Pirates of the Caribbean to be shot in Hawaii

MUMBAI: The fourth instalment of Pirates of the Caribbean will be shot in Hawaii. The film to be produced by Jerry Bruckheimer is to be directed by Rob Marshall.

The film will have Johnny Depp return as Captain Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides that will begin shooting in the summer on Oahu and Kauai and be released in 2011.

Lingle‘s office estimates the production will generate $85 million in spending in Hawaii.

Pirates, incidentally will be the latest of three big-budget films being shot in the islands this year.