Pirates Of The Caribbean: At Worlds End

May 7th
Keira is nominated for Best Female Performance for Pirates AWE at the MTV Movie Awards, to be held on June 1st.

March 28th
Keira has made the shortlist for Best Female Movie Star at the annual Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards (for Pirates AWE), to be held on March 29th. Pirates also gets a bunch of noms. Full list.

March 14th
Keira won Best Actress for Pirates AWE at the Rembrandts, the Dutch movie awards voted for by the public.
Thanks Marten

January 10th
Keira has won Favorite Female Action star at this year's People's Choice Awards, again a muted affair due to the writers' strike. Article.

August 27th
Keira has won Choice Movie Actress: Action/Adventure at the Teen Choice Awards. Pirates AWE and other cast won many awards too. Full list.
Thanks Harriet

August 19th
The Elizabeth-Will Turner romance in POTC has been voted third worst in a poll by cinema company Pearl & Dean.

July 28th
Pirates AWE will hit DVD and Blu-Ray on December 4th. Full details here.

July 15th
Pirates AWE is now the fifth biggest movie of all time, with latest figures of $928m putting it just $48m short of a fourth place. With Star Wars and Pirates DMC, this means Keira now has three of the all-time Top 10 movies in her filmography, two of them in the Top 5.

July 3rd
Pirates AWE has now taken $295.8m in the US, making it the No.25 biggest film ever in the US, just behind Pirates CBP - for now. Around the world AWE has now racked up $608.9m, giving a global total of $904.7m. This steals Spider-Man 3's record for the top grossing movie of 2007, and is only the ninth movie ever to pass $900m at the box office.
Source: RottenTomatoes.com

June 21st
Despite having potentially 'Chinese degrading' scenes cut before release in China, Pirates AWE has broken Chinese box office records, taking nearly $20m since opening.

June 15th
After her song in Pirates AWE, Keira will be singing again in The Edge Of Love, according to this article.

Pirates AWE has become the fastest movie to pass $500m at the global box office. Article.

June 10th
Ocean's 13 has knocked Pirates AWE off the top spot in this weekend's US Box Office, although AWE took another $21.3m. In the UK, AWE has now taken $58.3m after 11 days, $24m more than DMC over the same timeframe. AWE maintained its No.1 position in many countries, including France, Italy, Spain, Sweden, Australia and Brazil.

Here's an Irish interview with Keira for Pirates AWE.

June 4th
This weekend saw Pirates AWE add another $105.4m across 17,500 screens in 103 countries. It's global total is now $408.8m after just 12 days, placing it at No.29 on the all-time box office already ! It's the fastest movie to pass $400m and is already two-thirds of the way to matching DMC's all-time No.3 position. Variety has the following continental breakdown: Europe - $260m (8% up on DMC at this timeframe); $89m in Asia (28% up on DMC); $40m in Latin America (44% up on DMC); $20m in Australia & NZ (2% up on DMC). The UK total is now $59m.

June 2nd
Pirates AWE took another $13.3m this Friday in the US, one week after its release. That's now $186.7m in a week, and well over $300m around the world.

May 28th
Pirates AWE took $156m in the US over the four-day Memorial Weekend (including Thursday night), averaging $35,000 per screen, a new record for that timeframe.

May 27th
Here's two more behind the scenes documentaries from Pirates AWE. Channel 4 (40Mb) and Channel 5 (40Mb)

And here's the post-credits scene from AWE, captioned 'Ten Years Later' - Spoiler warning, naturally - 4Mb.

May 26th
The first figures from Pirates AWE are in. Thursday US: $14m, Friday US: £43m across 4,362 screens. With overseas screenings since Wednesday, the first global figure is $141.2m, thus failing to beat the records set by Spider-Man 3. However, this is a holiday weekend in many countries, so the first week's total will be the important one.

May 25th
Keira was interviewed on BBC Breakfast this morning. Click here then scroll down to Video & Audio News.
Thanks Eline

Here is Sky Movies' behind the scenes documentary of Pirates AWE (18Mb). Both Channel 4 and 5 have similar docu's this weekend.

