With every new weekend I get a little bit closer to seeing my #1 Gimme Gimme pick of the Summer Movie Season -- "Dead Man's Chest." That crazy Canadian known as JoBlo obviously knows this, which is why he's posted a nifty bunch of all-new Pirate pics just for me ... but you can check 'em out, too.

Depp, Bloom, Knightley, and the whole rascally gang return on July 7th, and they'll be joined by newcomers like Bill Nighy, Stellan Skarsgard, and Naomie Harris. I've watched the trailer so many times that The Kraken is now permanently frozen upon my desktop.



Also, be sure to check out the official "Pirates 2" site, which has a few cool games and some downloadables for the geeky.

(The pics actually come from a French site called DVDRama, so credit where it's due.)