• Gotta admit...you summed up my thoughts exactly. He's fantastic in Deadwood and as soon as I saw him cast as Blackbeard...well... you're right... It changes everything. And whoever said it, Penelope Cruz does sweeten things as well..

• LOL

• Very cool. Ian McShane is good in just about anything. He made watching The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising not totally awful. It was the second feature at the local drive in. My room mate and I amused ourselves by adding 'Cocksucker' to the end of all his lines in what otherwise was a craptastic film.

• FREAKIN SWEET! I wasn't really looking forward to PotC 4, but Ian McShane as Blackbeard is freaking awesome.

• I'll third the PotC 2 killing the series for me... 2 was too long, too loud. 3 was even more so. 4 will be even more so. Sad thing is, I believe Pirates 1 took a lot of interest away from the 'documentary' that was Master and Commander. Now, there's a movie that deserved better box office AND sequels...

• Awesome.

• PotC 2 totally killed my interest in the series. I skipped right over Pirates 3. However, then Ian McShane came along like a big-fucking-limey-jesus to bring that interest back to life. Unrelated note: Kings was really good, give it a look if you haven't.

• Exactly right. He didn't milk goat cock on Kings, and this is going to be fuckin' awesome.

• Big up Lovejoy. But Pirates of the Caribbean 4 will blow chunks as did the other sequels.

• God, Jack Sparrow is no match for the one and aesome King Silas!

• Unfortunately, them fucking it up is a distinct possibility. Jack Sparrow and Jack Shandy are too vastly different characters, and I don't think the quality can be preserved. If only On Stranger Tides could have been its own movie...

• I was excited when I heard Keith Richards was going to be Jack's dad in POTC 3. Then, as I left the theatre, I realised he had been completely not awesome in it and nothing had really changed because of his appearance. Still, hard to go wrong with Blackbeard.

• cuz he didn't milk heavy goat cock on "Kings"?

• He was also amazing in Kings.

• Oh my god, that would be incredible.

• Also, see him in Hot Rod- before you scream, just watch it. It is pure absurdist win- and Wil Arnett's in it too!

• I so badly want him to play Andrew Ryan in the BioShock film adaptation.

• As far as I'm concerned, Powers' story is the main reason to be excited about this -- if they don't fuck it up. Blackbeard in the book is as badass as they come, and I can't wait to see McShane in the part. I think if this ends up being a great movie, we may finally see some other Powers books being made into movies. "Last Call", "The Stress of Her Regard", "The Anubis Gates" and "The Drawing of the Dark" would be awesome to see.

• Also, why are all the best British actors named Ian? What's up with that shit?

• Fucking hoopelehead, that's good news!

• Ian McShane also played the villain in MST3K episode # 608 <i>Codename: Diamond Head</i>. A Quinn-Martin Production!

• Wait have you seen what "pirates" writers do to good actors in theses films?

• Yet another reason to be jacked up about Pirates 4 is that it's based on Tim Powers' outstanding novel On Stranger Tides. Find a copy of the book and read it. You can thank me later.

• Lovejoy was cool.

• Not to mention his turn as Kit Marlowe opposite Tim Curry in the late John Mortimer's underrated series, Will Shakespeare.

• all of a sudden, "Pirates" is off my nerd movie shit-list and went up to the pantheon of WIN once again! XD

• Will David Dickinson appear as his dad later in the series?

• There's no way Lovejoy can be a pirate.

• This guy is the only Bad ass. I used to watch his western, I counted 97 different ways to say fuck in just One scene!

• You know what would make it even cooler ? And they can have this for nil They should just import the whole load of cocksuckers from The Gem as his crew. Including The Celestial Fuckin' Wu and his pigs.

• I already knew that Mr. McShane is a Terrifying, Badass Pirate. I'm glad to hear he's going to be playing one in a movie though.

• "I'll feed that fucking cocksucker Jack Sparrow to the fucking pigs!"

• He was so awesome in "Kings," I'll watch anything the guy is in. Blackbeard just seems like a perfect fit.

• Well, break open the fuckin' canned peaches.

• If you are a true fan of the work of one Ian McShane might I suggest you check out some of his finest work in the long running BBC drama Lovejoy. Like an English Indiana Jones you'll be enthralled as McShane hunts out precious antiquities and combats villans week after week in the rural locations of Ye Olde East Anglia England.

• Suddenly I'm looking forward to Pirates of the Caribbean 4....

• How did I have no interest in the first three "Pirates" films and now desperately want to see the fourth? This is how. Also, Penelope Cruz also helped sweeten the deal...

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