Disney just held an early screening ofJoachim RønningandEspen Sandberg’sPirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Talesduring Cinemacon, and the first reviews are in, and they’re surprisingly positive.

First up, we have Steve Weintraub and /Film’s Peter Sciretta talking about the film last night during a Facebook Live:

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We also got these tweets:

These reactions make me cautiously optimistic going forward.  I like thePiratesfranchise, and even though I’ve grown a bit tired of Depp’s schtick, I’m not opposed to the series returning to its former greatness.  Hopefully, the film lives up to the hype that’s coming out of CinemaCon.

StarringJohnny Depp,Brenton Thwaites,Kaya Scodelario,Javier Bardem,Geoffrey Rush,David Wenham,Keith Richards, andPaul McCartney,Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Talesopens in theaters on May 26th.

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Here’s the official synopsis forPirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales:

Thrust into an all-new adventure, a down-on-his-luck Captain Jack Sparrow finds the winds of ill-fortune blowing even more strongly when deadly ghost pirates led by his old nemesis, the terrifying Captain Salazar (Bardem), escape from the Devil’s Triangle, determined to kill every pirate at sea…including him.  Captain Jack’s only hope of survival lies in seeking out the legendary Trident of Poseidon, a powerful artifact that bestows upon its possessor total control over the seas.

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Here are the latest updates onPirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales:

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