Walt Disney Pictures had planned to shoot a fourth film in 2009, for a 2011 release .Johnny Depp previously said he would return for another trilogy "if they had a good script": He officially signed on in September 2008. In February 2007, after filming was completed on Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, screenwriter Terry Rossio said he and Ted Elliott may try to write a screenplay, though "It's like the fourth Indiana Jones picture — there are forces in play to make it happen, and forces in play to make it not happen Geoffrey Rush has expressed interest in returning as Barbossa
Producer Jerry Bruckheimer has indicated interest in a spin-off but was exhausted by the trilogy's production. Gore Verbinski feels that "the big danger is diminishing the brand it would have to be a tale worthy of telling" for him to return. If the director returned, he noted that "I would start fresh and focus on the further adventures of Captain Jack Sparrow Unlike the previous film, he will not do it without a complete script. Keira Knightley has stated that she does not wish to continue playing her character of Elizabeth Swann as she wants to do different projects.
According to The Art of the Pirates of the Caribbean, the proposed story for the fourth film was for Sparrow and Barbossa to meet up in the newly founded New Orleans, Louisiana,before they sail to find the Fountain of Youth together
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