Geoffrey Rush Confirmed for PIRATES 4

I love Geoffrey Rush as the villainous Barbossa in the PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN films.  I remember getting downright giddy when he appeared out of nowhere at the end of DEAD MAN’S CHEST with a promise of chewing on apples and running fellow pirates through with this rapier in AT WORLD’S END.  So it pleases me to hear producer Jerry Bruckheimer confirming to MTV that Rush will be returning for the fourth installment in the series, ON STRANGER TIDES.

The article is more about Penelope Cruz’s character and how she will be playing Blackbeard’s daughter.  Blackbeard is to be played by Ian McShane.  But buried deep in the article is Bruckheimer’s confirmation that Rush will be returning, and that’s more newsworthy, in my humble opinion.

ON STRANGER TIDES is set to begin shooting in June.  It is planned to be released on May 20th, 2011.