Disney is not releasing box office figures until Saturday, despite screenings starting on Wednesday.

May 22nd
Advice from those who have seen Pirates AWE already seems to be... stay past the end credits. There's another scene.

May 21st
This morning's GMTV interview with Keira can be downloaded here. Nothing very exciting though. If only journalists would ask something interesting, she'd be able to give a worthwhile interview in response. 'Garbage in, garbage out', as the computer nerds would say.

She'll be on Australia's Sunrise show on Channel 7 tomorrow, presumably pre-recorded.
Thanks Jake

Keira did not attend the US premiere of Pirates AWE on Saturday. She may attend the Paris or Tokyo premieres this week.

May 18th
Keira's interview with Fiona Philips on GMTV will be shown on Monday 21st, starting a Pirates Week on the breakfast show. There's much more Pirates AWE stuff on UK TV over the next week. Check the updated TV Guide.

May 17th
Here is Keira's interview from yesterday's Blue Peter. Watch.

A short-notice heads-up to those in the UK that Keira has recorded another one-hour radio show for broadcast on GCap's stations tomorrow. She did this for Pirates DMC, but this time she'll be joined by Orlando Bloom. Most stations (here's a sample list) will be broadcasting the show at 2pm.

May 14th
The US Starz! channel's behind the scenes Pirates AWE documentary can be downloaded here. See the TV Guide for repeat TV showings.
Thanks Harriet

May 9th
In a very rare TV opportunity, ITV Wales tonight showed filming footage from The Edge Of Love, showing a beach scene with Keira and Matthew. No idea if the Unit Publicist gave them permission to film this, but for the time being it's on my YouTube page now. Watch it while you can.

May 8th
US fans of Pirates AWE can see the movie earlier than planned as Disney have pulled forward the release to May 24th at 8pm, in order to steal a march on Spider-Man 3's record-breaking box office this weekend.

May 7th
The Spanish MSN site has a video interview with Keira about Pirates AWE.
Thanks Caroline

I'll try to find out tomorrow if Keira will be at the Cali prem or not (today is a holiday in the UK).

May 6th
Australia's The Age has a new interview with Keira.

May 5th
The press release for the Pirates AWE world premiere has been published, but Keira is not among the names of the attendees ! Shock horror ! Press release
Thanks Kylen

There's an interview with Keira in tomorrow's Observer.

April 30th
The BBC have kindly informed me that Keira's interview on Blue Peter will be on Tuesday May 22nd at 5pm on BBC1.

April 28th
A couple of Keira magazine covers on sale now: Sugar magazine and Empire (one of three Pirates character covers).
Thanks Harriet

April 27th
Moviefone have online a new Pirates AWE featurette called 'Characters'. Click 'Board the Pirates Ship'. Link

April 25th
Keira now has two movies in the all-time UK Top 10 box office. Figures out this week place Pirates DMC at No.8. The Phantom Menace is at No.10. Article.

April 21st
The Pirates AWE script is here (however accurate it may be). Oh, and the movie has a running time of 170 minutes apparently.
Thanks Harriet

April 20th
Finally, the full set of HQ Elizabeth studio pics.
Thanks Fliss

And today's Evening Standard uses the old King Arthur 'enhanced chest' story as an excuse to publish some of the new AWE pics.

April 19th
Here's more Elizabeth pics from AWE, and the full set here (the ImageShack ones I posted yesterday seem to have disappeared).
Thanks Fliss, Harriet, Karen

April 18th
And a different poster Pirates AWE spotted in Spain: Pic
Thanks Harriet, Roque

April 15th
A couple of clips and behind-the-scenes footage from Pirates AWE here, although the interviews were recorded at the time of the DMC interviews. Here and here.
Thanks Harriet, Fliss

April 14th
Pirates news:
- Tickets for the world premiere of Pirates AWE at Disneyland are available to the public for the first time. They cost $1,500 with proceeds going to the Make A Wish Foundation. Press release.
- The Keira interview for TV3 is back up. Thanks Harriet
- There's some more AWE photos online at Pirates3News.
Thanks Caroline
- And there's a back-to-back POTC Marathon coming up on May 24th in Hollywood. Read details at JDR, and mention them if you call to book. Thanks Karen at JDR

April 9th
Here's Keira's first video interview for Pirates AWE.
And the first of a set of character-in-costume photoshoot images.
Thanks Harriet

March 27th
The official Pirates AWE site is partially live now.

