First Image Of Johnny Depp In The New Pirates Of The Caribbean

So far, Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, the fifth instalment of the sea-going mega-franchise, has largely been weathering storms of bad buzz. Word of script changes, weather delays and, most recently, Johnny Depp injuring his hand have not helped matters. Looking to get something a little more positive out there, producer Jerry Bruckheimer has unveiled a first look at Depp in the film.

Unsurprisingly, he looks very much as you’d expect: Jack Sparrow being Jack Sparrow, getting into trouble and looking wide-eyed as he does so.

The adventure this time has **Kon-Tiki **directors Espen Sandberg and Joachim Rønning sharing the captain’s chair, with Jack once again down on his luck.

He’s being buffeted by even more ill fortune than usual, as deadly ghost pirates led by old nemesis Captain Salazar (Javier Bardem) escape from the Devil’s Triangle and start to kill every pirate at sea... Including hunting our hero. To survive, Jack will have to find the legendary Trident of Poseidon, a powerful artefact that promises to give its possessor total control over the seas.

Geoffrey Rush and Stephen Graham are back on duty again, with new franchise faces Kaya Scodelario and Brenton Thwaites providing the requisite young, attractive heroes. Despite choppy seas so far, Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales should still be in our cinemas on July 7, 2017.