of pirates is at an all time high. This is a rare opportunity for fans of pirates to experience in person what they’ve only read about in books or seen in movies. They will be able to actually walk in the footsteps of the likes of Henry Morgan, Bartholomew Roberts, Roche Brasiliano and Charles Vane.”
The journey also takes guests aboard a tall ship for adventures on the high seas. Pirate hosts, who will serve as storytellers, musicians and historians, will join guides and specialists in bringing piracy to life. Guests will learn swordplay, take part in treasure hunts on deserted islands, regale in hilarious tales and enjoy live pirate theater.
For more information contact Beyond Boundaries Travel at 800-487-1136, or e-mail info@potcfantrips.com. Visit the website at www.potcfantrips.com.
From the Toronto Star
Extra, extra: Casting agent trawls for the skinny on Pirates sequel
Jan. 7, 2005
PETER HOWELL
Attention,
97-pound weaklings with bad hair, skin and teeth!
Hollywood needs you for two major motion pictures.
Casting is underway for twin sequels to Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, the summer 2003 blockbuster that earned $305 million (U.S.) in box-office booty and a surprise Oscar nomination for Johnny Depp.
Producer Jerry Bruckheimer is preparing to shoot Pirates 2 and Pirates 3 concurrently in Los Angeles and the Caribbean island of St. Vincent, reuniting lead star Depp with castmates Orlando Bloom, Kiera Knightley and Geoffrey Rush. New to the crew are Rolling Stone Keith Richards, the inspiration for Depp's Capt. Jack Sparrow character (he'll play Jack's dad), and Hong Kong star Chow Yun-Fat (he'll play Chinese pirate Cheung Po Tsai).
What they need now are a slew of scrawny, scruffy, toothless wonders to toil as pirate extras, with the potential of a few lucky losers being upgraded to principal roles. A call went out this week from casting agent Sande Alessi, one of Tinseltown's best-known recruiters (she does Spielberg's films, too), and it has to be among the strangest pitches ever made for movie talent.
The website for Sande Alessi Casting (http://www.sandealessicasting.com) lists the requirements for landing a role, and it's not much more than being male, wretched and in possession of a full-body colour 8-by-10 photo. Acting experience is not essential, although it helps if you have a real beard, a glass eye and false teeth. It's apparently okay to be Canadian, as long as you're mean and ruthless. The parrot is optional.
There are six very specific roles available for extremely skinny men, ages "18 to 90" and of any ethnicity, as described in a taped announcement from a casting telephone hotline linked to the site:
"We need extremely skinny men. You have to be anorexic looking ... you have to look like, if you're taking a nap, you may have passed away. You have to be that skinny. You have to be not just the skinniest person in the room, but the skinniest person that you have seen in months. If that's you, we need about six of you. Send us a picture without a shirt on right away."
Does that sound like you, Stringbean? Then get that photo out pronto, before you fade away.
No one is saying what Bruckheimer and director Gore Verbinski plan to do with these human skeletons, but I'll just bet it has something to do with Richards, who is beloved by fans as the world's most musical cadaver.
Alessi and her staff have already had one audition in L.A. for pirate extras and, incredibly, there was a relatively small turnout. More than 7,000 wastrels showed up last month at Hollywood's Ricardo Montalban Theatre when word got out about the Pirates casting, but Alessi had been expecting between 12,000 to 15,000 to stumble in. Hence the Internet and phone hotline summons for additional scoundrels.
Who'd have guessed it would be so hard finding ugly and skinny people in Hollywood?
Filming of the Pirates sequels begins in March, with the first flick
expected for summer 2006.
From Karen at Johnny Depp Reads and Variety:
Variety has announced today that the release date for PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN 2 will bye July 7, 2006.
Looks like Johnny is growing his "Captain Jack" facial hair - he and Kate Winselt are on the cover of the January 14 issue of Entertainment Weekly and then we have this (from Carrie)
and he posed with Kate 
Found at AP
Lancaster firm's early American lighting fixtures get movie roles
CHAD UMBLE
Associated Press
LANCASTER, Pa.
