But this will be Craig Mazin’s first time working with the property, and if the name doesn’t ring a bell, you probably some of the entries on his resume, including the latter two Hangover movies, The Huntsman: Winter’s War and the HBO series Chernobyl.
Well, maybe ‘new’ isn’t quite the right term to describe Ted Elliot, as he’s no stranger to the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, having co-written all of the previous films with then-partner Terry Rossio except Dead Men Tell No Tales.