Thursday, May 30, 2013

"Kon-Tiki" duo Will Steer "Pirates 5"

Deadline reports that  duo Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg are set to helm "Pirates Of The Caribbean 5".


They beat out "Snow White And The Huntsman" helmer Rupert Sanders and Fredrik Bond ("The Necessary Death Of Charlie Countryman").

After Gore Verbinski directed the first three Pirates films in the series and then Rob Marshall stepped in to helm Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides 

Disney, producer Jerry Bruckheimer and star Johnny Depp had a hand in deciding together who got the gig.

The duo will will prep the movie for a late 2013 or early January start. Jeff Nathanson (Men in Black 3) recently polished the script for the studio

Given what happened here--Legendary Pictures supernatural thriller Spectral is left without a helmer... The studio has turned to commercials helmer and up-and-coming feature director Nic Mathieu to take the job says Variety . The picture is described as a "supernatural Black Hawk Down"

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