Filming Both 'Pirates' Sequels at Once Required Double-Takes On Story Lines
Augusta Chronicle, The › August 01, 2006
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LOS ANGELES - The first Pirates of the Caribbean film was a $650 million worldwide success, so Disney, along with the film's cast and crew, signed on to make two more - at the same time. The first sequel, Dead Man's Chest, arrives Friday.
The simultaneous-shooting strategy has worked for other blockbusters. Peter Jackson made all three Lord of the Rings movies in one epic effort for a cumulative box-office total of more than $3 billion. Robert Zemeckis doubled up on the Back to the Future sequels and released them a year apart, generating more than $575 million in global ticket sales.See the full content of this document
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Filming Both 'Pirates' Sequels at Once Required Double-Takes On Story Lines
Making two mega-budget movies at once brings benefits and challenges, said Pirates producer Jerry Bruckheimer.
"We could never d...See the full content of this document
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