"Pirates of the Carribean 5: Dead Men Tell No Tales" script is reportedly getting some minor makeover with Poseidon's magical trident becoming instrumental in the latest installment of the successful franchise.

According to the report by The Daily SuperHero, Poseidon's magical trident will be the movie's MacGuffin, a term originally coined by director Alfred Hitchcock to refer to the thing or person that drives the movie.

"Pirates of the Carribean 5: Dead Men Tell No Tales" already suffered some delays as its release date was pushed back from the summer of 2015 to summer of 2016.

Captain Jack Sparrow will be back in "Pirates of the Caribbean 5: Dead Men Tell No Tales," to outwit the ghost of Captain Brand in looking for the Poseidon's Trident.

According to the official synopsis, Captain Brand plans to use the Trident to kill Jack Sparrow out of revenge, believing that the pirate was responsible for his brother's death.

MailOnline reported that Christopher Waltz is on the shortlist to play Captain Brand. Waltz made heads turn playing the villain in Quentin Tarantino's film, "Inglourious Basterds," in 2009.

Johnny Depp is set to reprise his role as Jack Sparrow in "Pirates of the Carribean 5: Dead Men Tell No Tales." He will be joined by Geoffrey Rush as the wily Captain Barbosa and Keith Richards as Captain Teague. It's not clear if Penelope Cruz will be joining the cast but MailOnline revealed that she might do a cameo.

In the 2011 film, "On Stranger Tides," Cruz played Angelica Teach.

Expect also a romance between Sparrow and Carina Smyth, Barbosa's daughter, further spicing up the love-hate relationship between the two pirates.

The website revealed that shooting for the "Pirates Of The Caribbean 5: Dead Men Tell No Tales" will begin at the end of the year in Puerto Rico and New Orleans as the initial identified location shoots. It will be directed by Norwegians Espen Sandberg and Joachim Rønning.