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The Pirates certainly have a formula – Jack Sparrow, young guy, young woman and a supernatural villain. It doesn’t look like they’ll be breaking away from that with the fifth film, as Johnny Depp will once again be Jack, Brenton Thwaites is the young guy, and Javier Bardem will be a bad guy ghost.

Now it’s time to find the young woman, with Deadline reporting that Maze Runner’s Kaya Scodelario is in early talks to take on the female lead and love interest for Thwaites British soldier.

Not too much is known about the plot of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, other than that Bardem will be a murderous ghost called Captain Brand, who’s seeking revenge for his brother.

Espen Sandberg and Joachim Rø (Kon-Tiki) will directing from a script by Jeff Nathanson (Men in Black 3, Tower Heist). Filming starts next month in Australia, with a July 7th, 2017 release date already set.

The Revenant certainly doesn’t sound like your typical Leo DiCaprio film, but it’s certainly intriguing, and the fact it has Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu (Birdman, Babel) behind the camera also bodes extremely well.

Now the first couple of pics from the movie have arrived via EW, featuring a bearded and rather grubby DiCaprio alongside Inarritu.

Leo plays the central role in the based-on-a-true-story story, as 1820s fur trader Hugh Glass. He gets mauled by a grizzly bear and then to make matters worse he is robbed and left for dead. Glass manages to survive and sets off on a quest for vengeance against those who robbed him.

Tom Hardy, Will Poulter, and Domnhall Gleeson also star.

The director adds of the movie, “It’s a fun ride. It’s a very experimental thing that we’re doing here… I’m now addicted to doing things that can fail horribly or maybe that can give us a surprise. We are all into it.”

When Disney bought Lucasfilm they quickly announced not just that they would produce a new trilogy continuing the main Star Wars story arc, but that in the years between those films would be standalone movies. One of those even has a director – Godzilla’s Gareth Edwards –  and it’s even gotten to the point where they’re starting to look at actors.

According to THR, Felicity Jones (The Theory of Everything), Rooney Mara (Pan) and Tatiana Maslany (Orphan Black) are all set to test for the female lead. However it’s still not known what character they would be playing.

Previous rumours have suggested it would be everything from an origin story for Boba Fett to the tale of a young Han Solo when he was mixed up with a group of space pirates. However if they’re trying to find the female lead first, those rumours could be completely wrong.

It’s suggested that other actresses have also tested, but it’s not clear who, although it appears the early part of the search took place in Britain, before moving to the US. Felicity Jones is apparently high on the want list, but there may be complications with scheduling due to the fact she’s due to shoot Ron Howard’s Inferno this year.

Expect to hear more soon.