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Pirates of the Caribbean is a Disneymedia franchise encompassing numerous theme park rides, a series of films, and spin-off novels, as well as a number of related video games and other media publications. The franchise originated with Walt Disney's theme park ride of the same name, which opened at Disneyland in 1967 and was one of the last Disneyland attractions overseen by Walt Disney. Disney based the ride on pirate legends, folklore and novels, such as those by Italian writer Emilio Salgari.
Pirate's Lair on Tom Sawyer Island is a rebranding of Tom Sawyer Island, an artificial island surrounded by the Rivers of America at Disneyland, Magic Kingdom and Tokyo Disneyland. It contains structures and caves with references to Mark Twain characters from the novel The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, and provides interactive, climbing, and scenic opportunities. At Disneyland in 2007, Disney added references to the Pirates of the Caribbean film series.
Pirates of the Caribbean: Battle for the Sunken Treasure
Pirates of the Caribbean: Battle for the Sunken Treasure is a magnetic powered dark ride at Shanghai Disneyland. It uses a storyline based on the Pirates of the Caribbean film series. It blends digital large-screen projection technology with traditional set pieces and audio animatronics. Walt Disney Imagineering designed the ride and Industrial Light & Magic created the computer-generated visual effects.[4]
Pirates of the Caribbean (originally entitled Sea Dogs II) was released in 2003 by Bethesda Softworks to coincide with the release of Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl. Although it had no relation to the characters, it features the film's storyline about cursed Aztec gold and undead pirates, and it was the first of several games to be based on the franchise.
The Kingdom Hearts video game series includes Port Royal as a world in Kingdom Hearts II, adapting the story of The Curse of the Black Pearl. The world returns as The Caribbean in Kingdom Hearts III, this time adapting the story of At World's End. In both games Jack Sparrow appears as a party member of the protagonist, Sora.
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl for Game Boy Advance (Nintendo) and a few others. This game is based on Captain Jack Sparrow's misadventures in the pursuit of saving Ria Anasagasti with his shipmate Will Turner.
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End was released on May 22, 2007, and was based on the film of the same name which was released on May 25. It was the first game in the series to be released for a seventh generation console.
Pirates of the Caribbean: Master of the Seas, a gaming app available on Android and iOS.[9]
Jack Sparrow, Barbossa, and Davy Jones are playable characters in Disney Infinity and other entries in its series. A playset themed after the franchise was included with the starter pack.
Jack Sparrow, Will Turner, Elizabeth Swann, Captain Barbossa, Davy Jones and Tia Dalma appear as playable characters in the world builder game Disney Magic Kingdoms. In the game the characters and other elements are focused on the first three films.[10][11]
A mash-up pack based on Pirates of the Caribbean was released on August 27, 2018 for Minecraft's Bedrock, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3 versions of the game.[12]
As part of a crossover collaboration with the pirate setting video game Sea of Thieves, a free expansion titled A Pirate's Life was released on June 22, 2021, featuring a new original story along with characters such as Jack Sparrow, Joshamee Gibbs, and Davy Jones.
A Fortnite collaboration started on July 17, 2024, with skins depicting Elizabeth Swann, Captain Barbosa, Davy Jones and Jack Sparrow. In the Battle Royale game mode, there are locations relating to the series and some NPCs of characters the same skins that you can interact with. From July 17, 2024 to August 8, 2024, there are quests you can complete in game to unlock accessories portraying iconic objects in the film series.[13]
Books
Two series of young reader books have been released as prequels to the first film:
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003 junior novelization) by Irene Trimble
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2006 junior novelization)
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest: Swann Song
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest: The Chase is On
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest: The Curse of Davy Jones
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (junior novelization, 2006) by Irene Trimble
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (junior novelization, 2007) by Tui T. Sutherland
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End: Singapore!
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End: The Mystic's Journey
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (junior novelization, 2011) by James Ponti
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (novelization, 2017) by Elizabeth Rudnick
Further fictional books
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales: The Brightest Star in the North: The Adventures of Carina Smyth by Meredith Rusu (2017)
The Pirates' Code Guidelines: A Booke for Those Who Desire to Keep to the Code and Live a Pirate's Life written under the pseudonym of Joshamee Gibbs (2017)
Pirates of the Caribbean: A Storm at Sea
Pirates of the Caribbean: Escape from Davy Jones
Pirates of the Caribbean: Ghost Ship
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Missing Pirate
Reference books
Bring Me That Horizon: The Making of Pirates of the Caribbean
Disney Pirates: The Definitive Collector's Anthology
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End: Official Strategy Guide
Pirates of the Caribbean: From the Magic Kingdom to the Movies
The Captain Jack Sparrow Handbook
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides: The Visual Guide
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Complete Visual Guide
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Visual Guide
Walt Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean: The Story of the Robust Adventure in Disneyland and Walt Disney World
Pirates of the Caribbean - Fluch der Karibik 2 (2006) by Rebecca Hohlbein and Wolfgang Hohlbein
Pirates of the Caribbean - Am Ende der Welt (2007) by Rebecca Hohlbein and Wolfgang Hohlbein
Comic books
The Pirates of the Caribbean comic series by Joe Books Ltd:
The Guardians of Windward Cove
Smoke on the Water
Banshee's Boon
Mother of Water
Beyond Port Royal
Comic book adaptions:
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (comic)
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (comic)
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales: Movie Graphic Novel
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (comic)
Comics have also been published in the Disney Adventures and Pirati dei Caraibi magazines.
Adaptations
Several additional works have been derived from the franchise:
In 2000, Pirates of the Caribbean: Battle for Buccaneer Gold, opened at DisneyQuest at Florida's Walt Disney World Resort. The ride allows up to five players to board a virtual pirate ship and attempt to sink other ships with water cannons.[14]
A Pirates of the Caribbean board game Monopoly is manufactured by USAopoly.[15]