March 25th
There's some HQ caps from the Pirates AWE trailer here, together with a super Hi Def version of the trailer (63Mb).

March 20th
As if you didn't know already, the Pirates AWE trailer can be viewed here.
Some caps from the trailer here.
And there's a new interview with Keira from the set here.

March 18th
If you can't wait until Monday night, here's the Pirates AWE trailer, albeit in Russian.
And full details of the trailer's distribution this week.
And some more pics.
Thanks Drew, Harriet

March 15th
Here's a couple more of the latest batch of AWE stills.
Thanks Fliss

There will be no UK premiere for Pirates AWE. A member of the WheresTheRum mailing list enquired to the Leicester Square Odeon and received an email reply stating that there will only be a European premiere in Paris (probably at EuroDisney). This confirms the rumours I mentioned on February 11th. So the only premieres will be Disneyland California on May 19th, then Paris, then Tokyo.

March 13th
A new batch of Pirates AWE pics are out, with two featuring Keira (possible spoilers). One of them is reminiscent of her role as Sabe in The Phantom Menace. See here. And there's one more here.
A report on an early showing of the trailer here - spoilerific, but only for a few more days. Yahoo! have already got the page up where the trailer will appear on the 19th.
Thanks Natalie, Fliss, Harriet

March 10th
Having now seen the adult comic strip I referred to earlier, it's easy to see why Disney is considering legal action. Nothing to do with the cast, more to do with the unauthorised reproduction of the POTC characters and imagery. Disney own the copyright to all the imagery in Pirates, from Davy Jones' tentacles to Jack Sparrow's dreadlocks, and they can all be seen in these illustrations, drawn without permission.
Thanks Geoff, John

March 8th
Disney have today sent me the press release regarding the 'Pirates Ultimate Fan Event' on March 18th. It's open to US people only, and the press release can be found here.

Disney are considering legal action over an adult comic in which Keira, Johnny and Orlando indulge in a lot more than swashing buckle ! Article.

March 6th
According to this article the first, and long overdue, trailer for Pirates AWE will be screened in the US on March 19th during Dancing With The Stars, and will appear online shortly afterwards.

February 20th
Jim Hill has huge spoilers about the storyline for Pirates AWE. Don't read if you don't want to know ! Article.

February 11th
Here's some more new photos from Pirates AWE. And the US premiere looks set for Disneyland on May 19th, according to this post. Another post here suggests that Japan will be the only other country hosting an AWE premiere - not good news for those looking forward to the London prem. These are just rumours, though, more details will appear nearer the date.
Thanks Vini

January 29th
DVDrama have some more Pirates AWE stills here.

January 23rd
There's some more Pirates AWE pics here, might be new to some.
And a gallery of Michael Pitt filming Silk in Italy here.
Thanks Rachel

January 18th
Check out Keira's assets in the new concept art for Pirates AWE. I've heard of artistic licence, but this is ridiculous ! Article.
Thanks Drew

January 14th
Here are some pics from the Molokai filming of a love scene for Pirates AWE.

January 11th
There's some great new Pirates AWE artwork out. Check out Keira's - I think it's far better than any of the King Arthur 'heroine' poses.
Thanks Christina, Fliss

January 10th
The Hawaiian island of Molokai is currently being used as a location for Pirates AWE filming, hence Keira's appearance in the island state. More re-shoots will be done in the LA studios later. Article.

January 8th
After speaking with Keira's agents today I can confirm she will NOT be attending the Golden Globe Awards. She is States-side to film some re-shoots for Pirates AWE.
I was also informed there are no projects to follow Best Time... that Keira is currently in final negotiations for.
Thanks PFD

January 3rd
A camcorder copy of a Pirates AWE Disney preview has appeared online. It doesn't show much, but it *is* the first footage of AWE.
Thanks Pieter

December 9th
Meanwhile, here's the first poster artwork for Pirates AWE.

