Will Turner
Fictional character in the Pirates of the Caribbean film series
William Turner Jr. is a fictional character in the "Pirates of the Caribbean" films. He appears in ' (2003), ' (2006), ' (2007), and ' (2017). He is portrayed by Orlando Bloom (and as a child by Dylan Smith in the prologue of "The Curse of the Black Pearl").
William Turner is a blacksmith's apprentice working in Port Royal, Jamaica. He secretly loves the governor's daughter, Elizabeth Swann (played by Keira Knightley and Lucinda Dryzek), although he occupies a lower social class than she does. Will is the son of Bootstrap Bill Turner, and he works to free his father from service to Davy Jones. He marries Elizabeth Swann in "At World's End", and they have a son named Henry (played by Dominic Scott Kay, Lewis McGowan, and Brenton Thwaites). Alongside Hector Barbossa, Turner serves as an additional foil to Jack Sparrow's character, taking the role of the straight man with his subdued, good-natured personality.
Fictional biography.
Early life.
Will is the only child of "Bootstrap" Bill Turner (portrayed by Stellan Skarsgaard). According to Jack Sparrow, Will strongly resembles his father, both in appearance and ability. However, his father was absent during his early childhood in England. Will grew up believing his father to be a merchant seaman. Following his mother's death, Will, then about twelve years old, emigrated to Port Royal.
"The Curse of the Black Pearl".
Weatherby Swann and his daughter Elizabeth sail to Port Royal after Weatherby is appointed governor. Elizabeth spots Will clinging to a floating piece of a shipwreck. She discovers a gold medallion around his neck, and hides it to prevent anyone from believing that Will is a pirate. Later Elizabeth finds out the medallion is in fact Cursed Aztec Gold.
Over the next eight years, Will and Elizabeth maintain a respectful friendship, although Will conceals his romantic feelings for her. He is now a blacksmith's apprentice in Port Royal. Will has developed into a master craftsman of fine swords, although his often-drunk master usually claims credit for Will's exquisite workmanship. Will is also an exceptional, self-taught swordsman. The DVD commentary states that he is the best among the characters in the film, including Barbossa, Norrington, and Jack Sparrow. When Jack Sparrow attempts to evade arrest, Will engages him in a duel. Sparrow outwits Will in a sword fight; Will claims Jack "cheated" by ignoring the "rules of engagement."
Will learns that his father was the pirate "Bootstrap Bill" Turner, who served aboard the "Black Pearl" when it was commanded by Captain Jack Sparrow. Despite Sparrow's comments that Bootstrap was "a good man," Will remains deeply conflicted over the fact that his father was a pirate. Will learns that when First Mate Barbossa and the crew mutinied and marooned Sparrow, only Bootstrap defended him. Infuriated by Bootstrap's betrayal, Barbossa and his crew had looted a chest of Aztec gold. This resulted in them becoming undead and unable to feel physical pleasure. It was only after they had thrown Bootstrap overboard that they learned how to break the curse: they needed to return all of the gold pieces, and each pirate who took the gold had to make a blood offering as a form of repayment. Because Bootstrap only had one child, Barbossa decides to track down and kidnap the child in order to lift the curse.
It is revealed that the pirate's medallion stolen by Elizabeth is one of the pieces of Aztec gold. Believing her to be the daughter of Bootstrap Bill, Barbossa kidnaps her. After Elizabeth is kidnapped, Will forms an alliance with Sparrow. He helps Sparrow escape from prison. They commandeer a ship and recruit a crew in Tortuga. They sail to Isla de Muerta, where Barbossa has taken Elizabeth. Unbeknownst to Will, Sparrow intends to use him to bargain back the "Black Pearl". When Will learns his role in lifting the curse, he barters himself to Barbossa to free Elizabeth and the crew. In the end, Sparrow and Will succeed in lifting the curse; Sparrow kills Barbossa, and the pirate crew is defeated. At Sparrow's execution in Port Royal, Will declares his love for Elizabeth before attempting to rescue Sparrow from the gallows. They are quickly subdued by redcoats, but Will refuses to abandon Sparrow. Elizabeth intervenes and saves Will by declaring her love for him and vouching for Sparrow. Will is pardoned, while Sparrow escapes by falling off the rampart and into the bay where the "Black Pearl" awaits.
"Dead Man's Chest".
Will returns with the other main characters from "".
For aiding Jack Sparrow's escape, Will and Elizabeth are arrested just prior to their wedding ceremony by Lord Cutler Beckett, a man made wealthy and powerful by profits from the East India Trading Company. Beckett threatens Will and Elizabeth with execution for aiding Sparrow's escape, but offers clemency if Will can find Sparrow's compass for Beckett's use. This magical compass will allow Beckett to find the heart of Davy Jones. Beckett also possesses a Letter of Marque with which he intends to recruit Jack as a privateer.
To save Elizabeth, Will hunts for Jack Sparrow and the "Black Pearl". He finds the crew captive on Pelegosto, a cannibal-inhabited island. They escape, and are unexpectedly reunited with Pintel and Ragetti. Jack agrees to give Will his compass if he helps him find a key, though he has no idea what it unlocks. Jack seeks out Tia Dalma, a voodoo priestess who takes a particular interest in Will, proclaiming he has a "touch of destiny." Dalma says the key is to the Dead Man's Chest containing the heart of Davy Jones. Sparrow had once struck a bargain with Davy Jones to raise the "Black Pearl" from the ocean bottom and to make Jack captain for 13 years. Sparrow would then serve aboard the "Dutchman" for a century. When Jones attempts to collect on this deal, Jack reneges on the bargain.
The crew searches for Jones, and Will soon finds himself stranded on a wrecked vessel that Jack claimed was Jones' ghost ship, the "Flying Dutchman". When the real "Flying Dutchman" suddenly arrives, Jack attempts to barter Will to Davy Jones to repay his blood debt, but Jones refuses, saying one soul is unequal to another. Instead, he keeps Will as a "good faith" payment and demands an additional 99 souls. Otherwise, Jack must surrender or face the Kraken.
Will, now an indentured sailor aboard Jones' ghost ship, meets his father "Bootstrap" Bill Turner. When Will challenges Davy Jones to Liar's Dice, betting his soul against the key to the "Dead Man's Chest", Bootstrap joins in and purposely loses to save his son from eternal enslavement. With Bootstrap's help, Will steals the key from Jones and escapes in a longboat, vowing to one day free his father. A passing ship rescues Will, but Jones summons the Kraken to destroy it. Will survives and stows back aboard the "Dutchman," now headed for Isla Cruces where the Dead Man's Chest containing Jones' heart is buried.
On Isla Cruces, Will is reunited with Elizabeth, who has escaped jail and joined Jack Sparrow's crew. Also present are Sparrow and former Commodore James Norrington, who has also joined the crew. They locate the chest. Will, Jack, and Norrington each claim the heart for their own purposes. Norrington ultimately steals the heart and the Letters of Marque, escaping just as Davy Jones' crew attacks.
The "Black Pearl" flees, outrunning the "Flying Dutchman", but Davy Jones again summons the Kraken. Will leads the crew in temporarily fending it off, gaining enough time to abandon ship. When Elizabeth realizes that Sparrow is the Kraken's sole prey, she distracts him with a passionate kiss while handcuffing him to the mast. Unbeknownst to her, Will witnesses this and believes Elizabeth now loves Sparrow. From the longboat, the crew watches the Kraken drag the "Pearl" and Sparrow to Davy Jones' Locker.
Will, Elizabeth, and the crew seek refuge with Tia Dalma. Gibbs proposes a toast to their fallen captain, to which Will glumly raises his mug. Seeing Elizabeth's tears and believing she loves Sparrow, he tries comforting her. Will and the crew agree to attempt to rescue Sparrow from the Locker.
