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Captain Python's POTC Movies Thread

The tale goes that the Flying Dutchman had red sails and a spooky blue glow, the captain couldn`t go further than Kaap de Goede Hoop because he set sail on a holy day Eastern ( can`t remember)
 
Well... That'll make for some cool looks in the movie. <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/icon_mrgreen1.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":cheeky" border="0" alt="icon_mrgreen1.gif" />
I also thought the captain had iron masts instead of wooden ones, that he had made a pact with the devil and that he had to sail the Kaap forever, because he insulted God.
 
Ah. THAT was it. I think I've been messing up my sailor's stories a bit. Thanks for reminding me. <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/icon_mrgreen1.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":cheeky" border="0" alt="icon_mrgreen1.gif" />
 
There`s a book about the pirates on madagaskar and the tale of the Flying Dutchman: Piratenbloed van Annejoke Smids.
 
If I remember, then I must go and read that. At the moment, all I read is Harry Potter and Star Wars books. <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/icon_mrgreen1.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":cheeky" border="0" alt="icon_mrgreen1.gif" />
 
<!--QuoteBegin-Pieter Boelen+Jul 19 2005, 02:15 AM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Pieter Boelen @ Jul 19 2005, 02:15 AM)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Just wondering why Davey Jones is the captain of the Flying Dutchman. The real captain of the Flying Dutchman was a Dutch man called Vanderdecken.
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I wondered about that, myself... <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/dunno.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":shrug" border="0" alt="dunno.gif" /> Disney... <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rolleyes.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":rolleyes:" border="0" alt="rolleyes.gif" />
 
Probably because more people have heard of the <i>Flying Dutchman</i> than have heard of Capt. Vandervecken or the actual legend itself. Fewer people than you'd want to believe know that Henry Morgan was an important historical figure, and not just a marketing character for a rum company. <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/glare.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":glare:" border="0" alt="glare.gif" />
 
<span style='font-size:21pt;line-height:100%'><u><b>UPDATES ON MOVIE & PROGRESS IN MOVIE</b></u></span>
I decided it was about time to go check the usual sites for any news on the sequal and found the following:
<a href="http://filmforce.ign.com/objects/570/570328.html" target="_blank">http://filmforce.ign.com/objects/570/570328.html</a>

<span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'><u><b>Interview with Orlando Bloom </b></u></span>
(from a interview about his new film: Kindom of Heaven)
(May 3rd, 2005)
<b>IGNFF:</b> How is the Pirates coming along so far? I know it's early.

<b>BLOOM:</b> It's awesome. We are [in the Caribbean now]. Yeah, it's great, it's awesome. Gore knows how to… Johnny's amazing. It's the same group of people doing the same crazy s**t. Obviously with the success of the first movie, there is something to live up to, but they're not afraid of that. We're just cracking away at that and it's a great story, a great script.

<b>IGNFF: </b>Are you also shooting parts of the third movie?

<b>BLOOM: </b>We're mostly sticking to the second one right now. There will be a couple of bits just in terms of location stuff that we'll have to do.

<b>IGNFF:</b> What is the trick to acting opposite a larger than life character like Jack Sparrow?

<b>BLOOM:</b> Playing the straight man? It's a challenge. Johnny's an amazingly gracious actor. He's been one of my guides in terms of one of the guys that's inspired me as a young actor. In terms of playing the straight guy is a challenge. When everyone around you is doing all this incredible pirate acting and you're having to sort of play the straight guy and move the story forward, you kind of want to be doing some of that pirate ripping it up stuff, but in truth, to be a part of that project is what I love. I think it's great family entertainment and yet it's smart and witty, intelligent entertainment too. I'm still in the first chapter of my career, I like to think, and hopefully I'll have a long career and opportunity to do the Jack Sparrow-type characters when I'm like 40-something. Right now I'm still flexing old wings… I'm very conscious of how fortunate I've been, but I'm also aware that I've got a lot to learn… If I did it all right away… What would be left to do?

