On Stranger Tides game series by LucasArts and for the fourth installment in the "Pirates of the Caribbean" film series, "". In 1718, French puppeteer John Chandagnac sails to Jamaica on the British ship "Vociferous Carmichael". He aims to confront his uncle Sebastian, who has apparently stolen a fortune that rightfully belonged to John's father and could have prevented his poverty-induced death. On board, he meets an Englishwoman named Elizabeth Hurwood, who complains that her erudite father Benjamin has abandoned his natural philosophy work and begun studying dark magic with her lecherous physician Leo Friend. The pirate sloop "Jenny" menaces the "Carmichael", neutralizing
Pirates of the Caribbean (film series) Disney Pictures logo. Rossio and Elliot discovered the novel "On Stranger Tides" during production of "Dead Man's Chest" and "At World's End" and decided to use it as the basis for a fourth film. As Gore Verbinski was unavailable, Bruckheimer invited Rob Marshall to direct the film. Elliott and Rossio decided to do a stand-alone film, with a story that would support new characters, and incorporate elements from the novel, such as Blackbeard, the Fountain of Youth and mermaids—the latter two having been already alluded to in the previous films. Depp, Rush, Greg Ellis and Kevin McNally returned to their