Lots of PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN sequel news is hitting the web this week. This latest batch comes from director Gore Verbinski who is on a publicity junket for his upcoming movie THE WEATHERMAN. In an interview with IF Magazine he had the following to say about PIRATES 2 and 3.

Gore Verbinski:I’m a quarter of the way through the third one and three quarters of the way through the second one. It’s madness. We’re shooting scenes in the third movie without even knowing what the hell we’re doing. We actually have a pretty good second script and the third script is still on the operating table. And we’re in triage constantly, everyday. I don’t recommend making two movies at once. I think that we’re going to get there, but it’s just madness. I think that the second movie is strong and clever and has a lot going on. The third movie we’re still working on

I did talk to Peter Jackson about it and he said, ‘Re-shoots’. We don’t have time for re-shoots. We don’t have the time. We actually have a story that’s challenging and compelling and dangerous and he [Jack Sparrow] is still the character that gets to weave his way through that story and affect everyone else with his own agenda.