- Lights from Lancaster. Camera and action from Hollywood.
A small Lancaster County company that makes reproductions of 18th and 19th century lighting fixtures is playing large parts in major motion pictures.
Olde Mill Lighting's latest role is producing 90 custom-made lights for the "Pirates of the Caribbean" sequels, to be released beginning in 2006.
The company got the work based on its performance as a light maker for the original "Pirates of the Caribbean" film and for another major film, "The Village."
"It is pretty unusual," said John Blowers, president of Olde Mill Lighting's parent company, Olde Mill House.
"They liked the fact that we custom-make everything and can get it to them when they need it."
Olde Mill Lighting, which makes most of its reproduction lighting fixtures for lighting showrooms, contractors, architects and retail sale, got its first call from Hollywood in 2002.
Set designer Larry Dias was searching for materials for the original "Pirates of the Caribbean," starring Johnny Depp. Dias had spotted Olde Mill Lighting's Web site and ordered 36 custom lights, at a cost of $7,000.
Dias then worked on the M. Night Shyamalan's "The Village" and tapped Olde Mill Lighting for more than 40 custom lights worth about $14,000.
With filmmakers getting ready to shoot the "Pirates of the Caribbean" sequels, a new set decorator, Kathy Rosen, a former assistant of Dias, came back to Olde Mill Lighting.
The lights made for the original "Pirates of the Caribbean" movie were appropriate for the sequels, too. But the original lights were unavailable so replacements were needed.
"They said they were stored in a warehouse and must have gotten lost," Blowers said.
So this time, the company got a $45,000 order. It calls for 60 lights that are modified versions of Olde Mill Lighting's existing models and 30 lights that are modeled on lamps used on 19th century warships.
The lighting comes to life at the hands of Olde Mill Lighting tinsmiths Thuan Pham and Leo Carranza. It's a painstaking process; making a single light by hand can take seven hours.
Among the Olde Mill Lighting products to appear in the "Pirates" sequels will be a modified version of its popular electrified wall lantern, the "fertility lantern." (The area near the Olde Mill Lighting showroom on Strasburg Pike was called Fertility in the 1700s).
But instead of electrical wiring, the lanterns will have candle holders, vents to supply air to the candles and a tiny hidden spot for a little halogen bulb that will create the illusion of candlelight's soft, warm glow.
Working on a 1920s-era machine that's operated by a foot lever, Pham and Carranza cut out the patterns for each fixture from sheets of flat brass.
Then they bend the pieces into shape and solder them together at their workbenches.
"Doing custom work, you have to play a little," Carranza said. "What we do is more like an art. ... It's rewarding. You start with a flat sheet and by the end of the day you have something."
According to Carranza, the most common mistakes are over-bending the metal or incorrectly cutting the metal, causing the pieces not to fit.
But Carranza and Pham have more than 40 years of tinsmithing experience between them, so there are few errors.
"We made the mistakes so many times that we don't do it anymore," Carranza added.
When the lamps are assembled, they are fitted with custom restoration glass. The glass, imported from Germany, reproduces the slight waves and bubbles of naturally aged glass.
Then the lamp is washed and given a 20-second acid bath that produces a blackened, aged look.
Most customers, including the "Pirates" producers, opt for the pre-aged look instead of waiting the nearly eight years it would take for lamps to blacken naturally from being hung outside.
Olde Mill Lighting specializes in early colonial reproduction lights from the 1700s to 1810. They also do custom reproductions and can work from pictures.
Besides its movie work, Olde Mill Lighting also has started to do some work for television. Pham and Carranza recently built two tabletop lanterns for a PBS documentary on the life of John and Abigail Adams, scheduled to air next summer.
"Not many people are doing it. It is sort of a dying breed," Pham said.
Carranza estimates that there may be only 500 people in the United States trained as tinsmiths. And with a dearth of schools teaching the trade, getting into the business means "you have to find someone willing to teach you," he said.
