After reading actors last week for the highly coveted role, Disney and Johnny Depp look to have found Jack Sparrow’s new mate. Brenton Thwaites is in final negotiations to co-star opposite Depp in “ Pirates of the Caribbean 5 .” Thwaites will play a British soldier in the pic. Javier Bardem is also talks to play the villain with Joachim Ronning and Espen Sandberg , who got their sea legs with “Kon Tiki,” directing. Jerry Bruckheimer is producing.Pre-production on “Pirates” is already under way in Australia, where the big-budget sequel will be shot. The film will bow in July 2017.Thwaites was last seen next in “ The Giver ,” and previously starred in Disney’s “ Maleficent ” as Prince Phillip. He is repped by Wme.TheWrap first reported the news.