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Pirates of the Caribbean ? The Online Game

Next year "Pirates of the Caribbean Online" will follow the second movie of the pirates film trilogy. Disney Online wanted to create an MMOG based on the theme park ride even before 2003`s "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl" became so popular around the world. After the success of "Black Pearl," Disney took a step back and developed the two new films from even more of a long-term franchise perspective.

"When you start to look at this mythology, we were able to realize just how rich this world is," said Disney Online Virtual Reality Studio Vice President Mike Goslin. "There`s a lot going on with the characters and enemies in this world. We became familiar with the direction that the two films were going and embarked on an original, parallel story that will encompass hundreds of hours rather than the two to three hours each film takes up."

There will be a lot of elements from "Dead Man`s Chest" in the game, including the Kraken, Davy Jones (Bill Nighy) and his crew of undead aquatic creatures, Cutler Beckett (Tom Hollander) and, of course, the anchoring trio of Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp), Will Turner (Orlando Bloom) and Elizabeth Swann (Keira Knightley). Goslin said he hopes the principal characters will resemble the films characters. Discussions are under way with key actors to provide voice acting for the game. A release date has not yet been set, but the game is supposed to launch at least by the time the third film, "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World`s End," hits theaters in May.