Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales has taken far longer to put together than originally planned, but it seems it’s now moving forward once more, and if the Daily Mail is to be believed, they’re starting to pull together the cast who’ll join Johnny Depp as Jack Sparrow.
Keith Richards will apparently return as the Jack’s father, the pirate Captain Teague. He seems to be getting an expanded role, teaming up with Jack to battle Captain Brand in a search for a mythical trident. Django Unchained’s Christoph Waltz is reportedly being eyed to take on the villainous Brand.
Teague is said to hold valuable information about the trident, while the ghost of Captain Brand wants to use the weapon on Jack to exact revenge, believing that Sparrow is responsible for turning his brother Eric to a life of piracy, which ultimately ended in his death.
Jack will apparently get a love interest in the form of Barbosa’s daughter Carina Smyth, who is believed to be a witch but is actually just am accomplished astronomer. Geoffrey Rush will also be back as Barbossa.
None of this has been confirmed by Disney at this stage.
Pirates of the Caribbean 5 – Dead Men Tell No Tales, directed by Joachim Ronning & Espen Sandberg, written by Jeff Nathanson & Terry Rossio, produced by Disney & Jerry Bruckheimer (2015). Cast:
1) Johnny Depp: Captain Jack Sparrow,
2) Christoph Waltz: Captain Brand
3) Rebecca Hall: Carina Smith
4) Geoffrey Rush: Hector Barbossa
5) Kevin McNally: Joshamee Gibbs
6) Stephen Graham: Scrum
7) Emma Roberts: Olivia Cole
8) Taron Egerton: Henry Maddox
9) Alice Eve: Melia
10) David Wenham: Scarfield
11) Lee Arenberg: Pintel
12) MacKenzie Crook: Ragetti
13) Giles New: Murtogg
14) Angus Barnett: Mullroy
15) Martin Klebba: Marty
16) Keith Richards: Edward Teague.