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The Undead Rise in the ‘Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales’ Trailer
Rumored to have both witches and ghosts, Walt Disney Studios has just released the teaser trailer for Pirates of the Caribbean 5, which will sail into theaters Ma7 26, 2017.
This time, Johnny Depp’s Captain Jack Sparrow will battle the supernatural. The sequel’s title, “Dead Men Tell No Tales”, is an uber cool reference to the rides at Walt Disneyworld and Disney Land!
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, 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.
The teaser trailer gives us our first look at Javier Bardem as the aforementioned Captain Salazar, while Geoffrey Rush is confirmed to return as Barbossa.
Hopefully it brings the franchise back to its roots with Gore Verbinski’s absolutely astounding 2003 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl. Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg direct this time around with Kaya Scodelario and Orlando Bloom also starring alongside Depp.
The Pirates movies have made $3.7 billion at the global box office.
In the grim darkness of the far future there is only war, but it was a cheerful illustrator from England who helped to define the terrifying war-torn imagery that inspired what we now know as Grimdark (a hybrid genre combining horror with sci-fi/fantasy).
Unfortunately for fans of Warhammer 40,000, Trench Crusade and countless other sources of Grimdark thrills, veteran artist John Blanche passed away this week after struggling with health issues for the past few years.
While the artist retired back in 2023, he leaves us with an enormous legacy of iconic artwork that continues to inspire gamers and storytellers around the world to this very day.
The news is especially gloomy as it was only last year that Daniel Lowman and Napoleon Dynamite himself Jon Heder released The Grim & the Dark: The Search for John Blanche, a documentary following Heder’s exploration of the Grimdark genre culminating in a heartwarming encounter with Blanche in his own home.
Below is one of my favorite pieces by Blanche, his highly influential depiction of Warhammer 40k’s God-Emperor of Mankind on his Golden Throne.
We send our deepest condolences to John Blanche’s family, friends, and fans.
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