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Plus: Preview The New NECA POTC Figures; Disney and Microsoft Announce "Dead Man's Tale" Exclusive Promotion.

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Soundtrack.net is offering a sneak preview of Hans Zimmer's score for Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest. The site is hosting clips from twelve tracks from the film's score, including a remix of "He's A Pirate."

Click here to visit the site (audio requires Quicktime to listen). The soundtrack is scheduled to be released on Tuesday, July 4.
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ActionFigs.com has devoted two pages to the upcoming release of the second wave of NECA Dead Man's Chest action figures. Due to be released this fall, the figures include Elizabeth in pirate garb and Bootstrap Bill.

ActionFigs reports: "Due in stores this Fall, the second assortment of NECA's Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest action figures are all set in stone! The legendary Bootstrap Bill, the horrifying Palifico and the Beautiful (but dangerous) Elizabeth Swann all join Jack Sparrow in this exciting new series--each figure included with a connecting base which joins other characters (from series 1 and 2) to form larger dioramas (including a Pirate Ship and Jungle parts)."

Click here for the second wave of NECA figures, and click here to view the NECA series 1 figures packaged.
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Press Release

Microsoft delivers interactive online game as part of launch; users rewarded with exclusive film clip of Disney's upcoming "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" movie.

REDMOND, Wash.

What does Capt. Jack Sparrow have in common with 240 million people around the world? They're all connected on the world's largest instant messaging service and are about to receive a treasure chest of communications options with today's launch of Windows Live™ Messenger.

Today Microsoft Corp. releases Windows Live Messenger, available at get.live.com/messenger/overview, one of the first of more than 20 new Windows Live services to launch globally over the course of the year. Windows Live Messenger goes beyond the traditional instant messaging (IM) service, enabling people to connect and share, with free PC-to-PC calls and inexpensive calls from a PC to phones around the world, video calling, easy sharing with Sharing Folders, and more.

And for those hearty souls who want to set sail with a ghostly crew, the new Windows Live Messenger offers a treasure map to a peek at exclusive scenes from Walt Disney Pictures' upcoming film "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest," with exclusive access to "Dead Man's Tale," an interactive online adventure that allows users to earn a berth aboard Jack Sparrow's ship, the Black Pearl.

Click here to jump to Microsoft and Disney's Dead Man's Tale adventure, or read the full press release here.
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