How to watch Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
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If you’re hoping to revisit Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, you’re in luck. New streaming service Disney+ lets you watch this thrilling adventure of the high seas from the comfort of your living room or on your favorite mobile device.
Where to stream Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl online
You’re now able to stream Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl on Disney+ wherever you’re connected to the internet. Disney’s new direct-to-consumer streaming service is now available in the U.S. and Canada and will eventually be rolling out worldwide.
Disney+ is supported on desktop browsers, “a wide range” of mobile devices, smart TVs, and video-game consoles. The subscription-based platform will serve as the new home for Walt Disney Studios films as well as original, exclusive Disney+ content like Lucasfilm’s new Star Wars series, The Mandalorian, and a full slate of live-action Marvel shows.
Get Disney+ starting at $6.99 per month or $69.99 per year
What is Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl about?
This 2003 swashbuckler based on Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean theme-park ride grossed $654 million worldwide, making Keira Knightley and Orlando Bloom into movie stars. It also signaled something of a turning point in the career of Johnny Depp, who’d just come off of roles in Blow, From Hell, and Once Upon a Time in Mexico. (As he told the press at the time, he wanted to make a film he could watch with his children; it certainly wouldn’t be the last.)
Set in eighteenth-century Jamaica, this now-classic adventure flick features magical talismans, the undead, and an ancient Aztec curse. Will Turner joins forces with the infamous Jack Sparrow to rescue Elizabeth Swann from the brig of a ghost ship belonging to the villainous Captain Hector Barbossa. Captain Barbossa believes, wrongly, that Elizabeth’s blood is the key to freeing him and his undead crew from the curse of the Black Pearl.
“It’s a miracle that a movie based on an old theme-park ride wasn’t a total disaster,” USA Today’s Brian Truitt wrote in 2017. “Instead, what pop culture got was an enjoyable romp that offered romance, swordplay, a throwback sense of high-seas Hollywood action, and arguably Depp’s most watchable character. The first film also introduced the familial legacies that power the Pirates mythology and set a high bar for special effects: The sight of Barbossa’s cursed crew as they’re transformed into skeletons by the moonlight is still one of the best scenes in the entire series.”
How to sign up for Disney+
To start watching Curse of the Black Pearl, you can subscribe to Disney+ today for $6.99 a month or $69.99 per year. Or you can get the service as part of a special value bundle with ESPN+ and Hulu for $12.99 a month in total.
Disney+ is available to watch through the following devices:
Roku streaming devices
TVs with built-in Roku
Apple TV iPhones, iPads, and iPod touch models
Android phones
Android TV devices
Google Chromecast
Xbox One
PlayStation 4
Sony TVs with built-in Android
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If you’re hoping to stream on another device in the future, you can sign up for email updates at DisneyPlus.com to stay in the know.
In addition to its all-new programming, Disney+ offers on-demand access to classic titles like A Goofy Movie, Fantasia, High School Musical, Lilo & Stitch, The Sword in the Stone, Toy Story, Tron, Up, and Wall-E. The extensive library also includes such beloved TV series as Boy Meets World, DuckTales, Kim Possible, Marvel’s Ultimate Spider-Man, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, That’s So Raven, and 30 seasons of The Simpsons.
By the end of its first year, Disney expects to bring over “7,500 episodes of television and 500 movies” to the service—including Aladdin (2019), Avengers: Endgame, Captain Marvel, Dumbo (2019), Frozen 2, The Lion King (2019), Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, Toy Story 4, and Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.
Get Disney+ starting at $6.99 per month or $69.99 per year
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