Our filming began in the jungles, beaches, and oceans of Kauai and Oahu, Hawaii magnificent environments built in Hollywood then to a real desert island in Puerto Rico and finally to historical landmarks and huge studios sets in England. Stranger tides indeed, all shot in Disney Digital 3-D to make the excitement literally jump off the screen. The idea was to take the Pirates of the Caribbean world a few steps beyond, with our new characters engaged in a thrilling and sometimes hilarious search for the fabled Fountain of Youth that takes them from the teeming streets of mid-18th century London to mysterious and dangerous ships and islands inhabited by zombies and mermaids. But like any new summer camp session, there are newbies who we're so excited to have join the company, especially director Rob Marshall, actors/actresses PenГ©lope Cruz, Ian McShane, Sam Claflin, and Astrid BergГЁs-Frisbey, and production designer John Myhre. But now we're all back together again after a break which was just a little too long: Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush, Kevin McNally, Keith Richards, screenwriters Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio, cinematographer Dariusz Wolski, costume designer Penny Rose, composer Hans Zimmer, and more. You make all these great friends, and then everybody disappears. I'd like to think that the main reason we decided to set sail back into the world of Pirates of the Caribbean for a fourth adventure is the same that we kept hearing over and over again from audiences: we missed it! You know, it's like going to camp when you're a kid.

Sometimes you just can't get enough of a good thing.

Captain Jack Sparrow is back, in On Stranger Tides, the fourth installment in Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean series! This insider's guide takes readers on an unforgettable tour of the swashbuckling world of this all-new movie, with in-depth looks at characters, locations, adventures, and more.

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