Pirates of the Caribbean 5 Confirmed

Confirming a sequel before the first one is out seems to be fast becoming the trend for film producers now- Robert Downey Jr's Sherlock Holmes was revealed to have more in store before his début adventure premièred, superhero films like X-Men: First Class, The Green Lantern and The Amazing Spider-Man are all but confirmed to have follow-ups, and now Pirates of the Caribbean joins the game, a fifth instalment having been confirmed today by director Jerry Bruckheimer ahead of the release of On Stranger Tides in May. To be fair, the series is no stranger to sequels, with the second and third films Dead Man's Chest and At World's End shot back-to-back, only to meet a lukewarm reception with critics, so it's relieving to hear from Bruckheimer that Pirates 5 won't be a direct follow-on from this year's entry, acting as a stand-alone story from the others and another entry Bruckheimer reckons will come not long afterwards. My only real question is whether Johnny Depp can keep up his bombastic duality between brilliance and insanity in even more sequels, especially if the majority of the cast will change each time now big names like Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightley are gone (thankfully, Gibbs and Barbossa are back though!), but if that turns out to be the case then I'll never say no to more Pirates! Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides releases in cinemas on May 26th.