The Word - Arrrgh

It appears, and none of us are really surprised, that there will be a new Pirates of the Caribbean coming out sometime this year or next. The new film, entitled Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides will indeed feature Johnny Depp in his brilliant and swarthy role of Jack Sparrow.

Some new developments have come up concerning it's casting.

In a press conference, Depp had revealed that "there’s no Keira or Orlando in there." But what about the favorite Jack Sparrow? "I don’t know. I don’t think we’d ever throw too much Jack Sparrow in there. There will be a little bit of everybody."

When we left Sparrow in "At World's End" he was on a personal mission to find that which he wanted most: The rum, next to him. Once he had that, the thing he wanted most was immortality, through something known as the Fountain of Youth, which brings us to the premise of On Stranger Tides.

On Stranger Tides is a book, written by Tim Powers, which concerns the pirate Blackbeard and his quest for the Fountain. So who shall play the feared Edward "Blackbeard" Teach?

Ian McShane, that's who! Fans of HBO's "Deadwood" should definitely be excited by this news, as I was. McShane was absolutely brilliant as Deadwood's brash mobster-like tavernkeep, and will now be playing the brash, powerful Blackbeard. I think it's a perfect fitting.

It appears that filming for the fourth Pirates movie will commence sometime this summer. Certainly looking forward to a sweet trailer!