Pirates Of The Caribbean 4: On Stranger Tides just keeps getting stranger.

Recent casting news, courtesy of HeatVisionBlog, indicates that Spanish beauty Penelope Cruz is in negotiations to join Johnny Depp on another adventure.

It’s not Cruz’s usual choice of movie but we’ll go with it, providing there are sexy scenes between her and Depp’s Captain Jack Sparrow.

Though the juicy details of the plot are yet to be revealed, it’s going to be based around the quest for the Fountain of Youth with the occasional rumour of the infamous pirate Blackbeard being involved.

Terry Rossio and Ted Elliot return for writing duties with Rob Marshall stepping up to direct. The casting of Cruz could be down to Marshall given the fact that he just directed her in the musical Nine which also bagged Cruz an Oscar nom. A winning combination? Only time will tell.

Though better Cruz on board than Keira ‘Skeletor’ Knightley.