Pirates of the Caribbean 5 Directors Named

Despite the fourth chapter of the Pirates of the Caribbean films, On Stranger Tides, series being critically underwhelming, Disney are going ahead with a fifth, and have found a director - or directors, rather - for it.

Behind the Scenes of Aardman's The Pirates!

The British stop-motion giants, Aardman, are hard at work on their next feature film, a stop-motion collaboration with Sony Pictures Animation, The Pirates. As such, the publicity train is well and truly rolling and the film's official Facebook page has unveiled some behind the scenes images, showing the animators and crew interacting with the little clay cast of characters.

The images can all be viewed here, and are a great look at the production process at Aardman. The images here in this post show the painstaking approach Aardman take on their stop-motion films, to achieve the best outcome.

From the trailers and these images, The Pirates is going to have some truly awe inspiring scenes and set pieces; truly ambitious for the challenging medium of stop-motion. But director, Peter Lord, (pictured top with The Pirate Captain) clearly has faith in the diligent and hardworking animators at Aardman.

The Pirates sails into UK cinemas on March 30.

Aardman News

This is my first update on Stop Motion British animation giant, Aardman:

Pictured above is the poster for the upcoming CGI Aardman feature, Arthur Christmas, a film about Santa's ultra high-tech north pole HQ and his less than Santa-esque son, Arthur, it sounds (and looks) cracking.

Secondly, earlier this week I emailed Aardman, concerning their upcoming Stop Motion film, Pirates, directed by Peter Lord, in his first since Chicken Run and was told to expect a trailer mid 2011, so look forward to that.