Pham was taught the business by several Lancaster tinsmiths, including Carranza's father-in-law.
Pham also learned some tinsmithing from a neighbor who lived near the Rohrerstown apartment where he and members of his family lived after immigrating from Vietnam in 1975.
In addition to Carranza and Pham, Olde Mill Lighting employs four part-time workers whose duties include adding glass to the lights, cleaning them and preparing them for shipping.
Olde Mill Lighting, which draws orders from as far away as Louisiana, Alaska and Hawaii, gets 90 percent of its sales from lighting showrooms, said Blowers. Architects and builders contribute to the balance.
The classic style of many new homes in the Lancaster area fuels the demand for Olde Mill Lighting's fixtures, according to Blowers. Restoration work is another big market, he said.
Olde Mill Lighting: http://www.oldemilllighting.com/
Gilbert's Girl found:
Seems that Cheung Po-tsai was a 19th Century Pirate not a 15th Century one so don't know where that came from all the info on him dates him as below
The best-known of all Hong Kong's pirates, Cheung Po-tsai, is immortalized throughout Hong Kong. Take the Peak Tram up Victoria Peak and you will find a "Cheung Po-tsai Path" threading through the woodland on the Peak's Harbour-facing slopes before heading off to Aberdeen fishing Harbour. Board a ferry bound for the Mediterranean-style fishing island of Cheung Chau and signposts will guide you towards "Cheung Po-tsai Cave". Discover the secluded promontory of Chung Hum Kok, on the Riviera-like south side of Hong Kong Island, and the map shows that another Cheung Po-tsai cave lies hidden in the cliff-face boulders below.
At the beginning of the 19th Century, all those spots, and many more, belonged to Cheung Po-tsai. At the peak of his short-lived power, legend claims that 30,000-40,000 sailors manned his fleet of 600-700 vessels. Rallying that vast armada from his fortified camps in Hong Kong, Cheung Po-tsai dominated the South China Sea for three years, from 1807 to 1810. Undefeated at sea, Cheung surrendered only when the Chinese, British and Portuguese navies joined forces against him. Then the poacher became a gamekeeper, helping to capture former rivals before vanishing from the pages of history.
Cheung Po-tsai began his life of piracy unwillingly, it is said. A fisherman's son, born in Canton Province's West River delta, he was captured at the age of 15 by Cheng Yat (Cheng "One"), a second-generation pirate chieftain. Seeing leadership qualities in the young lad, Cheng made him a protégé and eventually put him in charge of a five-squadron fleet of pirate junks. By then, Cheung had adopted the standard pirate posture of being an anti-Qing rebel.
In 1807, when his mentor was lost at sea in a storm, young Cheung Po-tsai gained control of the whole fleet. His quick takeover undoubtedly had a lot to do with the historical fact that Cheng's widow had fallen in love with him. Known as the "Dragon Lady", she was, according to some accounts, the real brains behind the pirate forces and her charismatic personality attracted an armada of followers. She and Cheung (whose given names mean "Little Gun") commanded a formidable alliance of pirates who out-gunned every Imperial Chinese naval expedition sent into battle against them.
In some legends, Cheung is depicted as a Robin Hood figure. He paid
twice the market price for goods he requisitioned from coastal villages;
treated foreign merchant ships with respect, politely demanding protection
money from vessels sailing to Canton through local waters; and founded
coastal temples whose forecourt terraces served as lookout points.
And now Yahoo News also has the story HERE
More info from "nobody" who translated the article emosniw posted in Chinese.
After 2 years of rest, Chow Yun-fat may star in 4 new movies, including POTC 2 and 3 during the up-coming year. He will be cast as the infamous Chinese Pirate, Cheung Po-Zai, in a contest against POTC's Johnny Depp. POTC's director came to HK specifically to meet with Chow to discuss his role and to invite him to participate.
Last year's POTC became one of the highest gross films in the world by pulling in over $650 million worldwide and received 5 Oscar nominations. Recently internet rumors have been circulating that Chow will start in next year's POTC 2 and 3 as the Chinese Pirate Cheung Po-Zai.
