Pirates of the Caribbean

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Name:

Abbreviation(s):

PotC

Creator:

Disney

Date(s):

2003 - present

Medium:

film

Country of Origin:

United States

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1 Fandom
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3 Communities
4 Fanzines
5 References

The first Pirates of the Caribbean film, The Curse of the Black Pearl, was released in July 2003. It was based on the Pirates of the Caribbean ride at Disneyland, and directed by Gore Verbinski. The movie mixed realistic drama, comedy, cliché pirate movie tropes and supernatural elements to tell the story of a pirate (Captain Jack Sparrow--Johnny Depp), a blacksmith (Will Turner--Orlando Bloom), the Governor's daughter (Elizabeth Swann--Keira Knightley), a British Navy officer (Commodore James Norrington--Jack Davenport) and the man at the helm of the cursed Black Pearl (Barbossa--Geoffery Rush).

After commercial success^[1], Disney expanded the franchise to two more movies, Dead Man's Chest, (released 2006) and At World's End (released 2007). The fourth film, On Stranger Tides, is scheduled to be released in May, 2011. It will feature Jack Sparrow, but not Will Turner or Elizabeth Swan. ^[2]

Fandom

The fandom began before the release of the first movie; the LiveJournal community pirategasm was founded 1 April 2003 by leggyslove, and leggyslove posted an NC-17 fic the same day.

The fandom has both slash and het pairings (including the canon Elizabeth/Will pairing) which are very popular, as well as polyamorous threesomes and foursomes, which have been quite popular. (See also Pairing Names for more information on popular pairings and pairing-specific communities.) The fandom has also produced considerable amounts of gen works.

POTC is part of the Age of Sail umbrella fandom. The newsletter despatches includes POTC stories, and many crossovers with other Age of Sail fandoms have been written.