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AICN EXCLUSIVE! PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN 3 New Crew Member Designs!

I’ve got a fair bit of PIRATES 3 coverage coming in the next few weeks. A week from today, I’ll be publishing my visit to the editing room, where Jerry Bruckheimer walked me through nearly an hour of the film, and I’ve also got a great interview with Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio working its way through the transcription process right now.

But for today, let’s kick things off with some remarkable new design work done by Aaron McBride and Crash McCreery. They had to expand on the Flying Dutchman crew in this film, and so today, we’ve got a look at the artwork that was part of that process.

Personally, this is why these films intrigue me. When I read the very first drafts of the very first PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN, there was no hint of the supernatural. But ever since I saw that first image of skeletal pirates marching across the ocean floor, I’ve been hooked on the potential of these films. I think Gore Verbinski and his design team have done some amazing, groovy work in bringing the various monsters in these films to icky life, and this time out, there are some really twisted new characters in the mix.

There are notes under some of these designs from McBride, explaining their origin:











“Wyvern Jack - Did some sketches early on to establish how much of him is withered away. Did some portraits to establish detail and experiment with his age. Tried variations where he looked 100 years old and encrusted. But it started moving away from being recognizable as Jack. Eventually settled on a Jack that was very crusty but not so aged.”



“Broondjongen - Final design by Model supervisor Geoff Campbell. His torso splits into open into a clamshell a withered figure contorted inside the clam in a death frieze. Like when a dominant twin will absorb it's sibling in utero and always has vestigial remnants of dead sibling.”



“Jelly - I tried to make his condition look corrosive and translucent. Looked at reference of Ebola where the skin begins to rash and liquify. The human bits you can see underneath the jellyfish membrane start to look like he was regressing back to an embryo. Like he was de-evolving. I looked at reference of chicken embryos developing in eggs. Also made one of Jelly's eyes entirely black and lifeless like he has an eight ball hemorrhage.”



“Manray - Elongated the tail on the back of his head. Almost like when a robber wears a stocking over his face and it pushes and pulls the features of their face flattening and distorting them. Gave him silver eyes and very small pupils to look like psychopath.”



“Piper - I tried not to give him specific eyes. Instead added many coral tubule holes to his face so to resemble many possible eyes like a spider.”



“Finnegan - Gore wanted him to have the coloring of a Rockfish. Very aggressive red spotting to compliment the sharp serrated fins on his body. We gave him a hair lip so he would have a perpetual distorted snarl. “

I’ll be back next week with that editing room visit, and we’ll start to get into some more of the specifics of what you can look forward to when PIRATES 3 sets sail at the end of May.



