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RELEASE DATES:
USA - July 9th 2003
Argentina - July 10th 2003
Australia - September 18th 2003
Czech Republic - September 4th 2003
Germany - September 4th 2003
Japan - August 2nd 2003
New Zealand - September 18th 2003
UK - August 15th 2003
Austria - September 5th 2003
Belgium - August 13th 2003
France - August 13th 2003
Iceland - August 8th 2003
Netherlands - August 21st 2003
Sweden - August 29th 2003
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FILM NEWS & NOTES:
- 9th July 2003 -
Looks like a sequel could happen in New Orleans according to Colorado Daily
- 7th July 2003 -
IGN Filmforce reports that a one-minute coda about one of the characters and featuring additional ILM FX can be seen after the end credits.
- 2nd July 2003 -
A revealing interview with Orlando Bloom is up at Blunt Review
- 24th June 2003 -
An extensive article on the film's genesis is up at The LA Times
- 23rd June 2003 -
Caps from the various new TV spots are up at Orlando Multimedia.
- 18th June 2003 -
Heaps of sweet new pics are now up at Cinemovies.
- 29th May 2003 -
New pics from the pirate flick are up at Yahoo Movies
- 22nd May 2003 -
More stills from the pirate movie is up at IGN Filmforce
- 12th May 2003 -
Animated Movies reports that Hans Zimmer is expected to replace composer Alan Silvestri whose left the project due to "creative differences".
- 17th April 2003 -
Keira Knightley talked about her role to Cinema Confidential.
- 16th April 2003 -
Some more juicy new shots are now up at Film MSN
  Images (C) Disney, 2003 |
- 4th April 2003 - On top of these swell new pics from MSN, a short glimpse of footage from the Disney FX-fuelled epic came in today - gotta say looks like a hell of a lot of fun and the full version of this trailer should be online shortly after its premiere this Sunday night at 8:15pm on ABC. Thanks to 'Sasha' & 'JHBlade': "Pirates of the Carribean" Clip (3.1Mb, MOV) |
- 21st March 2003 -
The Daily Express recently had an interview with actor Mackenzie Crook about his 'comic relief' style role in the Disney flick - that of scurilous pirate 'Ragetti' whose most distinguishing feature is a wooden eyeball: "Johnny said he would put in a good word for me - I would like to think that he did. This is a cutlass-in-the-teeth, real swashbuckling adventure. It might be the best showcase for my work. A good comic character is Ragetti, so once again I am playing the idiot. There are lots of visual gags where my eye gets popped out". Thanks to Full Bloom & 'SooozleQ'
  Images (C) Disney, 2003 |
- 14th March 2003 - ShoWest saw some interesting sights including four character posters for the Disney swashbuckler - here's a look at them and a close up of the one with Orlando 'Sex On A Stick' Bloom courtesy of the very well done fansite The OB Files. Thanks to 'Jas', 'Banrigh'. |
- 3rd March 2003 -
Screen caps from the "Access Hollywood" segment are now up at OrlandoMultimedia, whilst a clip is online at MSN, and the new title graphic is at the official site.
- 20th February 2003 -
Its official - the project has undergone a name change to "Pirates of the Carribean: Curse of the Black Pearl". Reasoning? To help distinguish between the ride and movie.
- 6th February 2003 -
Some stunning new shots are out of the ship in Wallabou Bay
- 20th January 2003 -
A new shot of Orlando and Johnny is up at The LA Times.
 Images (C) Disney, 2003 |
- 14th January 2003 - Some truly stunning sketches of what to expect of the pirate look in Disney's adaptation of the famed ride are now online. Thanks to 'Leon' |
- 13th December 2002 -
Coming Soon reports a teaser looks likely to be attached to "LOTR: The Two Towers" next week.
- 10th December 2002 -
A shot from the set is now up at JD Zone
- 3rd December 2002 -
Full Bloom reports Keira Knightly has landed the role of the love interest for Will (Olrando Bloom).
- 2nd December 2002 -
The first shot from the Geoffrey Rush adaptation of the Disney ride is up at CineMovies
- 22nd November 2002 -
The Sydney Morning Herald talked briefly with Geoffrey Rush about the pirate flick.