We contacted Mrs. Chow, Chow's wife and manager, yesterday to confirm the rumor. Mrs. Chow said that two months ago they were contacted by POTC's director and producers about the possibility of Chow joining the cast of POTC 2 and 3 as the Chinese Pirate Cheung Po-Zai. They are currently still in negotiation.
Mrs. Chow said that Chow Yun-Fat has great respect for the film's director and producers. She said that he was surprised that they were interested in casting him in the sequels and that the role of the Chinese pirate will have a great deal of involvement in the plots. If the negotiation works out, she believes Chow will be in POTC 2 and 3.
According to source, POTC's Gore Verbinski came to HK last week specifically to discuss the script with Chow Yun-Fat. Mrs. Chow confirmed that Verbinski was very sincere and the discussion went very well. However, unless the contract is signed she can not discuss details.
The Chinese pirate Cheung Po-Zai was born during the Ching dynasty. His followers exceeded 20,000 people. His pirate ships generally sail the coast along the Canton peninsula. The Ching dynasty sent out the navy in 1809 trying to destroy his ships. He surrendered to the Ching government in the following year. If Chow agrees to star in POTC 2 and 3, he will have a chance to kick off a series of great schemes and adventures between the Pirates of the east and the west.
In addition to Chow, POTC 2 and 3 are also trying to sign on Rolling
Stones' Keith Richards since Johnny Depp indicated that he modeled his
pirate after Richards. The film company is negotiating with Keith to star
as Johnny Depp's father.
Emma (the news goddess) came up with this from AFP:
Chow Yun-fat turns pirate for next movie role
Wednesday December 15, 2004 07:56 - (SA)
HONG KONG - Action hero Chow Yun-fat is set to star in the upcoming sequels of box office smash "Pirates of the Caribbean", a press report said.
Citing Chow's wife, Jasmin Chan Wui-nin, Chinese-language newspaper said Chow will play the famous 15th century Chinese pirate Cheung Po Tsai for the second and third instalments of the film.
Chow will team up with members of the original cast including heart-throb Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Geoffrey Rush and Keira Knightley.
Rolling Stone legend Keith Richards will also play the father of Depp's character, Captain Jack Sparrow.
Chan said both the movie's producer and director contacted Chow's management company in the US two months ago and Director Gore Verbinski flew to Hong Kong last week to discuss the screenplay with Chow, the daily reported.
"The director was very sincere about it and specially flew to Hong Kong and discuss the script with Fat Gor (Chow's nickname)... but we cannot talk about the details until we sign the contract," Chan was quoted as saying.
Chow made his name as a gun-toting hero in Hong Kong action filmmaker John Woo's classics "Hard-Boiled" and "A Better Tomorrow".
His Hollywood movies include "Anna and the King" and "Bulletproof Monk".
Emosniw posted at the JDZ that Chow Yun Fat, the actor from "Anna
and the King" and "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" met with Gore Verbinski
in Hong Kong last week. Gore asked Chow Yun to play a Famous Chinese
Pirate named "Cheung Po Zai."
From Karen
Tall Ship Bounty Returning To The Pier
Published: Dec 13, 2004
ST. PETERSBURG - The tall ship Bounty, now appearing in the movie ``SpongeBob SquarePants,'' is en route to its winter port at The Pier and is scheduled to arrive Wednesday.
The Bounty, which will remain until spring, is a replica of the 18th-century Bounty sailed by Capt. William Bligh and was used in the 1962 movie ``Mutiny on the Bounty.''
The 169-foot ship normally spends it summers sailing along the East Coast and Great Lakes, attracting more than 250,000 visitors annually. The nonprofit Tall Ship HMS Bounty Foundation maintains the ship.
It has been a seasonal visitor to St. Petersburg, off and on, since 1965.
For SpongeBob SquarePants, the Bounty's white masts were painted brown.
