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| - Pirates of the Caribbean: Tales of the Code: Wedlocked is a short film directed by James Ward Byrkit, produced by Leora Glass and written by Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio, with Jerry Bruckheimer serving as executive producer. The short film stars John Vickery, Vanessa Branch, and Lauren Maher. Based on the Pirates of the Caribbean film series, Wedlocked featured Scarlett and Giselle in what Byrkit called "a chance for the wenches to have their own wacky moment." The story was based on the Pirate Code Book and recalled the original Disneyland ride, primarily the well-known auction scene, while also conceived to be a prequel to the first film, The Curse of the Black Pearl, explaining just why Jack Sparrow's boat is seen sinking at the start of the film and why the girls were so upset with him. Tales of the Code: Wedlocked was shot in late 2006, with sets constructed at Walt Disney Studios that were fresh from shooting the third film, At World's End. While working on the feature film as the conceptual consultant for Gore Verbinski's Pirates trilogy at the time, Jim Byrkit had the notion to make a short film; he envisioned something based on the Pirate Code and began working with writers Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio to develop a script. In 2011, Disney/Buena Vista announced that the home-video release of the fourth film, On Stranger Tides, would include the "Pirates of the Caribbean Four-Movie Collection," a 15-Disc packaging that included Wedlocked as a bonus feature. The set was originally released on October 18, 2011, before becoming more widely available on the Internet later.
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