The Monkey Island Movie

The Monkey Island Movie is an upcoming American fantasy comedy action-adventure film based on the Monkey Island video game series distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures and produced by Lucasfilm Ltd.. It is directed and produced by George Lucas (the director of Star Wars) Gore Verbinski (the director of the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise) and co-produced by and. The film stars Chris Pine, Emily Blunt, Karl Urban,, Hugh Jackman, Jack Black, David Tennant, Andy Serkis, , and Johnny Depp.

Premise
The film follows the misadventures of the hapless Guybrush Threepwood as he struggles to become the most notorious pirate in the Caribbean with help from a crew of inexperienced pirates and win the heart of governess Elaine Marley. He must, however, foil the plans of the dastardly zombie pirate LeChuck and stop him from conquering the Seven Seas.

Main Cast

 * Chris Pine as Guybrush Threepwood, an hapless sailor who aspires to be a notorious pirate.
 * Emily Blunt as Elaine Marley, Guybrush's love interest and the governor of the Tri-Island Area, a group of pirate islands in the Caribbean.
 * Karl Urban as Captain LeChuck, Guybrush's arch-nemesis and the fearsome captain of a crew of zombie pirates. Urban stood in for the motion capture of LeChuck's zombie form.
 * as Wally B. Feed, Guybrush's old friend and first mate and a dwarfish pirate.
 * Hugh Jackman as Edward Van Helgen, TBD
 * Jack Black as Cutthroat Bill, TBD
 * David Tennant as Haggis McMutton, TBD
 * Andy Serkis as Murray, TBD
 * as the Voodoo Lady, a Voodoo witch residing in Plunder Island, and Guybrush's mentor.
 * Johnny Depp as TBD, TBD

Taglines

 * "From the Makers of Star Wars and Pirates of the Caribbean"