Pirates of the Caribbean 4 Teaser Poster released

[Dream]

Disney has released the teaser poster for "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides," and it certainly is a tease -- so much so that the name of the film doesn't even appear on the image. Neither does the name or visage of the movie's bankable star, one Johnny Depp, a.k.a. Captain Jack Sparrow, for that matter. In fact, the only writing on the poster is the film's May 20 release date and a subscript alerting moviegoers to the fact that Capt. Jack's fourth big-screen voyage will be in both IMAX and eye-patch-popping 3-D.

To be fair, the "Pirates of the Caribbean" franchise is so well-known at this point that one look at the image is all it takes to know what it's promoting. And one could argue that the skull on the poster is Depp's face, minus the devious smile and the flesh, of course. Either way, we're sure this is just the first of 73 character posters, bus wraps and billboards the studio will be releasing in the push up to the movie's 2011 release -- so there will be plenty o' time to get Depp's smirking face out there.

http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2010/11/15/pirates-of-the-caribbean-on-stranger-tides-teaser-poster/

Looks great! I can't wait to see the movie.

Disney is putting the first trailer with Tron: Legacy.

 

[Greg Cox]

Looks good. Here's hoping Tim Powers makes a zillion dollars off the book sales. That book deserves to be more widely-read, even if the new movie is only loosely based on it.

 

[Greylock Crescent]

Looks exactly like every other PotC teaser poster.

Can't wait for the movie though!

 

[The Borgified Corpse]

Looks good. Here's hoping Tim Powers makes a zillion dollars off the book sales. That book deserves to be more widely-read, even if the new movie is only loosely based on it.

Agreed. I finally finished it a few weeks ago. It's a great read. I particularly like the way his puppeteering skills come in handy towards the end. I also like how it integrates real world people & events but completely changes the presumed context of them, particularly with regard to Stede Bonnett.

Spoiler: On Stranger Tides

IRL, no one really knows why Bonnett abandoned his normal life to become a pirate. In the book, he turns out to be under some degree of mind control by Blackbeard. And when he changed the name of his ship from "Revenge" to "Royal James," it wasn't to evade the authorities. It was so Blackbeard wouldn't learn that he was disobeying his orders.

But for the book to become more widely read, it needs to become more widely published. Even the used paperbacks are going for over $11 on Amazon. I paid $25 for my book club hardcover.

 

[Greg Cox]

Looks good. Here's hoping Tim Powers makes a zillion dollars off the book sales. That book deserves to be more widely-read, even if the new movie is only loosely based on it.

Agreed. I finally finished it a few weeks ago. It's a great read. I particularly like the way his puppeteering skills come in handy towards the end. I also like how it integrates real world people & events but completely changes the presumed context of them, particularly with regard to Stede Bonnett.

Spoiler: On Stranger Tides

IRL, no one really knows why Bonnett abandoned his normal life to become a pirate. In the book, he turns out to be under some degree of mind control by Blackbeard. And when he changed the name of his ship from "Revenge" to "Royal James," it wasn't to evade the authorities. It was so Blackbeard wouldn't learn that he was disobeying his orders.

But for the book to become more widely read, it needs to become more widely published. Even the used paperbacks are going for over $11 on Amazon. I paid $25 for my book club hardcover.

I don't know who owns the rights at the moment, but I imagine that somebody (maybe Disney) will reissue it when the movie comes out, probably with a new movie tie-in cover.

Lord knows that's what I would do!

(Unless Disney is afraid that people will be confused when they discover that Jack Sparrow is NOT in the book!)

 

[The Borgified Corpse]

Considering Disney hasn't unvaulted Tron to cross promote Tron Legacy, I think it's safe to say that they don't know what they're doing over there. (It's a real Mickey Mouse operation, isn't it? )

 

[Nowhere Man]

The skull looks metalic, I wonder why?

 

[Skywalker]

The skull looks metalic, I wonder why?

It's actually a Terminator sent from the future to kill Jack Sparrow. Will and Elizabeth's son followed the Terminator into the past to try and protect Jack.

 

[bigdaddy]

Looks exactly like every other PotC teaser poster.

It saves on money.

 

[Dream]

Looks exactly like every other PotC teaser poster.

Yeah, this franchise really loves the skulls and bones look. I really like all the posters.

 

[Lookingglassman]

I never saw the last one. I never found this series interesting.

 

[Owain Taggart]

Looks exactly like every other PotC teaser poster.

Can't wait for the movie though!

Yeah, I agree. Actually, looks like like it could be a poster for any pirate movie. Actually, what Dream has posted, it seems that as the series progressed, the posters looked less and less distinctive. They could have at least put Blackbeard on the poster.

 

[Astraea]

I never saw the last one. I never found this series interesting.

Be glad you didn't see the last one - I liked the first two, but At World's End completely ruined my enjoyment of the second movie.

 

[Joy]

Though overall the same basic design, all of the teaser posters have their own special design that relates to their respective film.

Curse of the Black Pearl -- the first, so the basis for all to come

Dead Man's Chest -- torches instead of crossed blades, tying into the cannibal sequence; voodoo Jack doll, tying in with Tia Dalma; a change in the skeleton's hairpieces (reflecting changes to Jack's costume)

At World's End -- bones instead of torches or crossed blades, tying into the death theme; Oriental characters, tying into Singapore and the use of the Empress; again, a change in the skeleton's hairpieces (reflecting changes to Jack's costume)

On Stranger Tides -- back to crossed blades (going back to basics, as TPTB have said they wanted to do with this film); metal alloy skull, tying into the Fountain of Youth/Elixir of Life, the composition of which is often said to contain mercury or silver; again, a change in the skeleton's hairpieces (reflecting changes to Jack's costume? Dunno... haven't seen any good pics of his costume yet)

 

[od0_ital]

Yeah, this franchise really loves the skulls and bones look...

It's a franchise about pirates! What else would they use but skulls & crossbones?

 

[barnaclelapse]

What about a unicorn? Huh?!

Anyway I can't wait for this to come out. No Orlando Bloom? No Keira Knightley? And Ian McShane as a pirate? Fuck yeah.

 

[Greg Cox]

Yeah, this franchise really loves the skulls and bones look...

It's a franchise about pirates! What else would they use but skulls & crossbones?

Plus, of course, skeletal pirates have been the trademark of the original Disneyland ride since the beginning. I remember assembling some PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN model kits, full of skulls and bones, long before anyone had ever heard of Jack Sparrow . . . .

 

[The Nth Doctor]

What about a unicorn? Huh?!

Anyway I can't wait for this to come out. No Orlando Bloom? No Keira Knightley? And Ian McShane as a pirate? Fuck yeah.

And not just as any ol' pirate, but as Blackbeard! Plus Geoffrey Rush returns.

 

[barnaclelapse]

Hells yeah. Sounds like a good time to me.