MOVIES - PIRATES 2012

• Crossbones (2012) - Not yet released

• Pirates! Band of Misfits, The (2012)

• Treasure Island (2012)

Crossbones (2012) - Not yet released

Writers: Neil Cross and Colin Woolard (book)

Storyline: Set during the golden age of piracy in the 1700s and centers on legendary pirate Blackbeard. Crossbones is an upcoming American television drama that is expected to air on the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) during the 2012–13 television season. The show was created by Neil Cross, creator of the British television series Luther, and whose television writing credits include Spooks and Doctor Who, and is a fictional adaptation of the life of the notorious pirate Edward Teach (aka Blackbeard) in and around the island of New Providence in The Bahamas. It's 1715 on the Bahamian island of New Providence, the first functioning democracy in the Americas, where the diabolical pirate Edward Teach, a.k.a. Blackbeard, reigns over a rogue nation of thieves, outlaws and miscreant sailors. Part shantytown, part marauder's paradise, this is a place like no other on earth - and a mounting threat to international commerce. To gain control of this fearsome society, Tom Lowe, a highly skilled undercover assassin, is sent to the buccaneers' haven to take down the brilliant and charismatic Blackbeard. But the closer Lowe gets, the more he finds that his quest is not so simple. Lowe can't help but admire the political ideals of Blackbeard, whose thirst for knowledge knows no bounds - and no law. But Lowe is not the only danger to Blackbeard's rule. He is a man with many villainous rivals and one great weakness - a passionately driven woman whom he cannot deny.

[TV Series - 60 min - Drama - English - Color - USA - Georgeville Television, Motion Picture Capital]

Pirates! Band of Misfits, The (2012)

Directors: Peter Lord and Jeff Newitt

Writer: Gideon Defoe (screenplay]

Cast: Hugh Grant [The Pirate Captain, voice], Martin Freeman [The Pirate with a Scarf, voice], Imelda Staunton [Queen Victoria, voice], David Tennant [Charles Darwin, voice], Jeremy Piven [Black Bellamy, voice], Salma Hayek [Cutlass Liz, voice], Lenny Henry [Peg Leg Hastings, voice], Brian Blessed [The Pirate King, voice], Anton Yelchin [The Albino Pirate, voice:US version], Brendan Gleeson [The Pirate with Gout, voice], Ashley Jensen [The Surprisingly Curvaceous Pirate, voice], Al Roker [The Pirate Who Likes Sunsets and Kittens, voice: US version], Mike Cooper [Admiral Collingwood, voice], David Schneider [Scarlett Morgan, voice], Tom Doggart [Additional Voices, voice]

Storyline: Pirate Captain sets out on a mission to defeat his rivals Black Bellamy and Cutlass Liz for the Pirate of the year Award. The quest takes Captain and his crew from the shores of Blood Island to the foggy streets of Victorian London. After years of humiliation and failed attempts to win the coveted Pirate of the Year Award, Pirate Captain and his oddball crew take on the cream of the pirating crop - Black Bellamy, Peg Leg Hastings and Cutlass Liz - in a race to pillage the most booty. They soon cross paths with lovelorn scientist Charles Darwin, who persuades the Captain that the crew's prized 'parrot', Polly, could be the answer to the 'untold riches' they are searching for. Their adventure takes them to Victorian London where they meet Darwin's sidekick 'man-panzee' Mister Bobo, and the notorious pirate-hating Queen Victoria herself. It soon unfolds that Darwin's motives for helping the crew are not what they seem, and the Queen has an evil hidden agenda of her own. The Pirate Captain must choose between basking in the glory of being crowned Pirate of the Year, or staying faithful to his trusted crew.

