Ngokwedatha engafunekiyo, i-actor yac efron isebenza kwindima kaKaptain Jack Sparrow kwifilimu ezayo evela kwiipirates zolwandle lweCaribbean. Malunga nenyani yokuthetha-thethano phakathi kwe-Efron kunye ne-Disney Studio inika ingxelo yenani lemithombo, kubandakanya i-idm kwaye ngaphakathi komlingo. Phambi kokuba loo nto, uJohnny Depp, uJohsi Sparbia, wayengumdlali oguqulweyo, kodwa kuba ifilimu entsha iya kuba sisimaphambili samacandelo amahlanu adlulileyo, iDisney kufuneka ukuba ukhethe i-Actor encinci kule ndima.
Ipirates yesithandathu "yePirates yeCaribbean" yabhengezwa emva ngo-2018, kodwa ukusukela ngoko kwakungekho ngcaciso intsha malunga nale projekthi. Ngoku yaziwa ukuba, ukongeza kwi-Efron, iDisney ifuna abanye abadlali abaliqela abanokuphumeza uhlobo olutsha lukaJack Sunarrow. Kucingelwa ukuba kwifilimu entsha kuya kuvela bobabini abalinganiswa abatsha nabasaziwayo.
Kwangoko kwabhengezwa ngokusemthethweni ukuba uCraig Mazin, owayesele esebenze kwiqela le-bachelor eVegalo, kunye neCherinobyl "aya kubhengeza ukuba umlawuli wePirates entsha uya kuba. Kukwakhona namahemudar ukuba i-disney ithathela ingqalelo ukhetho lokuphehlelelwa kwe-TV kwi-Teardion enikezelwe kumphathi we-sparrow kwihlabathi liphela, sifumene esi sakhiwo sigutyungelweyo sabelane ngolu lwazi.