"At World's End".
Will is next seen in Singapore with Elizabeth, Barbossa, Tia Dalma, and the "Black Pearl" crew. They attempt bargain with Sao Feng, the Pirate Lord of the South China Sea, for the navigational charts leading to World's End and Davy Jones' Locker, so that they can rescue Jack Sparrow. Will had already attempted to steal the charts, but was captured. Ostensibly, the group's mission is to rescue Jack Sparrow from the Locker, but, like the others, Will has a secret motive: to retrieve the "Black Pearl" and free his father from Davy Jones. When Mercer and the East India Trading Company soldiers attack Sao Feng's bathhouse, Feng strikes a secret bargain with Will: Jack Sparrow in exchange for the "Black Pearl". Will and the others journey to World's End on Feng's ship, sailing over an enormous waterfall into the Locker. There, they find Jack aboard the "Pearl". Jack sets sail with them, although he and Barbossa dispute who is captain. Will learns that Elizabeth sacrificed Jack to the Kraken. And though he now understands why Elizabeth has been distant and despondent, she believes that her unrelenting guilt over causing Sparrow's doom is her burden alone to bear. Will tells her their relationship will not endure if they lack trust in one another and make their choices alone.
Sao Feng betrays Will in lieu of another bargain with Lord Beckett, though Beckett double-crosses Feng. Feng then offers Barbossa the "Black Pearl" in exchange for Elizabeth, who he mistakenly believes is the sea goddess, Calypso. Elizabeth is stunned that Will betrayed Jack Sparrow to achieve his goal. Ignoring Will, she agrees to Feng's terms in exchange for the crew's safety. Jack tosses Will in the brig, but he soon escapes. Still plotting to obtain the "Pearl", Will leaves a trail of bodies for Lord Beckett to follow to Shipwreck Cove, the Brethren Court stronghold. Jack catches him, but surprisingly hands Will his magical compass before pushing him overboard. Clinging to a floating barrel, Will drifts towards Beckett's ship, "Endeavour".
Will is exchanged for Jack during parley with Beckett and Davy Jones. Elizabeth tells Will she now understands the burden he bears, but having been aboard the "Dutchman", she believes Bootstrap can no longer be saved, although Will disagrees. When Barbossa releases Calypso from her human form, Will tells her that Davy Jones betrayed her to the First Brethren Court. This causes her to turn her fury against both the pirates and Jones, forming a giant maelstrom.
During the maelstrom battle, Will proposes to Elizabeth, convincing her this may be their only opportunity to wed. Barbossa performs an impromptu wedding as the battle continues.
Will defends Elizabeth from Davy Jones. He stabs Jones, but Jones is unharmed. Jones mortally wounds Will. Jack, who now possesses Jones' heart guides Will's hand to stab the heart and kill Jones. Bootstrap carves out his son's heart and places it in the Dead Man's Chest. Will becomes the "Flying Dutchman"'s immortal captain. Now under Will's command, the "Flying Dutchman" resurfaces, and the crew has reverted to human form. Will commands the "Dutchman" against the "Endeavour" and the combined firepower of the "Black Pearl" and the "Flying Dutchman" destroy the "Endeavour", killing Cutler Beckett. The remaining armada retreats without a fight.
Will is now a psychopomp, bound to ferrying souls of those who died at sea to the next world. Will is allowed one day ashore before beginning his ten-year duty aboard the "Dutchman". Bootstrap Bill decides to remain on the crew with his son. Elizabeth, a mortal, is unable to accompany them. Will spends his one day with Elizabeth on an island where they consummate their marriage. Before returning to the "Dutchman" at sunset, he entrusts the Dead Man's Chest containing his beating heart to her care. The "Flying Dutchman" disappears from the horizon amid the Green Flash.
Will returns ten years later, where he meets Elizabeth and their son, Henry.
"Dead Men Tell No Tales".
Orlando Bloom reprises his role as Will Turner in the fifth film, seen with barnacles forming upon his face, implying he's failing at the responsibilities as Captain of the "Flying Dutchman". At the start of the film, Henry Turner deliberately attempts to drown himself to lure in the "Dutchman", believing that he has found a way to cure his father of his curse, but Will rejects this idea, certain that there is no way to free him from his duty, asking Henry to forget him. Nine years later, Jack Sparrow recruits Henry, his small crew, a girl named Carina Smyth (who is secretly the daughter of Barbossa) and Barbossa to help him find the Trident of Poseidon, the destruction of the Trident breaking all curses imposed by the sea, including the curse that binds Will to the "Dutchman". At the film's conclusion, Will is reunited with Elizabeth. In the post-credits sequence, Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann are asleep when their bedroom is entered by the shadow of an apparently resurrected Davy Jones. Will then awakens and, assuming that he was simply dreaming, goes back to sleep, not seeing a puddle of water and barnacles on the floor. Although the post-credits scene of "Dead Men Tell No Tales" featured Will Turner having a dream of Davy Jones seemingly resurrected from the dead, directors Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg confirmed the scene was meant to "pay respect to a legendary villain in the franchise" as well as be a tease or hint that it could be the "beginning of the end" or "just a dream or nightmare".
Games/video games.
Will Turner appears in the "Pirates of the Caribbean" world, Port Royal/The Caribbean, of "Kingdom Hearts II" and "Kingdom Hearts III". In the Japanese version of "Kingdom Hearts II" as well as in the movies he's voiced by Daisuke Hirakawa, who was also the Japanese voice for Legolas, another famous character portrayed by Bloom. Crispin Freeman provided the voice of Will for the U.S. version of the game since Orlando Bloom was unavailable due to the filming of "Dead Man's Chest" and "At World's End". Freeman was also the voice of Will in the video game ' and in the video game adaptation of '.
Will Turner appears in the video game ' and in ' as a playable character in both games and was again voiced by Crispin Freeman. He also appears in the game "Pirates of the Caribbean Online" game as the character who gives the player their first sword. In the earlier versions of the game, Will urges the player to run and locate Tia Dalma after soldiers can be heard banging on his door. Will stays behind to confront them, drawing his sword. In the newer version, undead skeletons appear inside instead.
Will Turner appears as a playable character in the video game "Disney Magic Kingdoms".
Character development and portrayal.
Described as the "traditional Errol Flynn type" of character compared to Johnny Depp's Keith Richards-inspired portrayal of Jack Sparrow, Will Turner was originally written as a prison guard who freed Sparrow to rescue Elizabeth Swann in early drafts of "The Curse of the Black Pearl". Actor Orlando Bloom, who took the role of Turner after playing Legolas in Peter Jackson's "The Lord of the Rings" film trilogy, stated that he read the script after Geoffrey Rush, whom he was working with on "Ned Kelly", suggested it to him. Tobey Maguire, Jude Law, Ewan McGregor, Ben Peyton, Christian Bale and Heath Ledger were also considered for the role, with Tom Hiddleston also auditioning for the role.
By the end of filming the "Pirates" trilogy in 2006 and the release of "At World's End" in 2007, both Bloom and Keira Knightley repeatedly stated that they were done with "Pirates" series, noting that there was closure for Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann in "At World's End", and was quoted in saying they wanted to move on from the franchise, and so did not return for the fourth film '. However, Bloom made statements about returning to the "Pirates" franchise as early as October 2011. In 2012, Moviehole.Net reported that a "separate Disney contact" gave this one-line response: "Will Turner's story might not be finished..." While there were discussions for him to reprise his role as Will Turner by 2014, his involvement in fifth film ' was announced in Disney D23. Bloom alluded to his character's new "gnarly" appearance after taking over Davy Jones' post in "At World's End", stating that it would be "fun to do something where I’m rumbling round the bottom of the ocean, because I won’t look anything like me." Although it was announced as a supporting role, Bloom ultimately appeared as a cameo in "Dead Men Tell No Tales", which was released in May 2017.
