Disney's PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST will makes its world premiere on Saturday, June 24, at Disneyland in Anaheim, California. The sequel, with nearly 1,000 vfx shots from Industrial Light & Magic and considerable character animation advancement, opens July 7.
And, in a unique twist, the movie has now inspired the popular Pirates of the Caribbean attraction, which will welcome new characters and elements including the crafty Captain Jack Sparrow (the Oscar-nominated Johnny Depp) from the blockbuster entertainment franchise as part of the star-studded movie premiere. The attraction officially re-opens to guests on June 26 at Disneyland and on July 7 in the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World in Florida.
Meanwhile, MSN Video will produce a live webcast of the premiere from 7:00-8:30 pm PT (http://movies.msn.com/movies/pirates_webcast), hosted by MSNs "Dish Diva" Taylor Johnson along with a Disneyland historian and Disney Imagineer.
Disney Imagineers have enhanced the attraction experience with an all-new dynamic digital sound design, the addition of musical cues from the movie soundtracks, enhanced theatrical lighting designs and an improved battle sequence between a pirate galleon and Spanish fortress.
Featuring more than 120 Audio-Animatronics performers, lavishly decorated sets and special effects, Pirates of the Caribbean is one of the most spectacular attractions ever created for Disney Parks. More than 500 million people have experienced the rollicking fun of the immersive adventure in California and Florida during the past 39 years.
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Bill Desowitz, former editor of VFXWorld, is currently the Crafts Editor of IndieWire.
