They always say “hide your weaknesses,” but when you’re trying to promote a $320million movie and your weakness is your principle star, you’re gonna have to think outside the box.
Nonetheless, that’s exactly what’s going down as the marketing trail for the upcoming ‘Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales‘ creaks to life.
The film dropped its first teaser trailer today ahead of a scheduled release next year, and there’s not a head nor hair to be seen of Johnny Depp, whose career is attempting to navigate that little, tiny, super messy divorce settlement and accusations of domestic assault from ex-wife Amber Heard.
Instead, the first teaser for the film focuses on Javier Bardem‘s ultra spooky-lookin’ character Captain Salazar; a ghostly pirate captain who has escaped the Devil’s Triangle to destroy every last remaining living pirate and exact his revenge on Jack Sparrow.
It’s a short, but nonetheless dark and almost gritty glimpse at what’s in store for the fifth instalment of Disney‘s ultra-popular film franchise. And if this is anything to go by, it looks like the trademark dry wit of the first four is gonna be thrown up against some downright horror-style imagery.
The film, which still stars Depp for better or worse, also counts Bardem, Geoffrey Rush, Orlando Bloom, Brenton Thwaites, and Kaya Scodelario among its cast.
Norwegian collaborators Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg serve as the film’s directors, off a script penned by ‘Indiana Jones & the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull,’ ‘Speed 2,’ ‘Rush Hour 2,’ and ‘Catch Me If You Can‘ writer Jeff Nathanson.
It’s due for release on May 26, 2017.
Source: YouTube.