Drew McWeeny, Los Angeles

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Looks good
by Bobo_Vision
Apr 27th, 2007
01:51:37 PM
Water Zombies!!
by Ultron ver 2.0
Apr 27th, 2007
01:51:45 PM
so, is that jack sparrow as a davey jones crewman?
by moondoggy2u
Apr 27th, 2007
01:57:44 PM
BUT WHERE ARE THE CHEST-BUMPING FAT KIDS???
by filmicdrummer17
Apr 27th, 2007
01:58:31 PM
I don't like where this series went
by jimmy_009
Apr 27th, 2007
02:00:46 PM
gack
by BizarroJerry
Apr 27th, 2007
02:14:06 PM
Manray and Piper look cool
by godzillasushi
Apr 27th, 2007
02:18:49 PM
incredible designs
by Sir Loin
Apr 27th, 2007
02:26:10 PM
WHERE DID THE DAMN PIRATES GO?
by stlfilmwire
Apr 27th, 2007
02:28:34 PM
That first one has lousy CGI in the hat/spines
by Squashua
Apr 27th, 2007
02:29:00 PM
Christ, that's some Clive Barker shit right there
by I Dunno
Apr 27th, 2007
02:34:01 PM
isn't someone going to complain
by BadMrWonka
Apr 27th, 2007
02:52:17 PM
Oh yeah... Disney movie alright...
by PirateEmery
Apr 27th, 2007
02:52:46 PM
This is insanely cool!!!
by Speed Fricassee
Apr 27th, 2007
02:53:02 PM
Sorry... the skeletal ghost pirates...
by Kid Z
Apr 27th, 2007
02:57:10 PM
kid z
by BadMrWonka
Apr 27th, 2007
03:02:35 PM
THIS YEAR'S LITTLE MISS PLANET EARTH REJECTS!!!
by Err
Apr 27th, 2007
03:27:03 PM
AHRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
by TomBodet
Apr 27th, 2007
03:35:13 PM
Jack????
by bobinnova
Apr 27th, 2007
03:43:12 PM
It does look good but I agree with Jimmy_009
by Hervoyel
Apr 27th, 2007
03:47:21 PM
Clive Barker would be poud (or feel like sueing)
by godoffireinhell
Apr 27th, 2007
03:51:00 PM
am I the only one...
by mr ahole ramirez
Apr 27th, 2007
03:53:00 PM
Love the 'Piper' design
by kevred
Apr 27th, 2007
04:01:48 PM
Blech...
by PolyesterRage
Apr 27th, 2007
04:15:05 PM
Planet Terror?
by AdrianVeidt
Apr 27th, 2007
04:15:22 PM
CAN'T WAIT FOR THE EDITING ARTICLE
by THE KNIGHT
Apr 27th, 2007
04:18:03 PM
About the "bad" CG
by Yautja
Apr 27th, 2007
04:18:38 PM
For those who want Pirates...there are pirates
by Bobo_Vision
Apr 27th, 2007
04:22:15 PM
still lost as to what people were expecting from POTC2
by BadMrWonka
Apr 27th, 2007
04:23:39 PM
POTC 2 was too long and too convoluted
by I Dunno
Apr 27th, 2007
04:45:04 PM
there's a good example
by BadMrWonka
Apr 27th, 2007
04:50:06 PM
Wyvern Jack
by Mr_Incredible
Apr 27th, 2007
04:51:17 PM
Pirates of the Carrrrrrrrrribbbbbbbean
by mrtwig48
Apr 27th, 2007
04:53:28 PM
Not to meantion all the other pirate crews
by Frijole
Apr 27th, 2007
04:55:10 PM
Thanks, MrTwig...
by Frijole
Apr 27th, 2007
04:58:40 PM
Oh, and personally, I enjoyed Dead Man's Chest a lot
by Mr_Incredible
Apr 27th, 2007
05:04:22 PM
And the cannibal sequence DID serve a purpose...
by Frijole
Apr 27th, 2007
05:07:00 PM
I smell a 'SHADOWS OF INNSMOUTH' adaptation soon...
by Monkey_King
Apr 27th, 2007
05:09:37 PM
Awesome
by finky089
Apr 27th, 2007
05:12:56 PM
Shouldn't this have a spoiler warning?
by PenguinSlide
Apr 27th, 2007
06:15:31 PM
Ebola marks and developing fetuses...
by blindambition238
Apr 27th, 2007
07:40:06 PM
These guys need their own TV show.
by Christopher3
Apr 27th, 2007
08:14:40 PM
Awesome.
by Gilkuliehe
Apr 27th, 2007
08:51:48 PM
So the first film could have been a good one?
by JackPumpkinhead
Apr 27th, 2007
08:55:49 PM
The Matrix comparison is right.
by El Scorcho
Apr 27th, 2007
09:08:06 PM
That's not what I'm saying JackPumpkinhead
by Hervoyel
Apr 27th, 2007
09:15:49 PM
Spoiler Warning:
by Forestal
Apr 27th, 2007
09:26:04 PM
i said this about DMC as well.
by occula
Apr 27th, 2007
09:55:48 PM
