(at around 42 mins) The joke Jack Sparrow's uncle tells Jack is the same joke Al Pacino told Johnny Depp during production of Donnie Brasco (1997), "A skeleton walks into a bar, orders a beer and a mop... "

(at around 44 mins) The severed heads in the guillotine basket are of the film directors Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg.

Although this movie was initially claimed to be the last one in the series, a sixth installment was announced after its release.

The film was being produced as Johnny Depp was going through a bitter divorce. He was chronically late to the set, to the point where it ate into the schedule as the set often came to a halt for hours at a time. It got to the point where a production assistant was hired just to wait outside Depp's house and announce that he was awake when they saw the lights inside come on.

(at around 6 mins) Henry recognizes a ship as Bonnet's ship called "Royal James". Stede Bonnet was a real life pirate who worked closely with Edward Teach, a.k.a. Blackbeard. Bonnet was active from December 1717 to December 1718 before he was hanged in Charles Town for piracy.

At two hours and nine minutes long, this is the shortest running time of all the "Pirates of the Caribbean" films.

For the first time in the franchise since Fluch der Karibik (2003) (which he co-wrote with Klaus Badelt), Hans Zimmer is not composing the music for the film. Instead, one of his protégés, Geoff Zanelli, who worked on all previous four installments in the franchise, is the main composer for the film.

In several countries, the film is set to be released as Pirates of the Caribbean: Salazar's Revenge, including English-speaking countries.

Christoph Waltz was originally cast in the role of Captain Brand, but dropped out due to other work commitments. Javier Bardem was then given the role, but the name was changed from Brand to Salazar to sound more Mediterranean to accompany Bardem's Spanish descent. Bardem and Waltz both previously played villains in Daniel Craig James Bond films. Bardem in James Bond 007 - Skyfall (2012), and Waltz in James Bond 007 - Spectre (2015).

In an interview, Orlando Bloom said this movie was a soft reboot of the previous installments.

After failing to return for Pirates of the Caribbean - Fremde Gezeiten (2011), Disney reached back out to Martin Klebba (Marty), Lee Arenberg (Pintel), Mackenzie Crook (Ragetti), David Bailie (Cotton), Angus Barnett (Mullroy) and Giles New (Murtogg) to return for this film. Only Martin Klebba, Angus Barnett and Giles New were able to make it work within his schedule.

(at around 41 mins) Paul McCartney is seen singing a song "Maggie Mae". It is an old drinking song of the sea from Liverpool and featured on The Beatles "Let it Be" Album. On the album, the song was sung by John Lennon.

The Latin inscription on the diary reads "Verum omna simul astra", which bluntly means "all the stars speak the truth always."

With a release six years after its predecessor, this marked the largest gap between the Pirates of the Caribbean films.

Salazar's face was full makeup that took Javier Bardem three hours to put on, but the hair was all CG. To achieve this, Bardem's hair was pulled back and a makeup artist added marking dots on his face, which tracked the motion of his head in post production.

To prevent fans from interfering with the production, secret filming locations used the production name of "Herschel."

Composer Hans Zimmer, who composed the previous films in the franchise, didn't compose this film so he could compose for Christopher Nolan's Dunkirk (2017).

The name of the fifth installment, "Dead Men Tell No Tales," was previously mentioned by Cotton's parrot in the first movie, Fluch der Karibik (2003), and during a transition scene in the third movie, Pirates of the Caribbean - Am Ende der Welt (2007). It is also heard at the beginning of the Pirates of the Caribbean rides at the Disney Parks.

According to Australian film industry sources, the budget is around 250 million dollars. This was officially confirmed by Disney and the Queensland Arts Minister on October 2, 2014, stating that filming will take place exclusively in Queensland, Australia, being the largest production to ever shoot in the country.

Johnny Depp injured his hand while filming in Australia, and had to make a trip back to the U.S.

Javier Bardem's wife, Penélope Cruz, starred in the previous installment, Pirates of the Caribbean - Fremde Gezeiten (2011).

Bardem was considered for the role of Blackbeard in that film.

Much like other Pirate of the Caribbean films, there is an additional scene at the end of the credits.