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Caribbean Gold
1952 film by Edward Ludwig
Caribbean Gold is a 1952 American historical pirate adventure film directed by Edward Ludwig and starring John Payne, Arlene Dahl and Cedric Hardwicke. It was produced by Pine-Thomas Productions for distribution by Paramount Pictures and was based on the novel "Carib Gold" by Ellery Clark. The film's sets were designed by the art director Hal Pereira. It is also known by the alternative title Caribbean.
Plot.
In 1728, Dick Lindsay is taken prisoner by Captain Barclay and incarcerated aboard the "Black Panther", his pirate ship. Also on board against his will is Robert MacAllister, nephew of Barclay's nemesis, Andrew MacAllister.
The pirate kidnapped Robert as retribution for MacAllister having long ago done likewise to Barclay's infant daughter, Christine. The feud has continued for more than 20 years. Now the pirate intends to settle it once and for all. He propositions Dick to impersonate Robert and return to his uncle, going so far as to duplicate a distinctive scar on Robert's face.
Dick does as told, hoping to gain his freedom. He is a welcome sight to MacAllister, but others are not quite sure what to make of this newcomer, including Shively, a brutal overseer of the men, and particularly Christine, now a grown woman with a volatile disposition.
Put in charge of the mill, Dick gains the trust of MacAllister's slaves, who are plotting a revolt. The real Robert's dead body washes up, however, so MacAllister now knows he is being deceived. Christine's growing love for Dick is a factor in not having him killed at first, but soon Shively and Dick are engaged in a knife fight to the death.
Captain Barclay and his men await a signal to invade the island. When a stash of explosives is detonated, they storm the isle. MacAllister is killed by Barclay, who is savoring his revenge when Christine gains some of her own, mortally wounding Barclay. She remains unaware that she has just killed her own father, and with his dying words, Barclay implores Dick to keep it a secret.
Production.
The film was based on a 1926 novel by Ellery Clark, "Carib Gold".
In January 1951 the film rights were bought by Pine Thomas Productions, who had a deal to make films for Paramount. Mark Stevens was to star and Edward Ludwig to direct. However, by March, Stevens was out and the film was to star John Payne, who had made a number of movies for Pine Thomas. Curtis Kenyon and Morton Grant were to write the script.
In June 1951 John Payne signed a contract with Pine Thomas Productions to make two films a year for three years. The first of them were to be "The Green Grass of Nevada" and "Caribbean Gold". In July Arlene Dahl was announced as Payne's co star; it would be the first under a deal for her to make two films a year for Pine Thomas over three years.
Filming was to begin October 1951 but Paramount had a backlog of unreleased films and asked Pine Thomas to push the shooting date back to January.
"It's strictly entertainment", Payne said of the film, adding that Hardwicke and Sullivan were "two of the finest actors in the business."
Dahl signed a nine-picture contract with Pine-Thomas.
Reception.
It earned an estimated $1.4 million at the US box office in 1952.
Pine Thomas announced they would reteam Payne and Dahl in "Lost Treasure of the Andes", "Thunderbolt" and "High Tension". In the final event they did not appear together again. Neither was a remake of "Old Ironsides", which Pine Thomas said they would make with Payne and Hardwicke.

Kevin McNally
English actor (born 1956)
Kevin Robert McNally (born 27 April 1956) is an English actor and writer. He began his acting career in the BBC TV adaptation of "I, Claudius" (1976), but is best known for portraying Joshamee Gibbs in the "Pirates of the Caribbean" franchise.
Early life and education.
McNally was born in Bristol.
McNally spent his early years in Birmingham, attending Redhill Junior School in Hay Mills and Mapledene Junior School (now Mapledene Primary School) in Sheldon. He went to Central Grammar School for Boys on Gressel Lane in Tile Cross.
Career.
McNally's first professional acting work, at age 16, was at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre. In 1973 he received a scholarship to attend the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art where, in 1975, he won the Best Actor Bancroft Gold Medal.
In 1976, he appeared in BBC's "I, Claudius" and, in 1977, was a regular in the second series of "Poldark" playing Drake Carne, younger brother of Demelza Poldark. From 1991 to 1994, he wrote nine episodes of "Minder", under the pseudonym Kevin Sperring, with writing partner Bernard Dempsey. He also wrote two episodes of "Boon", and two episodes of "Lock, Stock" with Dempsey.
McNally played Joshamee Gibbs in the "Pirates of the Caribbean" films. He is one of only three actors who appear in all five films, and reprised the role in "Kingdom Hearts III", making him the only actor from the film series to reprise a role in "Kingdom Hearts". He also reprised the role in 2021 for Sea of Thieves' "A Pirate's Life" Tall Tale series.
Along with fellow British actors Ian McNeice and Kenneth Branagh, McNally appeared in two Second World War films, "Valkyrie" and "Conspiracy", that depict behind the scenes activities of high-ranking officials in Nazi Germany.
In 2011, he was cast in the American television series "Supernatural" as Frank. In 2012, he performed as a voice actor for the best selling videogame "Assassin's Creed III", providing the likeness and voice of the character of Robert Faulkner. In 2013, he began working on a science-fiction animation project, "Starship Goldfish".
In 2014, he played the lead role in re-recorded radio plays of five lost episodes of "Hancock's Half Hour" for BBC Radio 4. Following this, a further video episode was re-recorded and broadcast on BBC Four as part of the "Lost Sitcoms" series.
From 2014 to 2017, McNally played Judge Richard Woodhull of Setauket, Long Island, in the AMC series "". In July 2019, he guest-starred as Inspector Grandjean in Season 2, Episode 1 of Amazon's mystery series "Maigret".
In 2019, McNally portrayed Captain Mainwaring in a series of re-enactments of otherwise lost episodes of the sitcom "Dad's Army".
In 2021, McNally appeared in three episodes of "Flux", "Doctor Who"'s thirteenth series, as Professor Jericho, quickly becoming a fan-favourite character. McNally previously appeared in "Doctor Who" in the 1984 serial "The Twin Dilemma" as Lieutenant Hugo Lang.
Personal life.
McNally was in a relationship with actress Stevie Harris and they have two children together.
He met actress Phyllis Logan in 1994, and they married in 2011. Their son was born in 1996. In 2013 the family lived in Chiswick.
Filmography.
Television.
Other television credits include: "Z-Cars", "The Bill", "Casualty", "The New Statesman" and "Murder Most Horrid". McNally also co wrote several episodes of the television series "Minder" and "Boon" in the 1980s.
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William the Pirate
Book by Richmal Crompton
William the Pirate is the fourteenth book in the "Just William" series by Richmal Crompton. It was first published in 1932. It contains eleven short stories, one of which ("Aunt Arabelle in Charge") features the odious "Anthony Martin" who is often cited as a parody of A.A. Milne's Christopher Robin.

Pirates of the Caribbean (film series)
Film series
Pirates of the Caribbean is an American fantasy supernatural swashbuckler film series produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and based on Walt Disney's theme park attraction of the same name. The film series serves as a major component of the titular media franchise. The films' plots are set primarily in the Caribbean, based on a fictionalized version of the Golden Age of Piracy (c. 1650–1726) while also leading to the range of a mid-1700s setting.
Directors of the series include Gore Verbinski (films 1–3), Rob Marshall (4), Joachim Rønning (5), and Espen Sandberg (5). The series is primarily written by Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio (1–4); other writers include Stuart Beattie (1), Jay Wolpert (1) and Jeff Nathanson (5).