Regarding spoilers and the art...
by Triumph poops!
Apr 27th, 2007
10:24:21 PM
What I didn't like about Dead Man's Chest
by kevred
Apr 27th, 2007
10:56:45 PM
SCENES FROM SPIDEY 3 POSTED!!
by Nerdboy1423
Apr 27th, 2007
11:46:32 PM
WHERE THE FUCK IS THE SPOILER WARNING???
by gudge
Apr 28th, 2007
02:12:18 AM
how to stop kids swimming - 1) take them 2 potc or jaws
by Reelheed
Apr 28th, 2007
02:42:58 AM
Cool...
by MarkoOhNo
Apr 28th, 2007
03:20:01 AM
"There Are No Pirates Of The Caribbean!"
by MarkoOhNo
Apr 28th, 2007
03:30:07 AM
These are pretty creepy looking. I know they are
by superninja
Apr 28th, 2007
03:57:28 AM
I love me some Davy Jones.
by superninja
Apr 28th, 2007
04:02:06 AM
It's all about pirates as a myth, not real pirates you
by superninja
Apr 28th, 2007
04:06:47 AM
Just like the ride!
by BannedOnTheRun
Apr 28th, 2007
05:02:57 AM
im impressed
by roccotheripper
Apr 28th, 2007
05:39:17 AM
Regarding Wyvern Jack
by Angela Liu
Apr 28th, 2007
08:23:07 AM
Spoilers
by Yautja
Apr 28th, 2007
08:34:26 AM
That man eating-clam guy ...
by bender7
Apr 28th, 2007
09:04:09 AM
exactly
by DrLektor
Apr 28th, 2007
09:54:56 AM
Re: Squashua - CGI
by Alen Smithee
Apr 28th, 2007
10:48:18 AM
re: exactly
by Angela Liu
Apr 28th, 2007
12:13:59 PM
re: exactly (corrected)
by Angela Liu
Apr 28th, 2007
12:15:42 PM
THIS is why an AQUAMAN film could be cool
by Drath
Apr 28th, 2007
01:09:21 PM
POTC2 was an abomination
by misnomer
Apr 28th, 2007
01:22:35 PM
I like that kind of monsters
by CuervoJones
Apr 28th, 2007
01:37:19 PM
Bootstrap!!
by disfigurehead
Apr 28th, 2007
01:47:03 PM
Torture Porn of the Caribbean
by godoffireinhell
Apr 28th, 2007
01:47:53 PM
I know these movies have done their job because
by superninja
Apr 28th, 2007
02:42:40 PM
Darth, I agree an Aquaman movie could be the
by superninja
Apr 28th, 2007
02:47:35 PM
misnomer
by BadMrWonka
Apr 28th, 2007
04:36:19 PM
er, brainiac...
by BadMrWonka
Apr 28th, 2007
06:00:45 PM
badmrwonka
by misnomer
Apr 28th, 2007
07:26:52 PM
and yeeeesssss
by misnomer
Apr 28th, 2007
07:32:03 PM
Never hire Patrick Tatopoulos again for designs
by Doc_Strange
Apr 28th, 2007
07:50:48 PM
awesome
by the_shogun_gunslinger
Apr 28th, 2007
10:28:09 PM
Uh, spoiler?
by KCMOSHer
Apr 28th, 2007
10:43:23 PM
What?
by SylarTheCylon
Apr 29th, 2007
12:21:48 AM
Jenny Finn, Jenny Finn
by octochan
Apr 29th, 2007
12:51:52 AM
Harry has already reviewed this film and loved it.
by jeromesage
Apr 29th, 2007
01:30:17 AM
Three fucking hours!?!
by Barry Egan
Apr 29th, 2007
01:42:03 AM
SOME OF THESE WERE IN THE PERVIOUS FILM
by Lemming
Apr 29th, 2007
04:18:10 AM
What about the children?!
by Norm Cascade
Apr 29th, 2007
06:42:43 AM
I need directions. I'm thinkin' Krabby Patties!
by JDanielP
Apr 29th, 2007
08:18:01 AM
And Sylar...
by Frijole
Apr 29th, 2007
09:14:27 AM
We gave him a hair lip..."
by SutureSelf
Apr 29th, 2007
10:19:02 AM
Cthulhu Pirates!!!
by Dr Lisa Cuddy
Apr 29th, 2007
10:30:29 AM
RE: Scared kids
by Silver_Joo
Apr 29th, 2007
12:03:15 PM
Designs are a bit messy/busy
by CorpseRide
Apr 29th, 2007
06:25:29 PM
Designs are busy, however
by Doc_Strange
Apr 29th, 2007
07:21:25 PM
JeromeSage...
by TheRealMoriarty
Apr 29th, 2007
11:23:11 PM
Broondjongen and Jelly....
by xavier masterson
Apr 30th, 2007
07:03:23 AM
uh, doc?
by occula
Apr 30th, 2007
10:53:20 AM
People can't stand anything over 90 min anymore
by performingmonkey
Apr 30th, 2007
03:17:10 PM
Spoiler
by PirateEmery
May 2nd, 2007
12:07:15 AM
moriarity thinks i'm a douche! awesome!
by jeromesage
May 2nd, 2007
09:08:51 AM

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