[88 min - Animation | Adventure | Comedy - English - Color - UK | USA - Aardman Animations, Sony Pictures Animation]

 

 

 

 

Treasure Island (2012)

Director: Steve Barron

Writers: Stewart Harcourt (screenplay) and Robert Louis Stevenson (novel)

Cast: Eddie Izzard [Long John Silver], Toby Regbo [Jim Hawkins], Rupert Penry-Jones [Squire Trelawney], Daniel Mays [Dr. Livesey], Philip Glenister [Captain Smollett], Donald Sutherland [Flint], Elijah Wood [Ben Gunn], Shirley Henderson [Meg Hawkins], Nina Sosanya [Alibe Silver], Geoff Bell [Israel Hands], Shaun Parkes [George Merry], David Harewood [Billy Bones], Keith Allen [Pew], Sean Gilder [Black Dog], Clinton Blake [Freddie Arrow]

Storyline: Young Jim Hawkins is the only one who can sucessfully get a schooner to a legendary Island known for buried Treasure. But aboard the ship is a mysterious cook named John Silver, whose true motivation on the journey challenges Jim's trust in the entire crew.

[TV Movie - 180 min - Adventure - English - Color - Ireland | UK - Parallel Film Productions, Kindle Entertainment, MNG Films]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MOVIES - PIRATES 2011

• Adventures of Tintin, The (2011)

• Ben Franklin's Pirate Fleet (2011)

• Épervier, L' [aka Hawk, The] (2011)

• Jake and the Never Land Pirates (2011)

• Neverland (2011)

• Pirate Island (2011)

• Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)

• Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides 35mm 3D Special (2011)

• Pirates of the Caribbean: Tales of the Code: Wedlocked (2011)

• Pirates VS Ninjas (2011)

• Swashbuckling Adventures of Pete Winning and the Pirates, The (2011)

Adventures of Tintin, The (2011)

Director: Steven Spielberg

Writers: Steven Moffat (screenplay), Edgar Wright (screenplay), Joe Cornish (screenplay) and Hergé (comic book series "The Adventures of Tintin")

Cast: Jamie Bell [Tintin, voice], Andy Serkis [Captain Haddock / Sir Francis Haddock, voice], Daniel Craig [Sakharine / Red Rackham, voice], Nick Frost [Thomson, voice], Simon Pegg [Thompson, voice], Daniel Mays [Allan / Pirate Flunky #1, voice], Gad Elmaleh [Ben Salaad, voice], Toby Jones [Silk, voice], Joe Starr [Barnaby, voice], Enn Reitel [Nestor / Mr. Crabtree, voice], Mackenzie Crook [Tom / Pirate Flunky #2, voice], Tony Curran [Lieutenant Delcourt, voice], Sonje Fortag [Mrs. Finch, voice], Cary Elwes [Pilot, voice], Phillip Rhys [Co-Pilot / French Medic, voice]

Storyline: Intrepid reporter Tintin and Captain Haddock set off on a treasure hunt for a sunken ship commanded by Haddock's ancestor. Dehydrated in the heat, and suffering from a sudden lack of alcohol, Haddock hallucinates, and starts to remember stories about his ancestor, Sir Francis Haddock (Andy Serkis), who was captain of the Unicorn during the 17th century. Sir Francis' treasure-laden ship was attacked by a pirate ship, led by the masked Red Rackham (Daniel Craig), and, after a fierce battle and eventual surrender, Sir Francis chose to sink the Unicorn, and most of the treasure, rather than allow it to fall into Rackham's hands. It transpires that there were three models of the Unicorn, each containing a scroll. Together, the scrolls will reveal the location of the sunken Unicorn, and its treasure. Having bought a model ship, the Unicorn, for a pound off a market stall Tintin is initially puzzled that the sinister Mr. Sakharine should be so eager to buy it from him, resorting to murder and kidnapping Tintin - accompanied by his marvellous dog Snowy - to join him and his gang as they sail to Morocco on an old cargo ship. Sakharine has bribed the crew to revolt against the ship's master, drunken Captain Haddock, but Tintin, Snowy and Haddock escape, arriving in Morocco at the court of a sheikh, who also has a model of the Unicorn. Haddock tells Tintin that over three hundred years earlier his ancestor Sir Francis Haddock was forced to scuttle the original Unicorn when attacked by a piratical forebear of Sakharine but he managed to save his treasure and provide clues to its location in three separate scrolls, all of which were secreted in models of the Unicorn. Tintin and Sakharine... [107 min - Animation | Action | Adventure - English - Color - USA | New Zealand - Columbia Pictures, Paramount Pictures, Amblin Entertainment]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ben Franklin's Pirate Fleet (2011)

