Despite the fact that we reported on a creative standstill regarding Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales back in April, the wheels are spinning once again on Pirates 5, which wants to begin filming in early 2015. Variety reports that Australias federal government has agreed to meet some of the financial incentives requested by Disney to ensure that Pirates 5 films in the land down under. Initially, this money was supposed to go to David Finchers adaptation of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. But that project has been shelved now that Fincher has moved on (for the moment), so Disney petitioned to allocate the funds over to Pirates 5.
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