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Now that Disney and LEGO have forged an alliance, a whole treasure trove of properties could potentially get the LEGO video game treatment, a la LEGO Star Wars and LEGO Batman. First up: LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean, which will accompany a new collection of branded Pirates LEGO brick sets taken from the film series.

Just announced today in a press release from Disney Interactive Studios, TT Games — the company that makes all of the LEGO video games (except for LEGO Universe) — will be producing the game for a release alongside the next Pirates movie, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, next May. LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean will allow players to play through the locations, stories, and characters of the first three movies, as well as a few moments from the forthcoming film.

More than 70 characters from the films will be playable throughout the exploration-friendly levels, which Disney says will tally above 20 in all. The usual two-player coop will be available, along with story mode and freeplay mode.

It will be available simultaneously for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii, PC, PSP, and Nintendo DS.

How you feel about the LEGO games? My family and I adore them. Many hardcore gamers despise them for their lack of variety, since each game is basically a variation on the exact same game mechanics, but we love the cheeky humor and inescapable fun of interacting with a fully LEGO world.

As much fun as LEGO Pirates sounds, I’m more excited for what other Disney properties might get LEGO-ized. What do you think TT Games might make next? LEGO Toy Story seems like a no-brainer, but I don’t think they could go wrong with any Pixar property. The one I most want to see is LEGO Tron.

How about you?