Wondering whether Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides was really shot in 3D as promised? Here’s the proof, a new photo of Ian McShane as Blackbeard just handed over to us by Disney, in which he’s thrusting his sword at the camera. Rarely does a lot of thrusting things at the camera ever happen in anything that isn’t shot in 3D, though, maybe it should.

The image, unlike the movie, is in 2D and the whole thrusting the sword at that camera thing still looks pretty cool. I don’t really need annoying glasses to enjoy it. It’s a great shot. Enjoy it in 2D below.


In Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides Johnny Depp returns as Captain Jack Sparrow and crosses paths with the enigmatic Angelica (Penelope Cruz), he’s not sure if it’s love—or if she’s a ruthless con artist who’s using him to find the fabled Fountain of Youth. When she forces him aboard the “Queen Anne’s Revenge,” the ship of the legendary pirate Blackbeard (Ian McShane), Jack finds himself on an unexpected adventure in which he doesn’t know whom to fear more: Blackbeard or Angelica, with whom he shares a mysterious past.