Whilst the news outlets have focused on Buffalo-area storm damage up around Niagara Falls in recent weeks, a Hollywood film crew has had its lenses trained on the brink of the Horseshoe Falls - the biggest of the three waterfalls that make up Niagra Falls.

Now, Access Niagara reports that Walt Disney Studios is shooting falls-related scenes for use in "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" scheduled for release in May.

The studio is not saying how the footage of the world-famous waterfall will be used, but there is speculation that moviegoers will see Captain Jack Sparrow and his shipmates facing oblivion courtesy of the giant cataract.

Stars Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightley were nowhere in sight - expected to be added later to the footage used.