New Pirates of the Caribbean to be screened at Cannes

[The Dragon Master]

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides is to be shown out of competition at this year's Cannes Film Festival, organisers have announced.



Johnny Depp's Captain Jack Sparrow is joined by Penelope Cruz in the fourth instalment of the hugely successful Disney franchise.



Jodie Foster film and Scottish director Lynne Ramsey's film of best-selling book We Need to Talk About Kevin will also be screened.



The festival runs from 11 to 22 May.



The previous Pirates movie, At World's End, earned more than $960 million (£590m) worldwide in 2007.



The new film sees Depp's Jack Sparrow on the trail of the fountain of youth and sees him come up against the fearsome pirate Blackbeard, played by British actor Ian McShane.



The Beaver, which will also be shown out of competition, reunites Mel Gibson with his Maverick co-star Jodie Foster.



The latter both directs and appears in its story of a depressed toy company executive who uses a beaver hand puppet to communicate with his family.

Link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-13079785