Directors: Jessica Lyne de Ver and Ted Poole

Writers: Ted Poole and Jessica Lyne de Ver

Cast: Alastair Lumsden, Jack Sherry, Roger Tilling [Narrator]

Storyline: A shipwreck is discovered off the coast of Wales by a team of archaeologists and divers. Could it be one of Ben Franklin's Revolutionary Pirate Fleet? In the late 18th Century, privateers were ships commissioned by governments to pillage, steal and burn merchant vessels. But few people know during the Revolutionary war one band of privateers were sailed directly under the orders of one of our greatest statesmen: Benjamin Franklin. In "Ben Franklin's Pirate Fleet," viewers will dive into the Irish Sea with a group of underwater explorer on an expedition to investigate this piece of little known American history. A lost piece of American history may have been uncovered deep in the sea a shipwreck thought to have belonged to a fleet of American privateers. In the late 18th century, the Irish Sea was a cauldron of kidnapping, thievery and unrepentant skullduggery. Governments, including the nascent U.S., hired sea raiders, or privateers, to pillage and steal from merchant vessels. Is it possible that this ship was on a mission from Benjamin Franklin?

[TV Documentary - Documentary - English - Color - USA - KPI Productions]

 

Épervier, L' [aka Hawk, The] (2011)

Director: Stéphane Clavier

Cast: Grégoire Colin [Cha-Ka, 6 episodes, 2011], Thibault de Montalier [Henri de Villeneuve, 6 episodes, 2011], Lou Doillon [Marion Pouliquen, 6 episodes, 2011], Martin Lamotte [le marquis de La Motte, 6 episodes, 2011], Fanny Valette [Agnès de Kermellec, 6 episodes, 2011], Aurélien Wiik [L'Epervier, 6 episodes, 2011], Jean-Michel Tinivelli [Monsieur de Penhoet, 3 episodes, 2011]

Storyline: E01: Britanny, 17th century. The count of Kermellec and his steward disapprove of their spoiled daughter Agnes viz. indomitable son Yann growing up as friends turning into lovers, however hard the 'upstart' is caned, so they enlist him in the French royal army. rather then flee with Agnes and spoil her future, Yann embarks for America. Ten years later, he returns as royal privateer, but finds her married to a nobleman and gets falsely blamed for the murder of her father during his incessant search for his coastal castle's treasure. E02: Yann escapes arrest and again after bumping into the procurator's carriage. He sneaks into the castle to convince Agnes of his innocence and undying love, but finds her embittered and on her husband's side. The marquis blackmails de Villeneuve into a 'three-way' partnership to search for the Kermelec treasure, with his pet parrot as 'the brains'. Then the marquis cues him to have the only cue from the grave of the admiral who stole the riches from the Aztecs, a pagan idol, assessed by an expert antiques dealer and fence, regretting him being killed afterward, fed to... E03: After the captain's double's execution, the marquis and de Villeneuve prepare the hunt for the Kermellec treasure with his crew. Agnes meanwhile finds out about the trickery as well as his innocence and pretends to have amnesia so as to play the devoted wife, excused from the pirates trial. tailing her allows to catch the last pirates in liberty. The captain's mistress becomes the marquis's lover, but refuses to betray him, unlike her lush husband. E04, E05: The marquis and count persist in putting Yann on trial for piracy, despite his warning they will have a lot to explain to the royal 'intendant general', and obtain a death sentence. However Marion's father spreads a pest rumor and manages to free him and his captured party. The villains have already set out i their treasure hunt to New France (in America), with his ship and crew. Yann's party tricks some cocky merchants and ultimately takes control of their ship to set chase in the Atlantic. E06: In control of the merchant ship, Yann closes in on his former pirate ship the Meduse, which has reached its destination, a Carib island shared by a lonely peddler in a tiny fort and the cannibal Indian village. There cabin boy Nicolas's heroic efforts to defend Agnes are no match for her fiendish husband count Hervé, so she must accept committing to an alliance with the marquis, who clearly betrays his partners anyhow. Mistrusting him too, she begs Nicolas to run ands seek help. He does so while bravely serving as guinea pig for the English-invented diving casket, ...

