I te marama o Mei 2002, i hiahia te studio ki a Matthew McConaughey hei Sparrow na te mea he rite ia ki a Burt Lancaster, nana nei i whakaawe i te whakamaoritanga o taua tuhinga mo te ahuatanga. Mena i kowhiria e ratou ki te tuku tika ki te riipene ataata, ko Christopher Walken, ko Cary Elwes ranei o raatau whiringa tuatahi.I kawea mai a Stuart Beattie ki te tuhi ano i te tuhinga i te Poutu-te-rangi 2002, na tona mohio ki te piracy. I te wa i kaha ai a Dick Cook ki te akiaki i te kaiwhakanao a Jerry Bruckheimer ki te whakauru ki te kaupapa, i paopao ia i te tuhinga na te mea he "ata kiriata pirate".
mēnā ka tukuna te kiriata ki ngā whare pikitia, ki te ataata rānei