(at around 37 mins) The two Pirates who interrupt Captain Barbossa, while he is having Breakfast are the two redcoats from the first movie who are "guarding the dock" (DF) when Captain Jack Sparrow first arrives. They deserted the British Navy and converted to piracy during Cutler Beckett's downfall at the hands of the joint forces of the crew's of the Black Pearl and Will Turner's Flying Dutchman.

After working with each other for the first three Pirates of the Caribbean installments, after Martin Klebba got married and learned he was having a daughter, Martin called Mackenzie Crook to ask if he could name his baby girl after him. Mackenzie said "Yes, of course!" Martin then named his baby Makenzie Rae Klebba.

Ansel Elgort, Brenton Thwaites, Taron Egerton, George MacKay, and Sam Keeley were all in the running for the role of Henry.

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017) is the only film in the Pirates franchise whose title quotes audio from the Disneyland and Walt Disney World attractions. Actual audio from the attractions were featured in Pirates of the Caribbean - Am Ende der Welt (2007).

The five finalists for the female lead were Lucy Boynton, Gabriella Wilde, Jenna Thiam, Kaya Scodelario, and Alexandra Dowling. After Brenton Thwaites was cast, the studio did chemistry tests with Thwaites and the actresses to see who best fit the role. Scodelario was eventually cast. (Variety)

(at around 1h 7 mins) Cameo: Captain Edward Teague as a younger man appears on a flashback explaining the story behind Salazar and Jack's rivalry. He was not played by Keith Richards although his likeness was used.

Fredrik Bond, Tim Burton, Alfonso Cuarón, Shawn Levy, Sam Raimi, Rupert Sanders, and Chris Weitz were considered to direct this movie.

Geoff Zanelli will be the third composer in the franchise. Hans Zimmer and Klaus Badelt worked on the previous installments.

This is the second time in the Pirates franchise that a small artifact signals the main villain. The first time was back in the first movie, Fluch der Karibik (2003), when the Aztec Medallion touches the seawater.

Instead of rebuilding the Sunset from Queen Anne's Revenge to the Black Pearl, production decided only to build the deck and the rest of the ship was completed using CGI, this was done in order to save money.

The film was originally set to release on July 7, 2017. An earlier installment in the series Pirates of the Caribbean - Fluch der Karibik 2 (2006) was also released on this date eleven years prior. The release date has since been changed to May 26, 2017.

The pool company in charge of the pools at the movie studio where Pirates was filmed had a staff member on site full time to service the two pools that were used for filming. These pools are located at Movie World on the Gold Coast, Queensland Australia. They are several million liters in capacity and needed to be serviced regularly due to the debris and props that were used in the water.

In the third installment of the franchise (Pirates of the Caribbean - Am Ende der Welt (2007)), when the Chinese ship goes over the waterfall when they were searching for Jack in Davy Jones' locker, the screen goes black and you can hear a voice say "Dead Men Tell No Tales," which is the title for this movie.

Captain Salazar is the first supernatural villain of the Pirates franchise who isn't a pirate.

The character Captain Salazar is named after former Portuguese Republican President and dictator António de Oliveira Salazar (1889-1970).

Along the movie, when Captain Salazar is killing or prompted to kill his enemies, he poses with his sword as if grabbing a "estoque" (rapier) in the Matador manner.

David Wenham has worked with Orlando Bloom in two of the three Lord of the Rings movies (Der Herr der Ringe: Die zwei Türme (2002) and Der Herr der Ringe: Die Rückkehr des Königs (2003)). He has also worked with Johnny Depp in Public Enemies (2009). He and Geoffrey Rush also worked together as voices in Die Legende der Wächter (2010).

During filming, Johnny Depp and his then wife Amber Heard breached Australia's strict bio-security laws when they failed to declare their two dogs to the Australian Customs Service when they flew by private jet into Queensland, where filming was taken place. Heard was charged with two counts of illegally importing the dogs into the country and one count of producing a false document. In April 2016, Heard appeared in the Southport Magistrates Court and pleaded guilty to falsifying quarantine documents, stating that she was sleep deprived and made a mistake. The two bio-security charges were dropped, and she was placed on a one-month good behavior bond, paying a $1,000 fine for producing a false document. Heard and Depp also released a video in which they apologized for their behavior and urged people to adhere to the bio-security laws. Australian newspaper The Guardian called the case the "highest profile criminal quarantine case" in Australian history.

