Yesterday we were talking about how Penelope Cruz may be joining Lars Von Trier’s Melancholia, but thankfully today it appears she may also be heading in a far jollier direction. According to THR, she’s in negotiations to join Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.
Nothing is known about the character she would play, other than that she’ll be Sparrow’s foil and equal in many ways. Little is known about the plot of the movie either, except that it involves Blackbeard’s treasure and the search for the Fountain of Youth.
It’s good to see Capt. Jack getting some friends, because so far he and Captain Barbossa and the only characters we know who are returning for fourth Pirates adventure, with Keira Knightley and Orlando Bloom both out, and many of the other supporting players (such as Mackenzie Crook), suggesting they won’t be back either. The plan is to start shooting On Stranger Tides in Hawaii this summer, under the direction of Rob Marshall, who of course recently worked with Cruz on Nine.