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Here's everything we know about the next 'Pirates of the Caribbean' movie

Kirsten Acuna   

Here's everything we know about the next 'Pirates of the Caribbean' movie
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Johnny Depp will be back next summer in another "Pirates of the Caribbean" movie. 

Disney unveiled the first teaser for the fifth film in the franchise Sunday evening during the "Fear the Walking Dead" finale. 

If you didn't know another "Pirates" movie was on its way, here's everything you need to know about the next installment in the franchise.

It's called "Dead Men Tell No Tales"

johnny depp pirates caribbean

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Depp first teased the fifth "Pirates" movie last year at Disney's annual fan convention D23. He took the stage dressed as his character Captain Jack Sparrow.

The film will feature a group of "deadly ghost pirates" who are hunting down Jack Sparrow and Poseidon

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That one guy's missing half his face!

Sparrow's arch-nemesis Captain Salazar (Javier Bardem), the creepy-looking guy who popped up in the new teaser, is on a quest to hunt down and kill every pirate with his own ghost pirate army. Captain Jack believes that finding Poseidon and his trident will help give him an edge against the pirate crew.

This is the official film synopsis Disney released last summer at convention D23:

Thrust into an all-new adventure, a down-on-his-luck Captain Jack Sparrow finds the winds of ill-fortune blowing even more strongly when deadly ghost pirates led by his old nemesis, the terrifying Captain Salazar (Bardem), escape from the Devil's Triangle, determined to kill every pirate at sea ... including him.  Captain Jack's only hope of survival lies in seeking out the legendary Trident of Poseidon, a powerful artifact that bestows upon its possessor total control over the seas.

Orlando Bloom will be back as Will Turner

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Bloom will reprise his role as Will Turner after starring in the first three "Pirates of the Caribbean" movies. Disney confirmed Bloom will be back in a January release for the film. 

We're not sure what he'll be up to, but the last time we saw Turner, he and Elizabeth (Keira Knightley) were married before he became the captain of the Flying Dutchman at the end of "On Stranger Tides." That meant he was sentenced to roam the Netherworld for a decade where he brings souls to the afterlife. In the time he's gone, he and Elizabeth have a young son.

In 2014, Bloom hinted to IGN that the film could revolve around his relationship with his son. Since he's technically "Davy Jones" now and is at the bottom of the ocean, Bloom also said we may see him look totally different on screen.

"It might be kind of fun to do something where I'm rumbling round the bottom of the ocean, because I won't look anything like me. [Gestures to face] Get all gnarly," said Bloom.

The movie may center around Will Turner's son

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Brenton Thwaites will also star in the film. "The Giver" actor was seen in the teaser being questioned by Captain Salazar about Captain Sparrow. Disney describes him as Henry, a "young sailor in the Royal Navy." But we bet he's a bit more than that.

Thwaites previously told the Mirror that the film will follow "a young man who wants to reconnect with his father, Davy Jones."

"There's a curse that prevents him from doing that," he added. "I think it's about how he goes around that and tries to fix it and he has to save his dad."

If that's the case, it sounds like Thwaites' character, who is only known as Henry at the moment, may be Will Turner's son trying to find his dear old dad. 

We'll see a few other familiar faces

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Disney

Geoffrey Rush will return as Captain Barbossa along with Kevin R. McNally and Stephen Graham as Joshamee Gibbs and Scrum, respectively.

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Captain Jack Sparrow and Gibbs.

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Sparrow with Scrum in the "Pirates" franchise.

A few new additions will include Kaya Scodelario ("The Maze Runner"), who plays an astronomer who will help Jack on his hunt for Poseidon's trident, and Iranian actress and musician Golshifteh Farahani who will be a sea-witch named Shansa. 

The film has different names overseas

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Disney UK

While US viewers will see the movie marketed as "Dead Men Tell No Tales," some overseas viewers will see different names for the film. In the UK and Netherlands, the film will be called, "Pirates of the Caribbean: Salazar's Revenge."

In Spain, France, Italy, Brazil, and the Vietnam the film will be called a variation of that title, "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Revenge of Salazar."

javier bardem pirates of caribbean trailer

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One reason Disney may have changed up the name for US viewers is so that the film may perform better in the states. Though the last film, 2011's "On Stranger Tides," made over $1 billion in theaters worldwide, it made most of its money overseas ($804 million). 

"Pirates" is an interesting franchise to look at worldwide. While it's box office intake has slowed domestically after the first sequel, its popularity has continued to grow internationally.

MovieDomestic box officeForeign box officeWorldwide box office
"Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl" (2003) $305.4 million$348.9 million $654 million
"Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" (2006)$423.3 million$642.9 million$1.07 billion
"Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" (2007)$309.4 million$654 million$963.4 million
"Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides" (2011)$241 million$804 million$1.05 billion

That may suggest that fans are hungry for a sequel overseas no matter what the title of the film whereas US viewers may need a more vague, mysterious name to draw interest. The fifth film will be coming six years after the fourth in the franchise and that one was not a fan favorite

The soundtrack may sound a little different to you

Composer Hans Zimmer, who has worked on the score for each previous "Pirates of the Caribbean" movie, will not be working on the music for "Dead Men Tell No Tales." Instead, Geoff Zanelli, who has worked alongside Zimmer on numerous films, will be scoring.

Here's a peek at a recent scoring session two weeks ago from co-director Joachim Rønning:

The sequel will be out next May

"Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales" is set for release May 2017. Previously, it was set for a July 7, 2017 release.

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