This was the second film in the series to be shot digitally. The first one was Pirates of the Caribbean - Fremde Gezeiten (2011).

Released 10 years and a day after Pirates of the Caribbean - Am Ende der Welt (2007).

According to The Sunday Telegraph, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017) has racked up a 320 million dollar bill, well over its initial budget of 250 million dollars, after production had to drop anchor when Johnny Depp accidentally injured his hand on-set in Queensland's Gold Coast in March. However was confirmed that the budget of the film is only $230 million.

Orlando Bloom and Adam Brown appeared in Der Hobbit: Smaugs Einöde (2013) and Der Hobbit: Die Schlacht der fünf Heere (2014).

Johnny Depp and Javier Bardem previously appeared in Bevor es Nacht wird (2000).

The IMAX format of this movie is specially formatted exclusively for IMAX theatres. The film was composed for the 2.39:1 aspect ratio with a common top, just like the first three films, which were shot like that through the Super 35 format, and was opened up to 1.90:1 for the entire film by using more of the bottom of the frame.

This film marks the first time since Pirates of the Caribbean - Am Ende der Welt (2007), that we see Captain Jack Sparrow navigating the Black Pearl.

When Captain Salazar introduces himself to Henry Turner he says his name twice. Although it is not as evident the first time he says his name, nor anywhere else in the movie after the second, he pronounces it with the Spanish traditional pronunciation of "Salathar." When watching the mouth during the second time he says his name his mouth makes a "th" as in "think" motion. This is because in Spain the Z (and also the C) sound in a name or word is traditionally pronounced with a "th".

Part of the advertising campaign for the film is the tagline: "All Pirates Must Die". This is a play on the line "all men must die" from Game of Thrones: Das Lied von Eis und Feuer (2011), which is a phrase spoken by various religious and political groups in Essos, invoking the idea that no one is invincible, and we will all head to our graves one day.

Geoffrey Rush and Brenton Thwaites previously co-starred in the movie Gods of Egypt (2016).

David Wenham is now the third actor from a Lord of the Rings adaptation to appear in this series. The previous entries featured both Orlando Bloom and Bill Nighy.

This is the third film starring Johnny Depp that has 'Dead Man' or its genitive in the title. The other two are Dead Man (1995) and Pirates of the Caribbean - Fluch der Karibik 2 (2006).

This is the second Pirates of the Caribbean chapter to be filmed digitally and the first to be filmed with ARRI Alexa cameras.

Bruce Spence has been in more than one franchise: Mad Max, The Matrix, Star Wars, and Lord of the Rings.

Javier Bardem imagined the character of Salazar as a cross between a bull in the ring and a cante jondo singer (tragic Spanish flamenco music). Additionally, Bardem studied the history of the Spanish Royal Navy in preparation for the role.

In Fluch der Karibik (2003) you can hear Cotton's parrot saying "Dead men tell no tales" (which is the title of the 5th installment) when Jack and crew sail past wrecks when chasing the Black Pearl.

One of two films of 2017 that was a fifth instalment of a franchise; the other was Transformers: The Last Knight (2017).

The sharks were also given broken spines and fins which allowed animators to have the sharks perform erratic, jagged and un-elegant movements. "We wanted them to swim as if they were zombie sharks," adds Ledda. At one point the sharks take on a rowboat holding Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) and Henry Turner (Brenton Thwaites), biting at the craft and jumping out of the water, a task made more difficult by the fact that Depp and Thwaites were shot practically on a stage.

The ghost sharks were intended to be photoreal. "We took existing concept work from the production art department and developed them further to achieve the desired look, paying particular attention to what real shark anatomy looks like, but also taking creative freedom when needed," says Ledda. "For instance, we gave them a rib cage so we could show some broken ribs even though sharks don't have this bone structure. We looked at a lot of references of rotten fish and dead animals, which wasn't the most appealing, but it provided a lot of inspiration for our modelers and texturing artists."

"Creating realistic shark motion, although challenging, is quite objective," adds Ledda. "There is a lot of reference available for different types of sharks. In our case, it was a much more subjective approach. However, it's still important to adhere to physical characteristics such as weight, speed and so on in order to make them believable. When interacting with characters, this became quite challenging because they needed to react to certain performance cues while trying to be plausible at the same time."