[TV Series - Adventure - French - Color - France - France 3]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jake and the Never Land Pirates (2011)

Writer: Nicole Dubuc

Series cast summary: Madison Pettis [Izzy, 32 episodes, 2011-2012], Jonathan Morgan Heit [Cubby, 32 episodes, 2011-2012], Colin Ford [Jake (25 episodes, 2011-2012], Corey Burton [Captain Hook, 25 episodes, 2011-2012], David Arquette [Skully, 24 episodes, 2011-2012], Loren Hoskins [Sharky, 24 episodes, 2011-2012]

Storyline: A staple of Disney Junior, Jake and the Neverland Pirates Yo Ho, Mateys Away! follows the adventures of Jake and his band of pint sized lost boys (and girl!) lead Captain Hook and his bumbling mate Smee all over Neverland. Jake is accompanied by his faithful parrot Scully and his friends Izzy and Cubby. Together they sail around in their trusty ship Bucky and hunt for treasure and adventure in these mild episodes that are geared for the preschool set.

[TV Series - Animation - English - Color - USA - Walt Disney Television Animation]

 

 

 

 

Neverland (2011)

Director: Nick Willing

Writer: Nick Willing

Cast: Rhys Ifans [James Hook], Anna Friel [Captain Elizabeth Bonny], Charles Dance [Dr. Richard Fludd, 2011], Q'orianka Kilcher [Aaya], Charlie Rowe [Peter Pan], Bob Hoskins [Mr. Smee, 2011], Keira Knightley [Tinker Bell, voice], Raoul Trujillo [Holy Man], Cas Anvar [Gentleman Starkey], George Aguilar [Kaw Chief], James Ainsworth [Tootles], Patrick Gibson [Curly], Lorn Macdonald [Fox], Thomas Patten [The Twins], Brandon Robinson [Slightly]

Storyline: Raised on the streets of turn-of-the century London, orphaned Peter and his pals survive by their fearless wits as cunning young pickpockets. Now, they've been rounded up by their mentor Jimmy Hook to snatch a priceless, some believe, magical treasure which transports them to another world. Neverland is a realm of white jungles and legendary mysteries of eternal youth, where unknown friends and enemies snatched from time welcome the new travelers with both excitement and trepidation. These groups include a band of 18th century pirates led by the power-mad Elizabeth Bonny, and the Native American Kaw tribe led by a Holy Man, which has protected the secret of the tree spirits from Bonny and her gang for ages, and that has meant war. But as the fight to save this strange and beautiful world becomes vital, Hook, Peter, and the ragamuffin lost boys consider that growing old somewhere in time could be less important than growing up, right here in their new home called Neverland.

[TV Mini-Series - 240 min - Adventure | Fantasy - English - Color - UK - Parallel Film Productions, MNG Films, Syfy]

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pirate Island (2011)

Writer: Marcy Marzuki

[TV Documentary - 90 min - Documentary - English - Color - USA]

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)

Director: Rob Marshall

Writers: Ted Elliott (characters, screenplay and screen story), Terry Rossio (characters, screenplay and screen story), Stuart Beattie (characters), Jay Wolpert (characters) and Tim Powers (novel "On Stranger Tides", suggestion)

Cast: Johnny Depp [Jack Sparrow], Penélope Cruz [Angelica Teach], Geoffrey Rush [Barbossa], Ian McShane [Blackbeard], Kevin McNally [Joshamee Gibbs], Sam Claflin [Philip], Astrid Bergès-Frisbey [Syrena], Stephen Graham [Scrum], Keith Richards [Captain Teague], Richard Griffiths [King George], Greg Ellis [Groves], Damian O'Hare [Gillette], Óscar Jaenada [The Spaniard], Anton Lesser [Lord John Carteret], Roger Allam [Prime Minister Henry Pelham]

Storyline: Jack Sparrow and Barbossa embark on a quest to find the elusive fountain of youth, only to discover that Blackbeard and his daughter are after it too. Captain Jack Sparrow (Depp) crosses paths with a woman from his past (Cruz), and he's not sure if it's love -- or if she's a ruthless con artist who's using him to find the fabled Fountain of Youth. When she forces him aboard the Queen Anne's Revenge, the ship of the formidable pirate Blackbeard (McShane), Jack finds himself on an unexpected adventure in which he doesn't know who to fear more: Blackbeard or the woman from his past.

