Interview with Ted and Terry

Screenwriters Ted Elliot and Terry Rossio swap sea stories on ‘Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End’

When we last left effeminate, addle-brained Captain Jack Sparrow—portrayed with scenery-munching glee by Johnny Depp—the pirate was presumed trapped in the netherworld of Davy Jones’ Locker, consigned to a fate that involves no end of torture, pathos and a steady diet of ragweed.

While Sparrow may not know his salvation is pending, Ted Elliot and Terry Rossio do.
The screenwriting team has penned all three of Disney’s theme-park-turned-blockbuster “Pirates of the Caribbean” films, including May 25’s “At World’s End.” And even though attempting to siphon hints about the grand finale is like sailing on sand, Wizard still attempted to make the scribes walk the proverbial plank.

As the film opens, with Depp’s Sparrow imprisoned in a wasteland, cohorts “Will [Orlando Bloom] and Elizabeth [Kiera Knightley] arrive in Singapore in their quest to find and rescue him,” offers the duo. (Elizabeth, fans may recall, actually trapped Sparrow on a doomed ship in order to avoid the wrath of the monstrous Kraken.) “The world is suffering at the hands of Lord Cutler Beckett, with Davy Jones on his side. Elizabeth is suffering from guilt, Will from jealousy. And everyone is suffering from the lack of Captain Jack Sparrow” full interview