- 21st November 2002 -
A shot of a partial ship's hull is up at Countingdown
- 11th November 2002 -
'Jon Movie Man' has a report from the set of the Johnny Depp mariner adventure flick explaining a picture that went up recently at Orlando Multimedia:
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"This is the boat that James Norrington (the villian/hero/villian) is in command of. The filming that was taking place on the boat at the time of the picture being taken of it was young Will (Orlando Bloom's character) is found floating in the ocean amoungst reckage of another ship and is rescued. The ship itself is basically a floating bardge, tugboats have to pull it away from the dock and out to sea and back again. The reason it has large sections missing is to accomidate the camera's/equiptment being braught on board. It's complete with a "rest area" set(a section where the navel officers would go and sleep). But the cast and crew used it - extras basically got paid for 2 days to sleep on set in a hammock. |
- 4th November 2002 -
'Jon Movie Man' has a detailled and VERY SPOILER HEAVY description of a scene towards the end of the film adaptation of the Disney ride. Here's the scoop: "Jack Sparrow is captured and is to be hung for his crimes as a Pirate. He is standing on the gallows with a noose around his neck, with the executioner next to him, and a crowd and British Marines watching the hanging. After a man reads to Jack his crimes, the executioner pulls the lever and the trap door Jack is standing on opens. Just as Jack starts to fall, Orlando Bloom’s character of Will Turner runs in through the crowd and throws his sword just below Jack, it sticks through the trap door and Jack balances on the sword to prevent himself from hanging. Will runs up the stairs of the Gallows, grabs another sword from a Marine, fights with the executioner, who accidently cuts the rope that is holding Jack up. Jack falls, Will beats the executioner, Jack and Will join up, fight marines (big fight sceene), but are surrounded by them with bayonets pointed tword them and… I won’t tell you the rest because I don’t want to reveal further spoilers. As to the pictures that appeared on Coming Attractions for 'Pirates' on October 4th. They are as follows, pictures 1-2 are of the Fort where the first and last scenes of the movie are shot, they contain the gallows where Jack is to be hung. Pics 3-5 are of nothing, this is not a set used piece, even though it’s at the parting lot of the set, it’s not for the film, or any other film for that matter".
- 21st October 2002 -
'Jon Movie Man' was in Long Beach the other day and drops in a set report from the Disney ride adaptation: "The wardrobe for this movie alone is extremely accurate - they have every little nuance of detail in all their hand-sewn costumes. They have tons of wigs that they are using as well. The props for the movie are very accurate, they were putting finishing touches on the cannons and cannon balls. There were at LEAST 45 cannons they they were getting ready. I am also being told that this will be THE most VIOLENT Walt Disney Pictures movie to date and most likely will recieve a PG-13 rating. In one scene that I heard about, one of the pirates describes to a little girl how he will kill her and what he will do to the body".
- 18th October 2002 -
Wordplay talked with writer Terry Rossio who revealed some early stories from the production which is so far on time and budget. There's apparently been a lot of talk about Johnny Depp's teeth as test footage revealed one of his gold/silver teeth was too dark and created a gap effect - it has since been fixed. Johnathan Pryce is in the film in the role of Governer Swann. Comedic characters include Pintel and Ragetti (Ragetti with a wooden eye), and a cursed monkey about which Geoffrey Rush says "Whenever the monkey is on screen, I'm just a large human prop". Three fictional ships are being utilised: the HMS Dauntless (currently under construction in Long Beach), the HMS Interceptor (enroute to the Caribbean), and the Black Pearl (w/ black sails). Thanks to 'Iain'.
- 14th October 2002 -
An open casting call in St. Petersburg is now up at UniqueCasting
- 11th October 2002 -
Some good background information is now up at Wordplayer
- 10th October 2002 -
Details of an extras casting call are now up at Alley Cat Scratch
- 4th October 2002 -
Shooting begins on October 9th and runs through till December in various sound stages. Location shooting oddly happens afterwards in the Caribbean from January-February with filming wrapping in the first week of March.
- 1st October 2002 -
Set pics from the adaptation of the Disney ride are up at LatinoReview.
- 30th September 2002 -
Some great artwork from the Disney film based on the theme park ride is up at IGN Filmforce
- 12th September 2002 -
Variety reports that a fire broke out on the Disney lot Tuesday, causing $350,000 in damage to a soundstage where a set was under construction for this upcoming film.
- 4th September 2002 -
Variety reports that Orlando Bloom ("Lord of the Rings") has scored the lead role of Will Turner and Tom Wilkinson ("In the Bedroom") is in talks to play The Governor.
- 26th August 2002 -
23-year-old Dutch actor Jochum Ten Haaf is being sought for the Johnny Depp/Geoffrey Rush pirate flick
- 23rd August 2002 -
- 21st June 2002 -
The Hollywood Reporter indicates Geoffrey Rush is in talks to play Captain Blackheart in the Disney big-screen adaptation of the famous ride.
- 7th December 2001 -
Variety reports that Jerry Bruckheimer will produce a film inspired by the famous Disney theme park ride.
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