The ship is preparing to be refitted for the sequel ``Pirates of the Caribbean
II,'' starring Johnny Depp. No release date is set for that movie.
Found by Sara at AICN
December 5, 2004
Geoffrey Rush is claiming he hasn't signed on to the PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN sequels. Rush says he's read about it a lot on the net, but hasn't been formally approached. Given the rumour that Rush pulled out of EUCALYPTUS to do the Bruckheimer money printing projects, and appears to have nothing on his plate beyond the currently-filming Aussie project CANDY, you have to wonder... what's he up to?
From BuccaRoux
Bahamas Gets Pirates of The Caribbean 2 and 3
Bahamas film industry receives big boost as nation is selected as a
film location for major motion pictures.
October 28, 2004 - 09:42
Disney has really opened the floodgates for putting the Bahamas on the map as a top film production location by committing to shoot "more than 50 percent" of the movies Pirates of The Caribbean 2 and 3 in this nation.
The Tribune newspaper reports that Paul Quigley, one of three principals behind the $76 million dollar Gold Rock Creek Enterprises film studios being built in Grand Bahama, says his studio will be extensively used by Disney to shoot both movies, which have a combined budget of $400 million.
Mr. Quigley says Disney's decision to use the Bahamas was "wonderful" for both his production facitlity and for creating an indiginous Bahamian film industry.
Mr. Quigley said Disney executives, including Pirates of The Caribbean 2 and 3 director, Gore Verbinski, had been regular visitors to the Bahamas in the past two weeks, inspecting Gold Rock Creek's film studio location in Grand Bahama, looking at possible shooting locations in the Family Islands and holding meetings in Nassau.
One island in the Exuma chain has already been identified as a possible location for filming of the movies, the first of which starred Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightly.
Mr. Quigley yesterday told the Tribune newspaper that Disney had already drawn up a production schedule for shooting Pirates of the Caribbean 2 and 3. This meant that Gold Rock Creek would have to "go gangbusters" to ensure its "shooting tanks" - the facilities where water-based and underwater scenes will be shot - are ready for the beginning of May, 2005, when Disney plans to commence filming in the Bahamas.
Craig Woods, the Bahamas Film Commissioner, previously said that this
nation had barely scratched the surface of the film industry, despite After
the Sunset and Into The Blue pumping a combined $20 million into the economy.
Another film, Three, currently being filmed in Eleuthera, will bring an
additional $940,000 into the economy.
Rumors from a Mexican Newspaper: They might be shooting in Quintana Roo, Mexico.
Found by Emma at Dark Horizons
Pirates of the Caribbean 2: "Dead Man's Chest" is a rumoured working title for the first of the two sequels.
I have had confirmation from the crew of the HMS Bounty, that she will be used in the next POTC movie.
Check out her website.
From the Rocky Mountain News
'Pirates' 2, 3 add to Depp's full calendar
November 29, 2004
It's been reported as a strong possibility. Now we can tell you definitely. Pirates of the Caribbean 2 and 3 will be shot at the same time - beginning late February in the Caribbean. Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley and Geoffrey Rush are back aboard, with director Gore Verbinski at the helm.
Adding to the cast of characters in both sequels will be Tia Dalma, a jewelry-covered gypsy queen with tattoos, dreadlocks and clairvoyant powers. The role is being cast now, and, almost unheard-of in casting notices, word is she doesn't have to be beautiful.
With Finding Neverland in release and The Libertine and Charlie and
the Chocolate Factory en route to screen, Depp's dance card would have
been full even without the two Pirates of the Caribbean sequels. Among
the projects Depp has ahead are the feature adaptation of Hunter S. Thompson's
The Rum Diaries and the true story of Elle France editor Jean-Dominique
Bauby, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly. Bauby suffered a stroke that
paralyzed his entire body in 1995, but he went on to communicate eloquently
by blinking his left eye. Then there's the adaptation of Shantaram. Brad
Pitt's and Jennifer Aniston's producing company spent $2 million to grab
rights to the book for Warner Bros. - with Depp as its star.