[136 min - Action | Adventure | Fantasy - English | Spanish - Color - USA - Walt Disney Pictures, Jerry Bruckheimer Films, Moving Picture Company (MPC)]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides 35mm 3D Special (2011)

Director: George Bland

Writer: Tim Postins

Cast: Astrid Bergès-Frisbey [Herself], Jerry Bruckheimer [Himself], Sam Claflin [Himself], Johnny Depp [Himself], Mark Dolan [Himself], Rui Jesus [Soldier], Ian McShane [Himself], Geoffrey Rush [Himself]

[TV Movie - English - Color - UK - Sky Movies]

Pirates of the Caribbean: Tales of the Code: Wedlocked (2011)

Director: James Ward Byrkit

Writers: Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio

Cast: John Vickery [Auctioneer], Vanessa Branch [Giselle], Lauren Maher [Scarlett], David Bailie [Cotton], Walter Williamson [The Marquis D'Avis - the rich pirate], Fred Maske [Atencio - the poor pirate], Martin Horsey [Gregor - the drunk pirate], Jack Donner [Jerome - the old pirate], Ric Sarabia [Nigel - the skinny pirate], Barry Cullison [Slurry GIbson - the sitting pirate],

Christopher Rocha [Mungard], Dale Dickey [Oona - the wench], Christopher DesRoches [Dante - the handsome pirate, as Christopher Maxwell], Lucas Cheadle [Pirate Band - upright bass], Steven Gurr [Pirate Band - guitar]

Storyline: Pirates of the Caribbean: Tales of the Code: Wedlocked was a short film based on the Pirates of the Caribbean film series as the prequel to The Curse of the Black Pearl. The plot took inspiration from the "Auction scene" from the original ride. The short film stars John Vickery (Auctioneer), Vanessa Branch (Giselle), and Lauren Maher (Scarlett). It was directed by James Ward Byrkit, produced by Leora Glass, and written by Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio. "Wedlocked" was a labor of love, a short film I directed especially for super-fans of the "Pirates" movies. Knowing we had a small budget and borrowed sets, Terry Rossio and Ted Elliott wrote a script for me that recalled the Pirates ride more than the movies. 'Slappers" Vanessa Branch and Lauren Maher turned in leading lady performances that should get them their own tv spinoff.

[Short - English - Color - USA - Walt Disney Pictures]

Pirates VS Ninjas (2011)

Director: Benjamin Morton

Writer: Benjamin Morton

Cast: Amber Gokken [Geisha / ninja Girl], Hays Daewoud [Ninja with Sai / Nunchaku], Jessica N Crane [Sexy Pirate

Storyline: When a pirate crew attacks a Japanese village a ninja clan seek revenge.

[7 min - Short | Action | Fantasy - English - Color - Australia]

Swashbuckling Adventures of Pete Winning and the Pirates, The (2011)

Director: Mike Donis

Writers: Mike Donis (story and screenplay), Robert Gvildys (story consultant, uncredited) and Aaron Tsang (story ideas, uncredited)

Cast: Mike Donis [Pete], Terry He [The Pirate Captain], Susannah Mackay [Pirate Girl], Danielle Barker [Carmen], Robert Nolan [Helmsman], John Kraft [First Mate], Saffron Cassaday [Laser Pirate No.1], Shay Marcano [Laser Pirate No.2]

Storyline: Boats. Pirates. Laser Guns. Swashbuckling Adventures!

[13 min - Short | Adventure | Comedy - English - Color - Canada]