The stories follow the adventures of Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp), with Hector Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush) and Joshamee Gibbs (Kevin McNally) over the course of the films. Other characters featured in the original trilogy include Will Turner (Orlando Bloom), Elizabeth Swann (Keira Knightley), James Norrington (Jack Davenport), Governor Weatherby Swann (Jonathan Pryce), Pintel and Ragetti (Lee Arenberg and Mackenzie Crook), Marty (Martin Klebba), Cotton (David Bailie), Murtogg and Mullroy (Giles New and Angus Barnett), Lieutenant Gillette (Damian O'Hare), Theodore Groves (Greg Ellis), Bootstrap Bill Turner (Stellan Skarsgård), Lord Cutler Beckett (Tom Hollander), Tia Dalma (Naomie Harris), Davy Jones (Bill Nighy), and Sao Feng (Chow Yun-Fat). Despite focusing more on Jack Sparrow among several of the aforementioned characters, the fourth and fifth films serve as standalone sequels. The fourth film features Angelica (Penélope Cruz), Blackbeard (Ian McShane), Philip Swift (Sam Claflin), Syrena (Àstrid Bergès-Frisbey), and Scrum (Stephen Graham). The fifth film features Armando Salazar (Javier Bardem), Henry Turner (Brenton Thwaites), and Carina Smyth (Kaya Scodelario).
The film series started in 2003 with ', which had a positive reception from audiences and film critics. It grossed $654 million worldwide. After the first film's success, Walt Disney Pictures announced that a film series was in the works. The franchise's second film, subtitled ', was released in 2006 and broke financial records worldwide the day of its premiere. "Dead Man's Chest" became the top-grossing movie of 2006 with almost $1.1 billion at the worldwide box office. The third film in the series, subtitled ', followed in 2007 earning $960 million. Disney released a fourth film, subtitled ', in 2011 in conventional 2D, Digital 3-D and IMAX 3D. "On Stranger Tides" succeeded in also grossing more than $1 billion, becoming the second film in the franchise and only the eighth film in history to do this, at the time of release. A fifth film, subtitled "", was released in 2017.
The franchise has grossed over $4.5 billion worldwide. It is the 16th-highest-grossing film series of all time, and is the first film franchise to produce two or more films that grossed over $1 billion.
Films.
"Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl" (2003).
Blacksmith Will Turner teams up with eccentric pirate Captain Jack Sparrow to save Turner's love, Elizabeth Swann, from cursed pirates led by Jack's mutinous former first mate, Hector Barbossa. Jack wants revenge against Barbossa, who left him stranded on an island before stealing his ship, the "Black Pearl", along with 882 pieces of cursed Aztec Gold.
"Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" (2006).
Lord Cutler Beckett of the East India Trading Company arrests Will and Elizabeth for aiding Captain Jack Sparrow in the previous film. Beckett offers clemency if Will agrees to search for Jack's compass in a bid to find the Dead Man's Chest—and inside, the heart of villainous Davy Jones—which would give Beckett control of the seas. However, Jack wants the Chest to escape from an unpaid debt with Jones, who made Jack captain of the "Black Pearl" for 13 years in exchange for 100 years of service aboard Jones' ship, the "Flying Dutchman". Jack's debt is complicated by both Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann, who follow him out to sea.
"Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" (2007).
Lord Beckett gains power over Davy Jones and, with the help of the "Flying Dutchman", he is now executing his plans to extinguish piracy forever. To stand against the East India Trading Co., Will, Elizabeth, Barbossa, and the crew of the "Black Pearl" set out to rescue Captain Jack Sparrow from Davy Jones' Locker. As one of the Nine Pirate Lords, Jack is needed in order to release an ancient goddess with the power to defeat Beckett's forces.
"Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides" (2011).
Captain Jack Sparrow is on a quest to find the fabled Fountain of Youth and crosses paths with a former lover, Angelica. She forces Jack aboard the "Queen Anne's Revenge", a ship captained by the infamous pirate Blackbeard, Angelica's father. Both are also in search of the Fountain: Angelica to save her father's soul, Blackbeard to escape a prophecy of his demise at the hands of a one-legged man. Joining the hunt is former pirate captain Barbossa, now a privateer in King George II's Navy, who is in a race against the Spanish for the Fountain of Youth.
"Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales" (2017).
A group of ghostly Spanish Royal Navy soldiers led by Jack Sparrow's old nemesis, Captain Armando Salazar, escape from the Devil's Triangle, with the goal of killing every pirate at sea, including Sparrow. To survive, Sparrow seeks out the legendary Trident of Poseidon, a powerful artifact whose owner can control the seas and break curses. The film was released in many countries as "Pirates of the Caribbean: Salazar's Revenge".
Future.
Untitled sixth film (TBA).
Shortly before the release of "", it was reported that Disney was planning to shoot the fifth and the sixth films back-to-back, although ultimately only the fifth installment was developed. By March 2017, director Joachim Rønning stated that "Dead Men Tell No Tales" was only the beginning of the final adventure, confirming that it would not be the last film of the series. That September, producer Jerry Bruckheimer indicated that another "Pirates of the Caribbean" was still in development.
In October of the same year, Kaya Scodelario stated that she was contractually signed to return for a sixth film. Rønning was reportedly set to direct the film. In October 2019, Disney announced that Craig Mazin and Ted Elliott would write "Pirates of the Caribbean 6". In May 2020, Bruckheimer commented that the first draft of the screenplay for the sixth film would soon be finished. On April 20, 2022, during his defamation trial against ex-wife Amber Heard, Depp stated he had no intention of returning to the franchise, citing his strained relationship with Disney after they had removed him from the franchise before a verdict was reached in the case.
In February 2023, Orlando Bloom had expressed interest in returning to the franchise. In March, Keira Knightley explained to "Entertainment Tonight" why she would not make a return to the Disney franchise. "What about Elizabeth Swann?", Knightley joked when asked if she would re-join the crew, also commenting that her character sailed away "in brilliant style". Bruckheimer was also still interested in potentially bringing back Depp to the saga. In June, Depp was reportedly open to returning to the series if the project proves worthwhile.
In August 2023, Craig Mazin stated that he'd pitched a "Pirates" script to Disney, but that he would only commit to it if he was able to work with Ted Elliot; Mazin confirmed that his and Elliot's script was bought by Disney, also commenting that it was "too weird", but the 2023 Writers Guild of America strike had slowed development of the sixth installment.
In March 2024, Jerry Bruckheimer stated that the sixth film would be a reboot. Despite this, two months later, Bruckheimer hoped to see Johnny Depp return.
On May 20, 2024, in an interview with "Entertainment Weekly", Bruckheimer provided further clarification on the series's status. Bruckheimer confirmed that, in addition to Elliott now writing "National Treasure 3", there were two different "Pirates" movies in development. The first is a reboot that he intends to produce with scriptwriter Jeff Nathanson, and the second is the Margot Robbie film that will be penned by Christina Hodson. He stated that he hoped both films would be made, and noted that he thought Disney was receptive to the Robbie-led film. In regards to the reboot, he confirmed that it would not follow characters from the previous films, but stated that he hoped Depp would make an appearance.
On December 4, 2024, a Variety article mentioned that Jerry Bruckheimer was developing two separate scripts, one of which featured Johnny Depp.
Spin-off films.
A female-led spin-off was announced in June 2020, starring Margot Robbie with Christina Hodson writing the screenplay. The film is separate from the sixth film also being developed. Bruckheimer was attached as producer. In November 2022, Robbie said the project was not going forward. Bruckheimer then shared the following month that the project wasn't officially dead and that a sequel merely took priority. He then later reiterated that it will still be made and has a "very strong story" but also needs "a little more work".
