NgoMeyi, umkhiqizi wephrojekthi uJerry Brookhaymer utshele i-SA Times ukuthi waqala ukuthuthukisa umbhalo, kodwa ngaphandle kwe-depp, ifilimu ngeke ibone ukukhanya: "Konke kuncike ekutheni isimo, ngoba uJohnny akafuni ukudumaza izilaleli futhi uthathe isithombe esibi. Yebo, ifilimu ngeke isebenze ngaphandle kukaKaputeni Jack Sparrow. "
Ngaphezu kwalokho, kwaziwa ukuthi umkhiqizi usuvele wahlangana nethimba le- "Pirates" elinye ukuthi lixoxe ngesimo esihlaka. Iqiniso lokuthi i-DEPP libeka i-storyline yefilimu yesihlanu ayibikwanga. Ummeli we-Actor futhi akaphawula ngalokhu.
Sizokhumbuza, i-defp yangaphambilini yathi bekungakulungele ukudubula ithephu elandelayo: "Lokhu akuyona ifilimu engingayisho:" Masiqale ukudubula manje ukuqeda uKhisimusi ka-2012 ". Kufanele sime isikhashana ukuze siqede ngoKhisimusi ka-2012. kufanele kube okukhethekile, njengochungechunge lonke, olukhethekile kimi. "
I-adventure yamahlaya "Pirates of the Caribbean: Kuma-Strange Shores" kushicilelwe ngoMeyi 18, 2011, ethola imali engaphezu kwezigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezintathu ngamabhokisi ezigidi ezingokomliliyoni.