Director Gore Verbinski says audience expectations are high for a summer blockbuster . As the director of `` Pirates of the Caribbean '' Nos . 1 , 2 and 3 , filmmaker Gore Verbinski is intimately familiar with the massive needs of a potential summer blockbuster . He also notes that the film is being released in time to compete with "Avatar" and "The Hunger Games" at this point of the year. Between the weather and creating the sets , the production was grueling . Producer Jerry Bruckheimer : ` ` [ Verbinski ] makes big movies and that 's what audiences love ''
Director Gore Verbinski says audience expectations are high for a summer blockbuster . He also notes that the film is being released in time to compete with "Avatar" and "The Hunger Games" at this point of the year. Between the weather and creating the sets , the production was grueling . Producer Jerry Bruckheimer : ` ` [ Verbinski ] makes big movies and that 's what audiences love ''