The current global economic crisis affects even safe and viable Hollywood blockbusters. Thus, the new film in the saga of "Pirates of the Caribbean" You will see your budget reduced as follows:
- Disney has asked screenwriters Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio that Jack Sparrow (Depp) should spend more time on land than at sea, due to the high cost of filming in water.
- To save budget, the locations change from the Caribbean and Los Angeles to Hawaii and London, due to the low taxes of filming in this one. 'Pirates of the Caribbean' without 'Caribbean'.
- The days of filming go down: from 142 days of 'Pirates 3? about 90 or 95 of the fourth installment. Similarly, the visual effects are reduced from 2.000 to 1.300 or 1.400.
- 'Modified' scenes: one that was going to be filmed in north London whose stay for the entire team lasted a whole night will be shot in the capital London saving 1 million dollars. Another one of a carriage chase and another where Jack Sparrow flees through London is going to be shortened. A whole scene with an 'Ice Fair' on the Thames, directly eliminated.