Claim: Pirates of the Caribbean is unrelated to any work done by Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio.
Evidence: The series is primarily written by Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio -LRB- 1 -- 4 -RRB- ; other writers include Stuart Beattie -LRB- 1 -RRB- , Jay Wolpert -LRB- 1 -RRB- , and Jeff Nathanson -LRB- 5 -RRB-.
Along with his writing partner Terry Rossio , Elliott has written some of the most successful American films of the past 30 years , including Aladdin , Shrek and the Pirates of the Caribbean series.
He wrote the films Aladdin , Shrek , and all five Pirates of the Caribbean films.