In an interview with "The Hollywood Reporter", Jerry Bruckheimer stated that another spin-off "with a younger cast" is in the works alongside the Margot Robbie spin-off.
In February 2024, it was rumored that Disney was considering Ayo Edebiri to "follow in Depp's footsteps" for the leading role, a character named "Anne" likely inspired by the real-life pirate Anne Bonny, in a tentatively titled "Pirates 6", a female-fronted movie that centers on a younger cast of pirates searching for hidden treasure. In response to the debunked rumors that Ayo Edebiri would replace Johnny Depp as the new lead, Daniel Richtman commented, "It's not true, there's no 'Replacing Depp' or anything like that. She's only the 'Type' they’re looking at for the lead in one of the planned spinoffs (not the Margot Robbie one)." However, none of that has been officially confirmed by Disney.
Short film.
"Pirates of the Caribbean: Tales of the Code: Wedlocked" (2011).
"Pirates of the Caribbean: Tales of the Code: Wedlocked" is a live-action short directed by James Ward Byrkit. There were many proposed titles, including "Wedding Belles" and "Pirate Belles". Although it was only included as a special feature in the US 15-disc 3D Blu-ray/2D Blu-ray/DVD + Digital Copy box set that includes the first four films released on October 18, 2011, it was also released in the similar UK five-disc set. Jim Byrkit conceived the idea for a short film while on the Shipwreck Cove set Rick Heinrichs designed for "" (2007), a project which interested Brigham Taylor at Disney. Screenwriters Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio collaborated with Byrkit on the script, having envisioned something based on the Pirate Code Book as a device that could tie into other stories later. The short film was shot by cinematographer Nic Sadler. As the pirate cove sets from "At World's End"—where the short film takes place—were set to be demolished, the short project was prepped in a matter of days and shot over three days in late 2006. In 2023, Rossio wrote on Wordplay that "Tales of the Code" was designed to be a series of a few fun shorts to fill in the "Pirates" universe and add to the DVD extras section. He also said that, in addition to "Wedlocked", there are a few scripts around that were a part of that process.
The short film "Wedlocked" serves as a prequel to "", inspired by the auction scene in the Disneyland attraction. Two wenches believe they are both betrothed to Jack Sparrow, but he has secretly traded them to the auctioneer for a fancy hat. They think the auctioneer is raising money for them, when in actuality they are being sold as brides to the highest bidder. "Wedlocked" had several "Pirates" veterans reprise their roles, like Vanessa Branch as Giselle, Lauren Maher as Scarlett, and David Bailie reprising his role as Cotton. The 10 minute short also featured John Vickery as the auctioneer and Dale Dickey as Oona the wench, as well as three pirates—Marquis D’avis, Atencio, and Slurry Gibson—who are named after Marc Davis, Xavier Atencio, and Blaine Gibson, the Imagineers who worked on the original attraction.
Production.
Development.
First film.
Back in the early 1990s, Michael Frost Beckner and James Gorman pitched the script that would become "Cutthroat Island" to Michael Eisner as a potential "Pirates of the Caribbean" film, buoyed by support from development staff at Disney. Eisner turned it down, due to not wanting to mix the company's film and theme park divisions. Almost a decade later, Walt Disney Pictures had Jay Wolpert write a script based on the "Pirates of the Caribbean" ride in 2001, which was based on a story created by Disney executives Brigham Taylor, Michael Haynes, and Josh Harmon. Stuart Beattie stated that he talked about making a pirate movie based on the ride while tossing a frisbee with a friend, and wrote a first draft titled "Quest for the Caribbean" while on exchange to Oregon State University in 1991.
Screenwriters Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio notably thought about the pirate genre based on the ride during the early 1990s, having pitched the idea after completing work on the 1992 film "Aladdin" as a premise to studio executives, but there was no interest from any studio. Undeterred, the writing team refused to give up the dream, waiting for a studio to pick up their take on a pirate tale. Producer Jerry Bruckheimer rejected Wolpert's script, feeling it was "a straight pirate movie". In March 2002, Disney brought Beattie in to rewrite the script, due to his knowledge of piracy. Later that month Elliott and Rossio were brought in, having worked with Disney in "Aladdin" and the 2002 film "Treasure Planet", among other successful films. Elliott and Rossio, inspired by the opening narration of the "Pirates of the Caribbean" ride, decided to give the film a supernatural edge.
In June 2002, Gore Verbinski signed on to direct "Pirates of the Caribbean", and Johnny Depp and Geoffrey Rush signed on the following month to star. Verbinski was attracted to the idea of using modern technology to resurrect a genre, one that had disappeared after the Golden Age of Hollywood, and recalled his childhood memories of the ride, feeling the film was an opportunity to pay tribute to the "scary and funny" tone of it. Depp was attracted to the story as he found it quirky: rather than trying to find treasure, the crew of the "Black Pearl" were trying to return it in order to lift their curse, with the traditional mutiny having already taken place. Depp based Captain Jack Sparrow on a combination of The Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards and Looney Tunes cartoons, specifically the characters Bugs Bunny and Pepé Le Pew. Verbinski approached Rush for the role of Captain Barbossa, whom Depp named "Hector" behind the scenes, as he knew he would not play it with attempts at complexity, but with a simple villainy that would suit the story's tone.
Orlando Bloom read the script after Rush, with whom he was working on "Ned Kelly", suggested it to him, and was cast as Will Turner. Keira Knightley came as a surprise to Verbinski: he had not seen her performance in "Bend It Like Beckham" and was impressed by her audition for Elizabeth Swann. Tom Wilkinson was one of several actors negotiated with to play Governor Swann, but the role went to Jonathan Pryce, whom Depp idolized. Further additions include Jack Davenport as James Norrington, Kevin R. McNally as Joshamee Gibbs, Zoe Saldaña as Anamaria, David Bailie as Cotton, Lee Arenberg and Mackenzie Crook as Pintel and Ragetti, Martin Klebba as Marty, David Bailie as Cotton, Giles New and Angus Barnett as Murtogg and Mullroy, Damian O'Hare as Lieutenant Gillette, and Greg Ellis as then-unnamed Theodore Groves.
While Dick Cook had been a strong proponent of adapting Disney's rides into films, the box-office failure of "The Country Bears" (2002) made Michael Eisner and Robert Iger attempt to shut down production of "Pirates of the Caribbean". Although Bruckheimer was Disney's most reliable and successful producer, Eisner second-guessed the early footage, complaining about Depp's character, and as the budget rose, threatened to cancel the film. However, Verbinski told his concept artists to keep working, and Bruckheimer changed the executives' minds when he showed them concept art and animatics. As recalled in the book "DisneyWar", Eisner asked "Why does it have to cost so much?". Bruckheimer replied, "Your competition is spending $150 million," referring to franchises like "The Lord of the Rings" and "The Matrix". Eisner concurred, but with the stigma attached to theme-park adaptations, Eisner requested that Verbinski and Bruckheimer remove some of the more overt references to the ride in the script, such as a scene where Sparrow and Turner enter the cave via a waterfall. Another change made was adding "" as a subtitle, should the film be a hit and lend itself to sequels like "Raiders of the Lost Ark", which brought protest due to the "Black Pearl" being the name of the ship and nothing to do with the pirates' curse. Although Verbinski thought the subtitle was nonsense, Eisner refused to back down, and "The Curse of the Black Pearl" remained the subtitle, though on most posters and trailers the words were so small as to be barely visible.
Shooting for "The Curse of the Black Pearl" began on October 9, 2002, and wrapped by March 7, 2003. Before its release, many executives and journalists had expected the film to flop, as the pirate genre had not been successful for years, the film was based on a theme-park ride, and Depp rarely made a big film. However, "The Curse of the Black Pearl" became both a critical and commercial success.
