Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

WHAT WENT WRONG

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Hollywood, Acting, Directing, Blockbuster, Movie, Flop, Film, Disaster, History, Tv & Film

4.9 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 21 July 2025

⏱️ 91 minutes

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Summary

How did a freshly minted horror maestro, one of Hollywood's most alternative leading men, and the squeaky clean Mouse House join forces to revive the water-logged pirate genre? Join Chris and Lizzie as they brave the fraught production of 2003's surprise summer smash, The Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl. From explosive studio meetings to actual sinking ships, learn how Disney bet it all on a live action adaptation of one of their oldest theme park attractions.

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0:00.0	Before we dive into the pirate-infested waters of Pirates of the Caribbean, the Curse of the Black Pearl, we have a brief call to action.
0:11.0	We are going to be hosting a mailbag episode as a bonus episode for our patrons.
0:17.6	If you are interested in submitting a question for this episode, there are two easy ways to do
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0:29.2	Mailbag 1 and send along your question, or you can join our Patreon. Don't worry, you can join for
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0:49.5	or join our Patreon, www.patryon.com slash what went wrong podcast and DM us. We'll happily answer questions
0:57.1	about the movies we've covered, about the making of this podcast, about the production of films
1:00.8	in general to the best of our abilities, and our struggles parenting children who refuse to sleep.
1:06.4	All right, guys, back to today's episode.
1:27.8	Hi! guys back to today's episode and action hello and welcome hello and welcome to What Went Wrong, your favorite podcast, full stop that just so happens to be about movies and how it's nearly impossible to make a good one, let alone a pretty great one based on an amusement park ride.
1:42.8	I am one of your hosts, Lizzie Bassett,
1:45.3	here as always with my co-host,
1:47.1	Chris Winterbauer, and Chris,
1:49.5	what swash-buckling, rafter- stomping,
1:53.1	semi-early-aughts classic do you have for us today?
1:55.7	That's right.
1:56.7	Our buckles are getting swashed with 2003s,
2:00.1	Pirates of the Caribbean or Caribbean.
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