According to a few online websites the Walt Disney Studios has announced that they are now in pre-production for Pirates of The Caribbean 4, and that preliminary casting is in progress. Filming is set to begin late summer/early fall 2009.

Filming Locations include Los Angeles, Florida, The Caribbean Islands, and Ireland. Returning cast includes Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Geoffry Rush, along with newcomer Christopher Walker as Calico Jack Rackham.

The story is rumored to center around Captain Jack Sparrow's journey to a land unknown to mankind.