<span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'><u><b>Interview with Johnny Depp</b></u></span>
(from a interview about the movie Charlie and the Chocolate Factory)
(July 13th, 2005)

<b>IGNFF: </b>So with the curse of the pirate films before Caribbean's success, is there a sense of pressure on set?

<b>BLOOM: </b>They've maintained the same atmosphere as before. Gore [Verbinski] knows how to make a good movie and the writers and Jerry know how to make a good movie and they're trying to maintain that looseness that we had the first time around that enabled us to make this wild movie… Now there's some expectations, but nevertheless, we're still going at it like hammer and tong.

<b>Q:</b> How are things going with Pirates of the Caribbean 2?

<b>DEPP: </b>We've been shooting Pirates 2 for a few months now. We had a hiatus that was planned. It was supposed to start tomorrow, but we went into hiatus a bit early because of bits that we were going to shoot up in Grand Bahama; sets and stuff that weren't ready. But more than that, one of our actors, one of our main guys, Kevin McNally who plays Gibs, ended up with a really nasty ear infection in both ears. He was in England and unable to get on a plane. So we just weighed all of the options and said we'll break now, go on hiatus, and when we start up again we'll finish the bit through to 2.

<b>Q: </b>Any truth to the rumor you're trying to get Keith Richards to play your father in the movie?

<b>DEPP: </b>Yes.

<b>Q: </b>Will he?

<b>DEPP: </b>I don't know exactly. It looks like it's going to happen but I don't know when. It's all going to depend on where we are and where he is. Because, you know, he's got a little thing called the Rolling Stones tour.

[Editor's note: Depp confirmed Keith Richards' casting a couple days ago at the LA. premiere of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.]

<b>Q: </b>What did you think of their decision to add some flashbacks to Wonka's childhood to add depth to the character?

<b>DEPP: </b>The first thing I thought was that it was very brave of [screenwriter] John August and Tim to make that decision and to go in that direction. And to keep it in the spirit of Roald Dahl's intent was no small undertaking. In terms of cinema it's a great tool. It's a beautiful luxury for an actor because it explains of the back-story, a lot of where Wonka comes from. But for an audience it gives you a bit more insight to what this guy is and how he's become what he's become. So, yeah, I was really pleased about the back-story.

<span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'><b><u>Chow Down for Pirates 3</u>
Yun-Fat set for swashbuckling sequel.</b></span>
by Brian Linder
July 7, 2005 - Chow Yun-Fat has been confirmed for Pirates of the Caribbean 3, according to today's Variety.

Chow will reportedly play Captain Sao Feng, a notorious pirate who plays a major role in the second Pirates sequel. Fans that have been tracking the project with us will remember that the Hong Kong native was originally rumored to be playing infamous 15th century Chinese pirate Cheung Po Tsai back in 2004. There's obviously been a role revision since then.

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest and the still-untitled third installment in the swashbuckling franchise are being filmed semi-concurrently.

Not much is known about the third film in the series, but Chest tells what happens as Captain Jack Sparrow tries to figure out how to pay back a blood debt he owes to the legendary Davey Jones, ruler of the ocean depths and captain of the ghostly Flying Dutchman. If he's unable to pay, he'll be cursed to eternal damnation. As you might expect, Captain Jack's problems complicate the wedding plans of the blissful Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann, who quickly find themselves thrust back into Jack's misadventures.

Johnny Depp, Keira Knightley and Orlando Bloom will be joined by Stellan Skarsgard as Bootstrap Bill and Naomie Harris as a gypsy queen

The first sequel will sail into theaters in Summer 2006 with the third film in the series opening in Summer '07.

