News > DreamWorks challenges Jack Sparrow with Blackbeard

And boy did they snag one hell of a director: Paul Greengrass. Yes, the same man who gave us 2/3 of the Bourne trilogy and United 93 will direct Blackbeard. Dreamworks had David Franzoni, arguably a master of period/epic pieces, of Amistad and Gladiator fame, write the screenplay. Word has it the movie will be serious and R-rated as opposed to the fantastical elements Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean brought to the big screen.