Yo Ho Ho: Ian McShane in Talks for 'Pirates 4'

More news from Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, and much like the admittedly more attractive reveal of Penélope Cruz joining the cast, I can't really find fault with the latest update. How about Ian McShane as Blackbeard? Yeah, they nailed that one. Heat Vision Blog says McShane is just in negotiations, but where do you go from there if it's not ol' Al Swearengen? That's pretty exciting. But...but... We already know that this is a movie about the Fountain of Youth, and even though it's supposed to be smaller in scale, we know we've got Johnny Depp, Cruz, Geoffrey Rush, and now McShane (or someone equally noteworthy as Blackbeard), and if they load it down with any more people to put on the poster, this one might suffer the same fate as the first two Pirates sequels. I hope not. Plus, it's more than just the number of characters. They also have to build the story up around the Fountain of Youth and keep that promise to not make this one a bloated epic. If this were the first Pirates movie, I wouldn't be worried, but it's not a property that has known when to say when. But in terms of only casting this role, yeah, that's pretty good.

Comments

[Lengthy Johnson]

This is great news indeed. Ian McShane is a brilliant and underused actor. As Blackbeard he would certainly give Depp a run for his money.

Al Swearengen is one of my favourite characters of all time and it's a crime that they killed the feature movie of Deadwood.

Not overly keen on Cruz, though. She might well ruin the whole movie.