Rønning is best known for co-directing this summer’s Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales and Kon-Tiki with Espen Sandberg.
The sequel will be penned by original writer Linda Wolverton along with Jez Butterworth (Spectre, Edge of Tomorrow, and Disney’s upcoming Cruella).
The only redeeming quality about Dead Men Tell No Tales were its visuals.
The actress recently confirmed she’d return for Disney’s sequel to 2014’s Maleficent, and now the studio has found their director.
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