Captain Jack and the Search for Huggies
Tue, August 25, 2009 
With plans moving full-steam ahead on the Rob Marhsall-helmed (and Orlando Bloom & Keira Knightley-absent) Pirates of the Caribbean 4, Hollywood Elsewhere confirms what many suspected towards the fourquel's "plot."
As suggested in the closing moments of At World's End, Captain Jack Sparrow is going after the fountain of youth. Although it appears highly probable, still no word on whether or not Geoffrey Rush's Barbossa will return to shore. In terms of an antagonist for everyone's favorite gay-pirate, the site reveals plans for a "Captain Nemo-type villain utilizing new-style technology."
That seems suspicious considering (last we checked) Disney was making a potential franchise for the Nautilus' captain with McG. Maybe that project's stalled thus enabling the Mouse to utalize the character. Or perhaps all is well on the 20,000 Under the Sea prequel and the studio just wants to have both.
Reader Comments (3)
It sounds like they're listening to what we want. I'm starting to get encouraged by this one actually.
Maybe this Captain Nemo type villain will have a flying ship of some sort and not a submarine. That's what I think anyways.
This is what Terry Rossio, one of the writers, said on the rumor.
Dubunking rumors
Posted by Terry on Tuesday, 25 August 2009, at 2:49 p.m., in response to Gore Verbinski off of Bio-Shock. Does this mean POTC 4 is going ahead?, posted by Demosthenes on Monday, 24 August 2009, at 4:52 p.m.
>> Terry - what about the rumors that Zac Effron will be playing Will and
>> Elizabeth's son, who would be teaming up with Russel Brand as Jack's son?
>> Any truth?
No truth. That rumor must have been made up by someone well outside the filmmaking process, as there has never been a Will Elizabeth son character.
Regarding Gore, his exit from Bioshock is old news, about 5 months old. Getting a new director for Bioshock has no effect on a possible pirates movie.
Regarding the 'technology' rumor, someone obviously took Bill Marsilii's CAPTAIN NEMO project, which he set up at Disney, and mistook it for a possible pirates film. Which really makes no sense.