The Pirates! Band Of Misfits Trailer

This looks great! It will be in theaters on April 27th in the U.S.

Official Pirates! Band Of Misfits website

Eddie Izzard Plays Long John Silver

With a shaved head and a face tatoo, Eddie Izzard starred as Long John Silver in a televised version of Treasure Island that aired on the Sky 1 channel in the United Kingdom earlier this year. Now Eddie Izzard is my favorite comedian and Treasure Island is my favorite story, but I'll have to actually see this before I can pass true judgement. Elijah Wood plays Ben Gunn and Donald Sutherland plays Captain Flint (so you can tell there is some divergence from the novel). Lets hope this comes to the U.S. of A. so I can see it for meself.

UPDATE: Rumors around the internet are that this will have a stateside premiere sometime in "early spring 2012". On the Syfy channel. Well, here we are in spring...

UPDATE 2: Saturday, May 5 from 7-11PM (ET/PT) on Syfy!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Here is some music from the Chieftain's in honor of St. Pats. It also happens to be from the 1990 version of Treasure Island. Which featured a buch 'o music from the band.

Disney's Creative Costuming Shows You How To Make A Pirate Halloween Costume

Treasure Island (1990) comes to DVD!

Darby M'Graw, fetch aft the rum! There have been many film and television adaptations of Robert Louis Stevenson's immortal pirate adventure but the one that is was burned into my soul as a child was the 1990 made-for-TV version starring Charlton Heston as Long John Silver and Christian Bale as Jim Hawkins.

According to Amazon.com the release date is September 27, 2011. Click here to pre-order on Amazon! Your children will thank you, your inner child will thank you. How much more praise do you need to get you to spend $10.49?

It is astounding that this is the first time this production is being released on DVD. The only previous way you could watch it was when it happened to be on TV, on VHS, on laserdisc or on youtube:

Update: The DVD is out, I'm watching it now!

Pirates Of The Hudson, July 2-4 at Philipsburg Manor

3 - 8 PM

Gangs of blackbeards and beauties will swashbuckle their way through Philipsburg Manor at this raucously fun festival... ...Musical pirates, gypsy sword dancers, Kids can take part in the Pieces of Eight treasure hunt, wiggle their way into a pirate shipwreck, and learn to speak and act like a bloody pirate!

And more!

Where:
Philipsburg Manor
Sleepy Hollow, NY

Admission by advance timed ticket only:
FOR MEMBERS: Adults: $11; Children under 18: $7
FOR NON-MEMBERS: Adults: $16; Children under 18: $12

Click here for more info.

Flag Day

Arrr, it be Flag Day, an' we be presumin' that means the flag of Yellowbeard.