December 7th
Pirates writers Ted and Terry have given a new interview to mark the release of the DMC DVD, and it sounds like the trilogy is pretty final.

December 5th
Geoffrey Rush talks a little about Pirates AWE here in a new interview.

December 3rd
As mentioned a few days ago there are some new pics from Pirates AWE on the Net. A couple of the Johnny ones you may have seen before but there's the big version of the Johnny, Keira, Geoffrey pic I linked to earlier. I love Keira's costume in that pic (as a fan of all cultural things Oriental), so I've made it my title pic. There's also a couple of poorer-quality pics of Keira, which have apparently come from the back of a Pirates 3 action figure (yes, they're out already!) See them all, starting here before Disney get them removed ! Oh, and IESB have the news that a junior Jack Sparrow will feature in AWE.

November 28th
Here's a pic of Elizabeth, Jack... and Barbossa from Pirates AWE.

November 11th
Pirates writers Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio have said today on their message boards that Keira has said no such thing about not wanting to be a part of future POTC movies, and that filming has far from wrapped. I have left a comment for the writer of the Daily Mail article that maybe he should have put a question mark on the end of his headline 'Swann song from Pirates maid Keira'. All comments are vetted so I doubt if it will appear on the article page (linked to yesterday, see below). I suggest you submit your own voice of disapproval until he can start writing facts which are actually that - facts.

November 10th
Keira wraps filming on Pirates AWE today, and has told producers it is to be her last Pirates film. While this does not necessarily cast doubt on a fourth POTC, the initial reaction from fans is that they don't want to see a POTC4 without Keira. The bulk of the reaction to today's news is positive in Keira's favour - they are glad she's jumped ship when she has, and are looking forward to more adult, more fulfilling roles to come. I second that. Article. IMDb boards: Keira - POTC AWE

November 9th
Disney is looking for another cast member for Pirates AWE. Auditions will be held in London on November 16th. Just one small point - you need to be a parrot. Article.

October 18th
Local Santa Barbara news channel KEYT reports that Pirates AWE has today started filming at the Guadeloupe Dunes Park in California. No word on which of the cast, if any, will be present, but congratulations to them for managing to spell both of Keira's names wrong on their web site.

October 12th
As expected, Disney have denied they're going to kill off Will Turner in any Pirates 4 movie. With DMC's billion dollar box office being down to three massive fanbases, they're hardly likely to eliminate a third of that for no real reason. Article.

October 8th
Pirates AWE has won its first award already: Most Anticipated Film, at the Scream Awards, organised by the Spike TV channel in the US. Pirates DMC also won an armful of awards. Press release.

The not-very-reliable Daily Star newspaper has the story that Orlando Bloom will not be in Pirates 4 due to cost-cutting, but Keira and Johnny will. Funny that they know such details, considering the movie's not even beyond the 'possibility' stage yet. Article.

September 20th
Pirates producer Jerry Bruckheimer says that the principal actors will have completed their scenes on Pirates AWE by early November. Article.

September 14th
Disney have announced that Pirates AWE will be released globally on May 25th next year, rathr than gradually around the world, ScreenInternational reports. Mark Zoradi, president of the Disney Motion Pictures Group says: ""All we need to do is get the trailer out there, put together a good campaign and I think the audience is going to be with us."
The article also states, intriguingly: "The third film... will conclude the initial Pirates trilogy, though it is unlikely to be the last Pirates sequel."
Read the full article on the Newsletter.

