An article inspired by the news that Pirates will be filming in St Ives from The Guardian
Can Johnny Depp boost tourism in St Ives?
guardian.co.uk, Monday 1 March 2010 20.00
Apart from the occasional scientific genius such as Penzance's Humphrey Davy or a holiday photo-opportunity in Rock by David Cameron, England's poorest county rarely gets into the national news headines for positive reasons. All too often Cornwall gets noticed for closed tin mines, traffic gridlock, wrecks, complaints about Rick Stein taking over poshed-up Padstow or Hoorah Henrys running amok at Polzeath.

So yesterday's reports that Johnny Depp may film the next instalment of Pirates of the Carribean (well, parts of it) in picturesque St Ives is the biggest cultural boost for the county for a decade, since the right-on Eden Project got started and Cornwall finally got its own university.

Will Depp Mania be a good thing? Not necessarily. Films and TV series such as Poldark, Twelfth Night, the Bond movie Die Another Day and Saving Grace have savoured Cornwall's rich and wild scenery. Apart from the high murder rate, Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca must be judged good for the county's image, though Sam Peckinpah's Straw Dogs (1971) made the locals cross by presenting them as sex-crazed idiots. The Camomile Lawn (1992) made them look like sex-crazed toffs. Neither is true.

Surely Johnny Depp as lovable Cap'n Jack Sparrow (working title On Stranger Tides) can't do St Ives much harm, especially not if his new co-star is, as rumoured, Penélope Cruz. Its narrow streets, its vertiginous cliffs and pounding seas are fabulously photogenic.

And didn't DH Lawrence and Frieda live happily out at Zennor on the Penzance road, until driven out by xenophobia? Hollywood publicists might be wise to find Johnny some Cornish ancestors; Penélope too, just in case.

All right, so St Ives crawls with tourists, but judicious editing can keep them out of the shot. So it rains a bit too, according to hostile briefings from the Devon tourist lobby. But, if necessary, the filmmakers can rewrite a few scenes to be shot in the film's other key maritime location, Hawaii.

Pirate ship survives tsunami scare
Posted: Mar 06, 2010 2:18 AM

HONOKAI HALE (HawaiiNewsNow) - A pirate ship is sitting high and dry near Kalaeloa Harbor. The Black Pearl is currently in dry dock. The ship will be featured in the fourth installment of the Pirates of the Caribbean series "On Stranger Tides."

Last Saturday when a tsunami warning was issued for Hawaii, crews working on the Black Pearl rushed down to the dry dock to secure it. Once everything was locked up they rushed back to their hotel, where they waited out the tsunami warning, vertically evacuated to the higher floors.

The tsunami waves did not impact the dry dock. Later this month a number of local crews will start work on the pirate ship getting it ready for the movie which is set to start filming this summer on Oahu and Kauai.

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Thanks emma. Glad to see it high and dry and safe and sound.

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Penelope Cruz tells Access’ Billy Bush about the excitement of being nominated a second time for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. And, Penelope chats about her upcoming film, “Pirates of the Caribbean 4.”

Thank you for the updates, Emma and GG.

Casting Notice

PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN 4-PRO DANCERS WHO ARE EXPERT SWIMMERS - EXTRAS
Feature Film
SAG

Directed by: Rob Marshall 

Casting Director: Kristan Berona -- Sande Alessi
Casting 
Interview Dates: TBD 

Shoot/Start Date: TBD in June-August 

Pay Rate: 250/8 SAG OR NON UNION

Location: Hawaii

SUBMIT HARDCOPY ONLY TO:

SANDE ALESSI CASTING
13731 VENTURA BLVD.
TOP FLOOR
SHERMAN OAKS, CA 91423

[PROFESSIONAL DANCERS WHO ARE EXPERT SWIMMERS] Females ONLY. Age 18-30. All ethnicities. YOU MUST have an extensive dance/swimming resume. We will be shooting in Hawaii (all expenses paid including hotel, airfare, etc). ABSOLUTELY NO PHONE CALLS.

Thanks emma. That is intersting.

Thanks emma, maybe a shipwreck with all the ladies ending up in the sea.

Captain Jack going to dance in with them??

Mermaids. I'm telling you, they are looking for a whole lot of mermaids for an underwater ballet.

That is the first thing that crossed my mind when I read that.

My first thought was that Rob Marshall can't stop being a choreographer even directing an adventure movie.
I think I will enjoy this scene.

I agree has to be mermaids

Maybe we will get to see an Underwater tango with Captain Jack and a mermaid...er....I mean one of Johnny's doubles and a mermaid...