Pirates 4 Trailer Offers Glimpse of Penelope

By Michael Lopez

After all the hype about Penelope Cruz's role in the upcoming Pirates film, we finally get a glimpse of her swashbuckling character. Yup, the long-awaited Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides trailer has arrived, and it's phenomenal!

Johnny Depp hasn’t missed a beat since the last film, Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World’s End, wrapped nearly four years ago. Thankfully, good old Jack Sparrow looks and acts exactly as we remember him, dangling beads and all. Of course, this time he'll encounter beautiful mermaids, island zombies and a menacing version of Blackbeard. Former bad guy Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush) is back too, only this time as Captain Jack’s ally in the search for the Fountain of Youth.

Unfortunately, Ms. Penelope's trailer appearances are rather brief, but they're just as exciting (who didn’t love that knife through the door?). She also seems to be quite comfortable in all of those puffy shirts, no doubt used to hide a little pirata of her own.

The bottom line is, everything about Pirates 4 looks fantastic, and we can’t wait to see some 3D swashbuckling when it hits theaters on May 20, 2011.

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