PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN 4 shoots in Hawaii this summer
On the island where Disney just happen to be opening a new resort in 2011, the year of the movie's release!
On Monday, the Governor of Hawaii Linda Lingle announced in a press release that Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides would be taking anchor at the tropical state this summer. We previously reported that POTC 4 had set a May 20th 2011 release date after Thor took Spider-Man 4's earlier May opening. So the movie looks good to go and despite the piece I wrote exactly a month ago today, Rob Marshall (Chicago, Nine) will direct his first Pirates movie, and Johnny Depp will once again star, this time on the voyage for the fountain of youth. The villainous real-life historical pirate Blackbeard is expected to be the antagonist. 
In what appears to be a well planned out corporate move, filming will take place on the islands of Kaua'i and O'ahu - the latter scheduled to open a Disney resort next year. Hawaii is of course the home of ABC's Lost (network owned by Disney), so once again the Mouse is doing its best to market synergise for a new business venture. We wouldn't like to call POTC 4 a commercial for a Disney resort and a chance for Johnny Depp to have fun and make gazillion dollars, but we are sure some will. Franchise writers Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio have their FOURTH Pirates script (aren't they not tired of writing dialogue for Jack Sparrow by now?) and Geoffrey Rush's Captain Barbosa along with supporting players Lee Arenberg (Pintel), Mackenzie Crook (as Ragetti) and Kevin McNally (as Gibbs) - all expected to reprise.