MUMBAI: Johnny Depp will star in the forthcoming instalment of Disney‘s blockbuster franchise. Depp will be seen in the role as Capt. Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides that is slated for release in 2011.

Chairman of Walt Disney Studios Richard Cook announced the news to about 5,000 fans on hand for D23, Disney‘s answer to Comic-Con. The first all-things-Disney convention runs through the weekend.

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