The red crosses on the sails of the British Royal Navy ship are entirely fanciful. No British Royal Navy ship of the 18th century was every decorated in such a way. Crosses on the main and topsails of Spanish ships in the 16th and 17th century were common, but never on ships from Britain.

The second film in the franchise after Pirates of the Caribbean - Fremde Gezeiten (2011) that's most expensive film to make with a budget of $320 million.

The father of Captain Jack Sparrow was played by a Rolling Stone (Keith Richards) and in this film, the uncle of Captain Jack Sparrow is played by a Beatle (Paul McCartney).

Keira Knightley has ruled out a return to the franchise after her former co-star Orlando Bloom suggested he would be open to returning. Knightley has stated that to be part of the franchise was an amazing time in her life, but as it took five years of her life, she just can't see herself going back. However, after fans heard of Bloom's return, they demanded the producers to bring Knightley back as well, resulting in her scenes being filmed last minute.

Because Will is the captain of the Flying Dutchman, he can step on land once every ten years. This movie was released ten years after the third movie, which was the last one with Will.

(at around 2h 5 mins) In the post-credit scene, Davy Jones is seen as he has been revived by the destruction of Poseidon's Trident.

(at around 1h 5 mins) In the flashback scene, we see Jack is on a ship called the Wicked Wench. This is actually the Black Pearl, it gets renamed when Davy Jones brings it back from the depths, after it's set ablaze, in the book Pirates of the Caribbean The Price of Freedom, making the book Canon.

(at around 39 mins) The enemy which Shansa cursed for Barbossa means Blackbeard; she created a prophecy that Blackbeard will be killed by a one leg man, and in Pirates of the Caribbean - Fremde Gezeiten (2011), Barbossa fulfilled it.

(at around 1h 55 mins) In Jack's last line of the film, he tells us he has a "rendezvous beyond my beloved horizon." A rendezvous is a meeting, usually prearranged with a friend. In the third installment, Pirates of the Caribbean - Am Ende der Welt (2007), Barbossa had to journey beyond the horizon to rescue Jack from Davy Jones's Locker. This hints at Jack saving Barbossa from death in a future installment.

Brenton Thwaites, who plays Henry Turner, is only 12 years younger than Orlando Bloom and only 4 years younger than Keira Knightley. Both play his parents in the film.

(at around 1h 22 mins) The film's action takes place in 1755. During the third act, Barbossa said that it has been five years since Blackbeard shrunk The Black Pearl in the bottle. The producers have said that the previous installment, Pirates of the Caribbean - Fremde Gezeiten (2011), takes place in 1750. This also means that Henry is 21 years of age, given that he is 12 during the prologue, two years after the post-credits scene of Pirates of the Caribbean - Am Ende der Welt (2007).

The constellation Carina was once part of a larger constellation, Argo Navis, along with Vela and Puppis. Puppis is the poop deck, Vela is the sails, and Carina is the keel. The purpose of a keel is to provide directional control and stability. Barbossa giving his daughter this name suggests he had hoped her to be a sort of moral compass, but after her mother's death, he felt unfit to be her parent and left her at an orphanage, returning to the only stable thing he had even known: piracy.

(at around 1h 16 mins) During the beach scene when Captain Jack learns the ghosts can't touch land he says "they can't step on land, I knew that" it's a reference to Jack's previous enemy Davy Jones since the captain of the Flying Dutchman is not allowed to set foot on land, with the exception of once every ten years.

The second time in the franchise where Jack's compass is vital to the antagonist.

Everytime Jack Sparrow is in possession (Captain of) the Black Pearl, the banner of the movie shows him in his signature hat leading to the belief he will be captaining the Black Pearl in this installment.

Elizabeth Swann's return was intended to be a surprise for the viewers at the end of the movie. However, as soon as news broke that Keira Knightley was set to return for this film, other countries had included her scenes in their trailers as a means to attract audiences.

(at around 54 mins) Carina states that she does not believe in ghosts, mermaids or the kraken, all of these had appeared on the franchise.

(at around 1h 55 mins) The coda ending where Henry waits for his father Will and the Flying Dutchman is filmed shot-by-shot in the similar manner as with post-credits sequence in Pirates of the Caribbean - Fremde Gezeiten (2011).