Second and third films.
After seeing how well the first film was made, the cast and crew signed for two sequels to be shot back-to-back, a practical decision on Disney's part to allow more time with the same cast and crew. Writers Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio knew that with an ensemble cast, they weren't free to invent totally different situations and characters, as with the "Indiana Jones" and "James Bond" series, and so had to retroactively turn "The Curse of the Black Pearl" into the first of a trilogy. They wanted to explore the reality of what would happen after Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann's embrace at the end of the first film, and initially considered the Fountain of Youth as the plot device. They settled on introducing the "Flying Dutchman", the Kraken, and Davy Jones's locker, a mythology mentioned twice in the first film. Also only mentioned in the first film, a fictionalized East India Trading Company was introduced as the primary antagonists, which for them represented a counterpoint to the personal freedom represented by pirates, which was represented by a fictionalized Brethren of the Coast. Each of the cast of characters reprise their roles in the "Pirates" sequels, respectively, and saw the additions of Tom Hollander as Lord Cutler Beckett, Stellan Skarsgård as Bootstrap Bill Turner, Naomie Harris as Tia Dalma, and Bill Nighy as Davy Jones. Further additions include Chow Yun-Fat as Sao Feng and Keith Richards as Jack Sparrow's father, Captain Teague.
In November 2006, near the end of filming the "Pirates" trilogy, it was reported that Keira Knightley didn't want to participate in any further sequels. Both Knightley and Orlando Bloom had repeatedly been quoted in saying they were done with "Pirates", noting that there was closure for Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann in "At World's End", was quoted in saying they wanted to move on from the franchise. Whereas Johnny Depp was more interested in returning as Captain Jack Sparrow, having been quoted that it was a "break, or a hiatus" as he wrapped his last day on set.
Filming for the sequels began on February 28, 2005, with ' finishing on March 1, 2006, and ' on January 10, 2007. The second film was the first Disney theatrical feature film with the computer-generated Walt Disney Pictures logo.
Fourth film.
With the stories of both Will Turner (Orlando Bloom) and Elizabeth Swann (Keira Knightley) resolved in "At World's End", as well as both actors having declined involvement, this forced a new approach while retaining some of the franchise favorites, particularly "Pirates" veterans Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp), Captain Hector Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush), and Joshamee Gibbs (Kevin R. McNally) from the original trilogy. Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio discovered the novel "On Stranger Tides" by Tim Powers during production of "Dead Man's Chest" and "At World's End", and decided to use it as the basis for a fourth film. As Gore Verbinski was unavailable, Bruckheimer and Depp invited Rob Marshall to direct the film. Elliott and Rossio decided to do a stand-alone sequel, with a story that would support new characters, and incorporate elements from the novel, such as Edward "Blackbeard" Teach, the Fountain of Youth and mermaids—the latter two having been already alluded to in the previous films.
Depp, Rush, McNally, Keith Richards, Greg Ellis, and Damian O'Hare returned to their roles from previous films in "", and the cast saw the additions of Ian McShane as Blackbeard and Penélope Cruz as Angelica, Jack Sparrow's love interest and Blackbeard's daughter. Further additions include Sam Claflin as the missionary Philip Swift, Àstrid Bergès-Frisbey as the mermaid Syrena, Stephen Graham as Scrum, Richard Griffiths as King George II, and Óscar Jaenada as The Spaniard. After the costly production of two simultaneous films, Disney tried to scale down the fourth installment, giving a lower budget, which led to cheaper locations and fewer scenes with special effects. However, with a budget of $378.5 million, "On Stranger Tides" is one of the most expensive films ever made.
Filming for "On Stranger Tides" began on June 14, and ended on November 19, 2010. It was also filmed in 3D, with cameras similar to the ones used in "Avatar". It was released in the United States on May 20, 2011.
Fifth film.
In January 2011, Terry Rossio was confirmed to write the screenplay for the fifth installment, but without his co-writer Ted Elliott. Rossio's script was ultimately discarded, and the writer stated that a major reason was its use of a female villain, which made actor Johnny Depp "worried that would be redundant to "Dark Shadows", which also featured a female villain." Following the film's theatrical release in 2017, Rossio released his unproduced screenplay on his website Wordplay, which includes the proposed story and additional information in extensive footnotes.
In January 2013, Disney hired Jeff Nathanson to write the script for the film. Nathanson's script featured the Trident of Poseidon, loosely based on the Trident of Neptune from Rossio's script. Norwegian directors Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg were reportedly selected to direct in May 2013. By August 2013, Rønning and Sandberg confirmed their involvement, and praised Nathanson's "funny and touching" script, also being inspired by the . The directing duo also confirmed that the title of the fifth film would be "", alluding to the line well known from the theme-park attraction, and that it would be both a stand-alone adventure and tie into the overall mythology of the series. Disney pushed back the originally announced 2015 release date to a Summer 2016 release. Script issues were reportedly behind the delay, as both the studio and filmmakers were reportedly not happy with Nathanson's initial draft, but Bruckheimer revealed Nathanson was at work on a second attempt based on the well-received outline.
Depp, Rush, McNally, Stephen Graham, Martin Klebba, Giles New and Angus Barnett returned to their roles from previous films, and the cast saw the additions of Javier Bardem as the Spanish Navy Captain Armando Salazar, Brenton Thwaites as Henry Turner, and Kaya Scodelario as Carina Smyth. Further additions include Golshifteh Farahani as the sea witch Shansa, David Wenham as Royal Navy Lieutenant John Scarfield, and a cameo role by The Beatles musician Paul McCartney as Jack Sparrow's namesake, Uncle Jack. Despite the studio and producer guideline that Keira Knightley and Orlando Bloom would not return, as well as the actors' initial comments about returning to their roles after "At World's End", Elizabeth Swann and Will Turner returned in cameo appearances in "Dead Men Tell No Tales".
The film was shot in Australia after the government agreed to repurpose $20 million of tax incentives originally intended for the remake of "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea". Village Roadshow Studios and Port Douglas were used as filming locations. Production began in Australia on February 17, 2015, and wrapped on July 9. Although the scheduled theatrical release was on July 7, 2017, among other previously announced and subsequently delayed released dates, "Dead Men Tell No Tales" was released on May 26, 2017. The film was also given an alternative title, "Salazar's Revenge", for marketing purposes in selected European, South American, and Asian countries.
Reception.
Box office performance.
The "Pirates of the Caribbean" film series was successful at the box office, with each film grossing over $650 million, and all but "Dead Men Tell No Tales" at some point ranking among the fifty highest-grossing films of all time. It became the first ever series to have multiple films passing the billion dollar mark in box office revenues with "Dead Man's Chest" and "On Stranger Tides", since followed by other film franchises.
"The Curse of the Black Pearl" was the third-highest-grossing 2003 film in North America, behind "" and "Finding Nemo", and fourth worldwide, behind "The Return of the King", "Finding Nemo" and "The Matrix Reloaded". "Dead Man's Chest" was the most successful film of 2006 worldwide. "At World's End" led the worldwide grosses in 2007, though being only fourth in North America, behind "Spider-Man 3", "Shrek the Third" and "Transformers".
"On Stranger Tides" was the third-highest-grossing film of 2011 worldwide, behind "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2" and "", and the fifth in North America. The first three sequels broke box office records upon release, of which the most notable are the opening-weekend record in North America ("Dead Man's Chest"), the Memorial-Day weekend record in North America ("At World's End") and the opening-weekend record outside North America ("On Stranger Tides").
Critical and public response.