The production is currently on break and will resume mid-August in Los Angeles before moving back to various tropical locales in the Caribbean.

from the sight:
<a href="http://movies.go.com/moviesdynamic/movies/movie?name=piratesofthecaribbean2_2005" target="_blank">http://movies.go.com/moviesdynamic/movies/...caribbean2_2005</a>

<span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'><u><b>05/31/05</b></u></span>
While speaking to the BBC, Orlando Bloom revealed that he'll fight a nasty giant squid, or Kraken, in the sequel. Also, Keira Knightley will have a battle in which she wields two swords. Nice. (Comingsoon.net)
 
<!--QuoteBegin-Thomas the Terror+Jul 22 2005, 09:04 AM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Thomas the Terror @ Jul 22 2005, 09:04 AM)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Sounds fassinating
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<!--QuoteBegin-Thomas the Terror+Jul 22 2005, 09:05 AM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Thomas the Terror @ Jul 22 2005, 09:05 AM)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteEBegin-->sorry fascanating?
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My word processor says : Fascinating

But does it matter? As long as your typing doesn't give us headaches trying to decode, who really cares?

If you really care, you can try Google, but it often finds universal mis-spellings as correct!!
 
<!--QuoteBegin-Captain_Python+Jul 22 2005, 07:50 AM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Captain_Python @ Jul 22 2005, 07:50 AM)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Keira Knightley will have a battle in which she wields two swords. Nice. (Comingsoon.net)
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Ooooh, yea! That sounds great!

Thanks, Captain Python, for gathering all the news that's fit to holler, here! Very cool... <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/me.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":onya" border="0" alt="me.gif" />
 
Just a check up on the movie. No apparent updates on my normal sites I check. But if I remember right, they should be filming again by now (actually, they said they would be filming after their planned hiatus in August sometime).
I just have one thing to comment. The release date of the next sequal is July 7th, 2006. They are filming two sequals right now. I have two theories on what is going to happen/whats going on:
1) I think it is pretty hard to get one film filmed and edited in the time period they have alloted so far. While they did the original POTC film in a quick time and still pulled off a good quality film, I have feelings unless the postpone the release date, we might not get a as good quality film as the first one.
2) They are still filming, but they may be almost done or done with filming the first sequal stuff. They might have started editing already on the first film. In this case, I think the release date will be accurate as of now and the film quality will have a good chance of being good (if there isn't enough time, like I mentioned in the above theory, editing might make the film quality bad).

Ever since we have had not had any fresh news about the film for almost 2 months, the makers of the movies either have a tight hold on keeping the film under lock and key, and/or they are working so hard that they don't have time to release teaser information.
 
<a href="http://www.the-bahama-islands.com/piratesofcaribbean.html" target="_blank">Have a look at this, mates...</a> <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/buds.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":drunk" border="0" alt="buds.gif" />
 
Thanks for the link, mate

Great article and pics.

Cheers matey <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/par-ty.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":cheers" border="0" alt="par-ty.gif" />
 
Wow! The Flying Dutchman Ship looks like it came from the pits of hell. Perfect!
I thought the Black Pearl when it was under the curse looked bad, this ship is huge and has evil carved into it (literally. Look at her gunports, they are mouths of screaming ghosts. The bow is a skeleton. Looks like it has rot damage. Cool). The Black Pearl is fully operational. She fired a broadside, and unless the recoils of the cannon are fake (and there are just big flashes coming out of the cannon), that means the Black Pearl is a sound ship (a real ship, not just a ship built on a floating platform like before). Having a real Black Pearl possibly means that it might either be a exibit somewhere after the movie, or a traveling exibit after the movie. Wouldn't be cool to be able to visit the Black Pearl?

And what do you know, they have been filming since mid August and are starting their filming the Bahamas soon.

What is up with Endeavor?
 
Those pix are OUTSTANDING - it's been difficult to see exactly how the Pearl is constructed - details &tc... Maybe now that we have these pix some ship modeler may be able to actually mod it into the PotC game! WHOO, that would be GREAT!

And I second your comments, Captain Python, on the Dutchman... It's *perfect* - A true ghost ship if I ever saw one! Just excellent workmanship - now I'm REALLY STOKED to see it in the movies!

Nice spotting, Mad Jack! <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/me.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":onya" border="0" alt="me.gif" />
 
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