Pirates of the Carribean director Gore Verbinski has steped down from the franchise and will not be directing the 4th part. He is to concentrate all his efforts on the video game adap' Bioshick instead.
This is a good move for Verbinski as moving on to new territories will give him fresh ideas and not get bogged down in the same old stuff time after time. It might also be good for the Pirates franchise to get new blood behind the lens as i felt that the constant crossing of character allegiences to be really off putting in the last two.
What with Miss Knightley leaving and now Verbinski i wonder just how much of a departure the movie might be from the first three....