Recent Golden Globe winner Geoffrey Rush, in Los Angeles to help publicise the US release of the Australian film "Swimming Upstream", appears to be eventually set for both Pirates of the Caribbean films. Talking exclusively to Dark Horizons, the self-confessed fan of DH ["I love the site, I use it as my bible"], says while both Pirates sequels are not a sure thing for the Oscar winning actor, he is keeping himself available.

"It is not an official announcement, but at the moment I am on hold until there is a date somewhere late January where I think they are going to roll out the schedule and the scripts because they have got a big job ahead of them, as they are going to shoot two and three together for logistical reasons and they are certainly determined not to make it a sausage machine project. It seems they are very keen on expanding the possibility of what Barbossa and Jack Sparrow and all the characters get involved in, and I think they are going to take into some quite fantastical and surprisingly new directions," says Rush, excitedly.

But it is not just the Hollywood blockbusters that appeal to Rush, who received a Golden Globe this past weekend for his portrayal of Peter Sellers. While waiting to rediscover his inner pirate, Rush returns to Australia to star in Cand, for director Neil Armfield, "who is my long time theatrical collaborator. Based on a Luke Davis novel from a couple of years ago and it's with Heath Ledger and Abbey Cornish, an actress who is just one out of the box, an extraordinary young woman. Candy is a really, really good script and it is going to be great to be on," enthuses Rush.

The full interview with Rush about his work on "Swimming Upstream" will be included next week.

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