The series is noted for its high quality of acting talent. The visual and practical effects are considered some of the best ever done on film, so much so that audiences believed certain CGI elements of the films were real and done practically. However, the plots of the four sequels have received mixed reviews, with the general consensus that they are too bloated and convoluted to follow. "Pirates of the Caribbean" is noted for reinvigorating the pirate film genre after decades of either no pirate films or failed pirate films. The success of the series saw Disney and Jerry Bruckheimer try to replicate the franchise's success by releasing other big budget adventure films such as "" and "The Lone Ranger", the latter of which was directed by Gore Verbinski. Both of them have failed to achieve critical or financial success.
Accolades.
Academy Awards.
Together, the first three films were nominated for a total of 11 Academy Awards, of which a single award was won.
Golden Globe Awards.
Together, all the five films were nominated for a total of 2 Golden Globe Awards, of which neither were won.
MTV Movie Awards.
Together, all the first three films were nominated for a total of 13 MTV Movie Awards, of which 4 were won.
Teen Choice Awards.
Together, the first four films were nominated for a total of 32 Teen Choice Awards, of which 17 were won.
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Pirates (2021 film)
2021 British film by Reggie Yates
Pirates is a 2021 British comedy film written and directed by Reggie Yates in his feature directorial debut. It stars Elliot Edusah, Reda Elazouar, Jordan Peters, Youssef Kerkour, Kassius Nelson, Rebekah Murrell, Aaron Shosanya, Tosin Cole, and Shiloh Coke. The film was released in cinemas by Picturehouse Entertainment on 26 November 2021. It received critical acclaim.
Premise.
In 1999, three friends—Cappo, Kidda and Two Tonne—embark on a mission to attend a New Year's party.
Reception.
Box office.
In the United Kingdom, the film earned $72,008 in its opening weekend, and a total of $133,508 by the end of its run.
Critical response.
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 100% of 26 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 6.8/10. Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 72 out of 100 based on 6 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".
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William Lewis (pirate)
William Lewis (fl. 1687?) was a pirate supposedly active in the Caribbean, off the American east coast, and off the west coast of Africa in the 18th century. He was known for sparing his victims and for being killed after announcing he had made a pact with the Devil. He is likely the fictional creation of "Captain Charles Johnson" who presented his story among those of real historical pirates.
Johnson's creation.
"Captain Charles Johnson" was a pseudonym, either of Daniel Defoe, Nathaniel Mist, or another early 18th-century writer. His book "A General History of the Pyrates" influenced years of pirate researchers, scholars, and writers, though it was later found to have a great many errors. Its first volume is generally considered more accurate and historical; the second volume presents accounts of known and well-documented pirates such as Samuel Bellamy and Nathaniel North, but includes the fictional captains William Lewis, John Cornelius, and Captain Misson. Later authors such as Grey, Gosse, and Ellms repeated the fictional accounts nearly verbatim. There was a real pirate named William Lewis, but he was never a Captain; active 20 years after Johnson’s "William Lewis," the real William Lewis was hanged with the surviving members of John Auger's crew when they were captured by pirate turned pirate-hunter Benjamin Hornigold.
History (purported).
Lewis sailed as a boy with the crew of pirate Joseph Bannister, who was captured and hanged in Port Royal in 1687. He was spared (hung by his waist instead of his neck) and sailed with other ships out of Jamaica until he was captured by the Spanish. Escaping with a few others in a canoe, the multi-lingual Lewis took over a small periagua, then captured a sloop, pressing some captured crew into service as pirates and releasing others. He continued capturing small vessels, looting them and taking some crew. With 40 men he took a larger pink, using it to take several other ships near Campeche. He then looted several sloops, beating the captain of sloop who surrendered too easily, and kept the largest 12-gun sloop for his own.
Now with a mixed crew of 80 white and black sailors, he plundered vessels from Florida to the Carolinas and Virginia. He put down a mutiny by English crewmembers who planned on marooning the Frenchmen among them. Sailing north to Newfoundland, he raided the fishing fleets and boarded a 24-gun galley. The ship’s captain convinced Lewis to send his quartermaster John Cornelius ashore for supplies, where he was captured. When shore batteries fired on Lewis’ ship he fled the galley and sailed offshore. Capturing two small shallops, he demanded the release of his quartermaster in exchange for his prisoners, to which they agreed. He then captured a 24-gun French ship and left Canadian waters.
Sailing across the Atlantic to the coast of Guinea with 200 men in the newly renamed "Morning Star", he captured several more ships, finally spotting a vessel from the Carolinas. Here the incident occurred for which Lewis would be best known: “While he was in chase of this vessel a circumstance occurred, which made his men believe he dealt with the devil; his fore and main top-mast being carried away, he, Lewis, running up the shrouds to the maintop, tore off a handful of hair, and throwing it into the air used this expression, "good devil, take this till I come". And it was observed, that he came afterwards faster up with the chase than before the loss of his top-masts.”
Soon after, the Frenchmen of his crew rebelled. Lewis let them sail away in a captured sloop but immediately captured it back from them while they lay at anchor. He marooned the Frenchmen, allowing only a few back aboard the "Morning Star". That night the Frenchmen tried to retake the ship; they were defeated, but not before assassinating Lewis in his cabin. Other versions say his sailors were superstitious and killed Lewis because they feared that he’d actually made a pact with the Devil. The quartermaster John Cornelius was chosen Captain to succeed him.
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List of Pirates of the Caribbean characters
This is a list of characters appearing in the "Pirates of the Caribbean" film series.
Main characters.
Captain Jack Sparrow.
Captain Jack Sparrow is portrayed by Johnny Depp. First introduced in the film ' (2003), he later appears in the sequels ' (2006), ' (2007), ' (2011), and "" (2017). With the character originally written by screenwriters Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio, Stuart Beattie, and Jay Wolpert, Depp based his characterization on The Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards as well as the Looney Tunes cartoon characters Bugs Bunny and Pepé Le Pew. He insists on being introduced as "Captain" Jack Sparrow.
In the first film, Sparrow is the former captain of the "Black Pearl". After a mutiny by his first mate Hector Barbossa, he is left to die on an island. Though Barbossa and his crew are immortal as a result of a curse, Sparrow craves revenge. With the help of Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann, he lifts the curse and kills Barbossa.
In "Dead Man's Chest", it is revealed that Sparrow once made a deal with Davy Jones. Jones raised the "Black Pearl" from the sea in exchange for a guarantee of service as a crewman on the "Flying Dutchman". When Jones attempts to collect on the bargain, Sparrow flees. He attempts to find the Dead Man's Chest, which contains Jones's heart; this would give Sparrow leverage over Jones. At the end of the film, Sparrow is betrayed by Elizabeth Swann and dragged to Davy Jones's Locker by the Kraken.
In the third film, it is revealed that Sparrow is one of the members of the Brethren Court, acting as Pirate Lord of the Caribbean. Calypso, a sea goddess, needs all nine Pirate Lords to free her from a curse laid upon her by the original Brethren Court. She resurrects Barbossa, who is also one of the Pirate Lords, and organizes an expedition to rescue Jack from Davy Jones's Locker. Through a complex series of negotiations and betrayals, Jack schemes to kill Davy Jones and take his place as the immortal captain of the "Flying Dutchman". After Will Turner is mortally wounded, Sparrow allows him to kill Jones, thus sacrificing his chance at immortality to save his friend. At the end of the film, Barbossa once again commandeers the "Black Pearl", but it is revealed that Sparrow has stolen the ship's charts which point the way towards the Fountain of Youth.
