Thursday, September 4, 2008

Entry# 4


During the early 1990s, screenwriters Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio conceived of writing a film based on the Pirates of the Caribbean ride. In their original pitch, Will Turner was the lead role, and the villainous pirates were searching for treasure. Steven Spielberg expressed interest, and wanted to cast Bill Murray, Robin Williams or Steve Martin as Jack Sparrow. Disney was already making Muppet Treasure Island at the time and did not give permission for the film to be made because the two had similar storylines.
Disney had
Jay Wolpert write a script based on the ride, which producer Jerry Bruckheimer rejected, feeling it was, "a straight pirate movie." Stuart Beattie was brought in to rewrite the script in March 2002, due to his knowledge of piracy, and later that month Elliott and Rossio were brought in. Elliott and Rossio were inspired by the opening narration of the Pirates of the Caribbean theme park ride, and decided to give the film a supernatural edge. As the budget rose, Michael Eisner and Bob Iger threatened to cancel the film, though Bruckheimer changed their minds when he showed them concept art and animatics.
In May 2002
Gore Verbinski signed on to direct Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, and Johnny Depp and Geoffrey Rush signed on the following month to star.Shooting for The Curse of the Black Pearl began on October 9, 2002 and wrapped by March 2003. Before its release, many had expected the film to be a flop, as the pirate genre had not been successful for years, that the film was based on a theme park ride, and that Johnny Depp rarely made a big film. However The Curse of the Black Pearl became both a critical and commercial success.

Pirates of Carribbean was a great pirates trilogy i've ever seen. This story are much more interesting compare to Indiana Jones and James Bond series. It was an interesting adventourous movie and i like it's storyline very much. With this article, i can knew a lot of facts regarding the film especially about in the making works. This article told us from the beginning of the idea of the movies making and also a little history behind it. All this are very useful for those who admire this boxoffice film. Knowing all the facts behind this movie makes me feel more interested with the trilogy. The article also help us to know more about the film's crews who manage to brings this story on screen. Overall,this wikipedia's article is so interesting and contain a lot of informations.

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