September 12th
Pirates DMC took a further $7.7m at the international box office this week, giving a new total outside the US of $592.4m. US total is now over $416m, meaning the global total is now 54% higher than the final figure of the first Pirates movie. With Italy still to debut DMC this Friday, it should climb from 6th to 4th most successful movie of all time at the international box office. Britain continues to bring in the highest non-US total, $94.7m, with Japan second on $81m.
Mark Zoradi, president of Disney's Motion Pictures Group, said today: "We feel there are really no bounds for the worldwide appeal of the stars -- Johnny Depp, Keira Knightley and Orlando Bloom -- particularly with the popularity of the first two films."
Source: Variety

September 9th
A Cailfornian boating newspaper has a report on one of the stars of Pirates AWE, The Black Pearl.

September 1st
Pirates co-writer Terry Rossio has confirmed that the subtitle for Pirates 3 will be At Worlds End. Article.

August 30th
Here's a new pic of Keira from the Pirates 3 set. Article.

August 25th
There's articles and pics from the set of Pirates 3 here and here.

August 18th
Keira left London for the sunnier climes of Los Angeles on Thursday.  She is due to spend three months in the US filming internal scenes for Pirates 3, mainly at a disused aircraft hangar outside Palmdale, which Disney has transformed into the required Oriental sets. Fans in North America can write to Keira at a Burbank, California address provded to me by Disney Consumer Relations. See the Fanmail section below for the full address.

August 14th
Meanwhile, Monday's Variety has an article on the race for the box office booty next May when not one but THREE movies, all of them second sequels, will be vying for the big bucks: Pirates 3, Shrek The Third and Spider-Man 3. You can read the full article on the KeiraWeb Newsletter.

August 11th
Filming of Pirates 3 has resumed in California and the desert salt flats of Utah. With the cast and crew of Atonement readying for the Grimsby and Redcar shoots next week, Keira may have wrapped on the latter and is about to fly out to the States ready to don hair extensions and Oriental costumes for Pirates 3. I'm sure the pap snaps from LAX will tell us when she's arrived.

August 7th
Here's the first sighting of Keira in Oriental costume for Pirates 3. The external scenes, remember, have already been filmed while Pirates DMC was filmed in the Caribbean. Watch here.
Thanks Gilbert's Girl, Winnie at Johnny Depp Zone

August 6th
WTR hs a couple of pics apparently from Pirates 3 - here and here.
Thanks Vini

July 23rd
ComingSoon has a report of the Pirates 3 footage shown at this weekend's ComicCon in San Diego. From other sources it appears that Keira hardly appears in the footage. Oh, and the World's End title wasn't mentioned either. As I may have said once or twice before, that won't be the title because it can't be.

July 10th
There's a couple of spoilerific articles about Pirates 3 here and here.

May 19th
DVDrama.com has what looks like the first official pic from Pirates 3, showing Captain Jack in Oriental costume. We know the story takes place largely in the Far East, where Jack meets China's Captain Sao Feng, played by Chow Yun Fat. Some of the secretly taken pics from the Bahamas set showed Chinese junks and fighting ships.

April 6th

ComingSoon.net has reignited the Pirates 3 subtitle rumours with the old chestnut about 'World's End'. We know this was the working title on set - it was printed on the front page of the script - but for legal reasons any title in the public domain before the official announcement cannot now be the actual title, even if it was intended to be that title. 'Uncharted Waters' and 'Calypso's Fury' are two other titles that surface from time to time. Article.
Thanks Amo

March 11th

Disney have revealed a few more calendar dates for its upcoming movies, including Memorial Day 2007 (May 28th) for Pirates 3 in the US. This will be Whitsun for the UK, rather than the original date of the summer hols.

February 21st

Keira Nightmare ? Celebrity gossip rag Star has the story this week that Keira's "massive entourage" on the set of Pirates is causing annoyance to other cast and crew, and that "you can almost hear her head getting bigger". Now it's news to me - and probably everyone else - that Keira has ANY kind of entourage, let alone a "massive" one. But that's gossip mags for you. After spending nearly 12 months on this film set, I'm sure we'd have heard about this before now if it were true. Must be a slow news week. Article.

January 12th

Jerry Bruckheimer has given an update to Comingsoon on the status of the Pirates sequels. He mentions a break in filming between March and late Summer, which will of course include the DMC premiere in late June at Disneyland, but also likely the filming of Silk for Keira.