Set sail with Jack Sparrow in five spectacular films! Experience the full sweep of the Pirates of the Caribbean phenomenon in all its action-packed glory – from The Curse of the Black Pearl, which introduced the legendary Captain Jack, through a wave of harrowing and astonishing tales, culminating in the latest adventure, Dead Men Tell No Tales, an epic story filled with humour, thrills.

This article contains major Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales spoilers.

During the marketing for Pirates of the Caribbean 5, bombastic trailers eagerly promised that this movie would be where “the final adventure begins.” Begins being the operative word, clearly. You didn’t really think that the series was going to simply conclude on the fifth movie, did you?

Indeed, the Pirates franchise continues what it began doing long before the Marvel Cinematic Universe was a sparkle in Kevin Feige’s eye: it closed on a post-credit stinger. However, and more in line with modern Marvel movies, the signoff was a set-up for the next Jack Sparrow adventure instead of merely being a gag. And in many ways, it is one that fans might’ve been craving since 2007’s Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End. All the things folks didn’t like about the later sequels—the “eternal” curse placed on Orlando Bloom’s Will Turner, the loss of the Black Pearl for Capt. Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp), even the resurrection of Geoffrey Rush’s Capt. Barbossa—were all reversed here.

Now with Bloom and Keira Knightley seemingly set to reprise their roles for a larger sequel following Dead Men Tell No Tales, the post-credits sequence was lined up to tease exactly that.

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So for those who might’ve struggled to understand what it means, here’s a little context:

The sequence begins with a newly mortal Will Turner finally having a decent night’s sleep by the side of his wife Elizabeth. The scene also continues the trend of strangely not giving Elizabeth a single line in the movie—or having anyone remark on how her hair changed from golden locks to being a deep raven hue in an era predating modern hair dyes. Fortunately for both Liz and Will though, their son Henry (Brenton Thwaites) was able to aid in the destruction of Poseidon’s Trident, ending all curses in the sea. This meant the release of Will from being damned to permanently captain The Dutchman and guide the dead to the afterlife… but it had negative repercussions too.

As Will and Elizabeth slumber, a menacing shadow with a clawed hand enters their bedroom just before dawn, and seemingly comes to threaten Will. But when the lad wakes, the silhouette is gone. Vanished like a bad dream. Still, a seashell is left from his absence, one that hints at sequels to come.

If you haven’t placed it together, the seashell is one of the body parts apparently dropping off of Davy Jones (Bill Nighy), the villain of the second and third Pirates of the Caribbean movies. His body was comprised of all manner of sea life in those films after spending centuries as The Dutchman’s captain. He also is often shadowed by a haunting organ theme written by Hans Zimmer, which we heard just a few notes of as the final, final Dead Men Tell No TalesEntanglement theory. scene came to a close.

What’s this mean for a sequel? Well, presumably, Davy Jones is now free from his curse like Will Turner was when Poseidon’s Trident was destroyed. But if this really means all curses are removed, perhaps it could also mean that when Pirates of the Caribbean 6 inevitably rolls around, that we’d get to see Bill Nighy’s face the whole movie instead of the backside of an octopus with eyes. Granted, even if the curse is lifted, it remains a bit fuzzy on why he’s breathing since Will Turner killed him in Pirates of the Caribbean: At the World’s End by piercing his heart with a sword.

Then again, if he is quickened to life once more, that is plenty incentive to have a vendetta against the former blacksmith and current captain of Jones’ beloved ship—hence showing up in the Swann boudoir in those pre-dawn hours.

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It also means the next movie is setting up a very familiar conflict—one we had for two movies—Davy Jones versus Jack Sparrow, Will Turner, and Elizabeth Swann. We imagine a whole sequel with the original triumvirate reunited will practically sell itself. Getting Davy Jones back may just be a bonus for the most diehard of fans too.

Also who knows, maybe next time they could give Elizabeth Swann some actual lines—like revealing why she never mentioned Jack Sparrow’s name to her son when she obviously had more chemistry with him than her over-earnest husband, am I right?

David Crow is the movies editor at Den of Geek. He has long been proud of his geek credentials. Raised on cinema classics that ranged from…

At the tippy-tippy-top of my mountain of things I never wanted or asked for is Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, the fifth movie in the beloved franchise that stars Johnny Depp as Jack Sparrow. It’s not like it’s hard to figure out why they continue to make them (cue cash register sound effect) but the movie has packed on so much backstory and exposition with each incremental volume that the very idea of them adding more to the glut makes my head hurt. That’s ignoring the fact that these movies have always been bloated, boring, and pointedly not-funny, with the arguable exception of the first film by Gore Verbinski.

Image via DisneyStill, there’s no denying that this movie will be released by the end of 2017 and that fans will show up, though likely not at the volume that they did for the last one. Those fans will be happy to know that our first look at the footage for the fifth Pirates of the Caribbean movie will be premiering tonight during the season finale of Fear the Walking Dead. The announcement comes via Walt Disney’s Twitter feed with a teaser that features nothing more than the familiar skull and crossbones but with a different design. The Fear the Walking Dead finale airs at 9 p.m. EST on AMC and runs for two hours, so if you’re not a fan of the show, you may have some thumb-twiddling in your future.On top of this announcement, Disney has also released the first poster for Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales. And like the aforementioned teaser, the poster features little more than the skull-and-crossbones image and a small reminder that the film will see the light of day in 2017; the actual release date is May 26th, 2017. The fact that this movie will open up the Summer Blockbuster season in 2017 is, unfortunately, ever-present in my mind.You can check out both the poster and the teaser right below.