At the core of it all was the Black Pearl -- the ship constantly fought over by Jack and Captain Hector Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush) in 2003's "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl ...

This swash-buckling tale follows the quest of Captain Jack Sparrow, a savvy pirate, and Will Turner ... are under an ancient curse, doomed for eternity to neither live, nor die.

The films follow the adventures of Captain Jack Sparrow and take place in a world ruled by the British Empire, the East India Trading Company and the Spanish Empire, with pirates representing ...