Captain Pugwash by John Hay and starring Nick Frost as Captain Pugwash and Jason Flemyng in an unknown role. Production is set to begin in 2018, with the plot following Captain Pugwash travelling to Botany Bay, where he eventually finds himself at the helm of The Black Pig on a mission to rescue Tom the Cabin Boy's father, who is marooned on a volcanic island. Captain Pugwash Captain Pugwash is a fictional pirate in a series of British children's comic strips and books created by John Ryan. The character's adventures were adapted into a TV series, using cardboard cut-outs filmed in live-action
The Crimson Pirate as they are approaching. In the background can be seen a modern luxury liner cruise ship, one that is quite out of place in the 18th century. The Terry Gilliam short, "The Crimson Permanent Assurance," draws its name from this film. According to The Radio Times, the Disneyland ride "Pirates of the Caribbean" was inspired by "The Crimson Pirate". In the 1970s Lancaster attempted to make a sequel. He hired George MacDonald Fraser and later Jon Cleary to write scripts, but no film resulted from their efforts. The Crimson Pirate The Crimson Pirate is a 1952 American Technicolor tongue-in-cheek comedy-adventure