ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Avast! Disney says a new "Pirates of the Caribbean" film is on yonder horizon.

Johnny Depp sailed onstage Thursday on a pirate ship in Anaheim, Calif., to help announce the forthcoming installment of Disney's blockbuster franchise.

Depp will reprise his role as Capt. Jack Sparrow in "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides," slated for summer of 2011. It's the fourth in a series.

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.

I'm happy to hear it, but really, Johnny Depp is announcing tons of future attractions, he's like his own amusement park: he's currently working on Alice in Wonderland, then he's supposed to be in Dark Shadows, followed by Pirates of the Caribbean 4... does the man ever promote something that is actually showing now, not in 2 years?