Last week went all trailer-tastic! We had the first teaser trailer for Transformers: The Dark of the Moon released by Paramount, then the new trailer for Reel Steel from Dreamworks followed by the brand new trailer for Marvel’s Thor! Now Disney have joined the party by releasing the first teaser trailer for the fourth movie in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, which has the title Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.

This new trailer accompanies the two new sets of images that have also been released last week which you can see here and here. It opens with the same clip of Johnny Depp that we saw earlier in the year from Comic Con.

Synopsis:  Produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and directed by Rob Marshall, “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides” captures the fun, adventure and humor that ignited the hit franchise—this time in Disney Digital 3D™. Johnny Depp returns to his iconic role of Captain Jack Sparrow in an action-packed tale of truth, betrayal, youth and demise.  When Jack crosses paths with a woman from his past (Penelope Cruz), he’s not sure if it’s love—or if she’s a ruthless con artist who’s using him to find the fabled Fountain of Youth. When she forces him aboard the Queen Anne’s Revenge, the ship of the formidable pirate Blackbeard (Ian McShane), Jack finds himself on an unexpected adventure in which he doesn’t know who to fear more:  Blackbeard or the woman from his past.

The international cast includes franchise vets Geoffrey Rush as the vengeful Captain Hector Barbossa, and Kevin R. McNally as Captain Jack’s longtime comrade Joshamee Gibbs, plus Sam Claflin as a stalwart missionary and Astrid Berges-Frisbey as a mysterious mermaid.

Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) finds himself on an unexpected journey to the fabled Fountain of Youth when a woman from his past (Penelope Cruz) forces him aboard the Queen Anne’s Revenge, the ship of the formidable pirate Blackbeard (Ian McShane).

The fourth installment of Disney / Jerry Bruckheimer’s Pirates of the Caribbean stars Johnny Depp, Ian McShane, Penelope Cruz, Geoffrey Rush, Kevin McNally, Astrid Bergès-Frisbey, Sam Claflin, Stephen Graham, Yuki Matsuzaki and Gemma Ward.

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides is released May 18th 2011, and is directed by Rob Marshall.