And this is exactly why Disney will not give the rights or even sell the rights to monkey island. Potc is a massive cash cow for them, I think they're up to six

And this is exactly why Disney will not give the rights or even sell the rights to monkey island. Potc is a massive cash cow for them, I think they're up to six movies at this point. Giving away the rights to something that ties in so closely to that franchise would be seen as a financial liability. But since we're talking who inspired whom, both monkey island and the second third and forth potc movies drew heavily on Tim Powers novel On Stranger Tides, and by the time they got to the fourth movie they just flat out optioned the book, title and all.