In the fourth film, Jack journeys on a quest for the fabled Fountain of Youth. Prior to the film, he gained some renown as the pirate who knew and memorized its location. Jack arrives in London to rescue his first mate Joshamee Gibbs as a disguised judge before finding himself in the forced audience with King George II. Hector Barbossa, now a privateer who lost his leg and the "Black Pearl", which he believed to be sunk. After escaping King George's Royal Guards, Sparrow becomes reacquainted with his love interest Angelica, a woman from his past and the daughter of Blackbeard, who forces him aboard the "Queen Anne's Revenge". Throughout the quest, Sparrow must contend with zombies, mermaids, and a rendezvous with Barbossa. Jack learns from Angelica that the Profane Ritual for the Fountain of Youth requires a mermaid's tear and two silver chalices located on Ponce de León's ship, the "Santiago", and the person who drinks the water with the tear gets all the years of life from the other. Angelica also shows Jack Blackbeard's collection of captured, miniaturized ships in glass bottles, including the "Black Pearl". After Jack figures out Hector's agenda and accuses him of it, Barbossa admits a desire for revenge against Blackbeard, detailing Blackbeard's attack on the "Black Pearl". After locating the Fountain of Youth, a battle between Barbossa and Blackbeard ensues, in which Angelica cuts her hand trying to remove Barbossa's poisoned blade from Blackbeard's chest. Filling the chalices with the remaining drops of water from the Fountain, adding Syrena's tear, Jack tricks Blackbeard into drinking the chalice lacking the tear. Jack maroons Angelica on a small island, unsure if he can trust her. Later, Jack reunites with Gibbs, who used Sparrow's compass to locate and retrieved the shrunken "Black Pearl" in the hope of restoring it to normal size, yet determined to continue living the pirate's life.
In the fifth film, Jack is suffering a series of bad luck to the point that he trades his compass for a bottle of rum. This results in the release of Armando Salazar, an undead Spanish pirate hunter whose death in a confrontation with Jack established Jack's own reputation. When faced with execution, Jack is rescued by Henry Turner, the son of Will and Elizabeth, who seeks Jack's help in finding the Trident of Poseidon, which gives its wielder control of the seas. Jack Sparrow reunites with Hector Barbossa, who restores the "Black Pearl" to her former glory. At the film's conclusion, the destruction of the Trident breaks all curses on the sea, restoring Salazar to life in time for him to drown while fighting Jack while Jack reclaims the restored "Pearl" and Will is able to return to Elizabeth now that the "Flying Dutchman" no longer needs a captain.
Captain Jack Sparrow is also the subject of two series of books, ' and ', and one standalone novel, '. The character has also appeared in numerous video games, such as '.
Captain Hector Barbossa.
Captain Hector Barbossa, portrayed by Geoffrey Rush, appears in all of the films of the franchise. With the character originally written by screenwriters Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio, Stuart Beattie, and Jay Wolpert, he was originally Captain Jack Sparrow's first mate turned archenemy, a pirate captain later revealed to be one of the nine Pirate Lords of the Brethren Court. In the fourth film, "", Barbossa briefly becomes a privateer in the Royal Navy and is ordered to be Jack's guide on an expedition for the Fountain of Youth.
In the first film, Barbossa is captain of the pirate ship "Black Pearl". He was the former first mate of the "Black Pearl" and led a mutiny against former captain, Jack Sparrow. Barbossa persuaded Jack to reveal the bearings to Isla de Muerta where the Chest of Cortez was hidden. After Sparrow divulged the location, Barbossa and the crew left Sparrow to starve on a tiny island. After stealing the gold, Barbossa and his crew became undead and unable to feel physical pleasure.
To lift the curse, the crew must return all 882 medallions to the chest and offer their blood. Their shipmate Bootstrap Bill Turner believed that they deserved the curse as punishment for their mutiny, and sent one coin to his son, Will. In retaliation, Barbossa tied Bootstrap to a cannon and threw him overboard. For years, Barbossa searched for the last coin and Bootstrap Bill's child, needing both to break the curse. Elizabeth Swann takes the medallion from Will Turner when he was rescued as a young boy. Barbossa, believing she is Bootstrap Bill's daughter, kidnaps her. He later learns that Will is Bootstrap Bill's child; he captures Will and plans to execute him to break the curse. As Jack and Barbossa duel, Will breaks the curse by returning the last coin and offering his blood. Barbossa, mortal again, bleeds out from his wounds.
In "Dead Man's Chest", Captain Barbossa's undead monkey "Jack" appeared aboard the "Black Pearl" before Jack Sparrow gave the monkey to the voodoo mystic Tia Dalma as payment. Sparrow's crew see Barbossa's corpse lying there, with only his boots visible. The final scene of the film, Barbossa is revealed to have been resurrected by Tia Dalma before biting an apple.
Returning in "At World's End", Barbossa was first named "Hector" onscreen by Jack Sparrow. In the film, Barbossa joins forces with Will, Elizabeth, and the "Black Pearl" crew in their attempt to rescue Jack from the Locker and rally the Brethren Court against Lord Cutler Beckett. To break the curse confining her to human form, the sea goddess Calypso needs the Pieces of Eight from all nine Pirate Lords. It is for this reason that she resurrected Barbossa, the Pirate Lord of the Caspian Sea. At the meeting of the Fourth Brethren Court, Barbossa gathers the Pieces of Eight from the other pirate lords and uses them to release her. During the battle against Davy Jones, he officiates a makeshift wedding for Will and Elizabeth. After defeating Jones and Beckett, Barbossa once again steals the "Black Pearl" from Jack and sails in search of the Fountain of Youth, only to find out Sparrow stole the charts from Barbossa.
By the events of the fourth film, the "Black Pearl" is attacked by Blackbeard, who uses the power embedded in the Sword of Triton to turn the ship's own rigging against Hector Barbossa's crew, forcing Barbossa to cut off his own leg to escape with his life, turning Barbossa into a mortal enemy vowed on revenge. Unbeknownst to Barbossa, who believes the "Pearl" was sunk, Blackbeard magicked the ship into a glass bottle. Nevertheless, Barbossa lost his ship, his leg, and had vengeance as a goal since the very night it happened. He approached the British and offered his services as a privateer in service to King George II. By the quest for the Fountain of Youth, Barbossa gained much information and learned at least the basics on Blackbeard. Barbossa knows the name of Blackbeard's ship, his obsession to find the Fountain of Youth, and even the importance of Blackbeard's sword in that the sword had the power to rule the winds of the ocean, as well as everything associated with the wind, including the ships at sea, their rigging, sails, etc. and that its powers were diminished away from the ship. After Jack Sparrow's capture and escape from King George, Barbossa sails the HMS "Providence" with Joshamee Gibbs, Groves, Gillette, and an entire British crew to find the Fountain before the Spanish. Barbossa's crew continue on foot after the Providence is attacked by mermaids, while Barbossa himself rendezvouses with Jack on the "Santiago", who finds the chalices have been taken by the Spanish. Before retrieving the chalices, Jack figures out Hector's agenda and accuses him of it, and Barbossa admits a desire for revenge against Blackbeard, detailing Blackbeard's attack on the "Black Pearl". Barbossa and Blackbeard meet the Fountain of Youth, which leads to a battle between the British and pirate crews, in which Barbossa stabs Blackbeard with a poisoned sword. After that, Barbossa claims Blackbeard's ship, crew, and sword for his own, and returns to a life of piracy.
In the fifth film, "Dead Men Tell No Tales", Hector Barbossa settled into a growing and prosperous pirate empire, taking possession of the "Queen Anne's Revenge" as a result of defeating Captain Blackbeard. While the down-on-his-luck Captain Jack Sparrow, Captain Barbossa controls a wealthy fleet of ten ships. After his fleet is threatened by the ghostly Armando Salazar, Barbossa promises to lead him to Jack Sparrow