Despite recently giving the title Dead Men Tell No Tales to the forthcoming Pirates of the Caribbeansequel, it appears that Disney is not quite ready to set sail for the Johnny Depp vehicle.
Originally scheduled for a July 15, 2015 release, the fifth Pirates film would have been Disney’s third billion-dollar franchise that summer, which also still includes Star Wars and The Avengers: Age of Ultron, however plans have currently changed.
Expectations and rumors point to a 2016 release.
The previous movie in the series, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides made over $1 billion in the worldwide box office and featured a star-studded cast that included Penelope Cruz, Geoffrey Rush and Ian McShane, as well as Depp. It is unclear who in the franchise’s rotating cast may also appear again.