Most know Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas for its 1998 film with Johnny Depp and Benicio del Toro, but the 1971 novel off which it was based is of much higher quality, if just as incoherent.
Entertainment news round-up for April 4
Sources say that 12 Years a Slave star Chiwitel Ejiofor is MGM and Sony’s top choice to play the villain in the next James Bond film. The studios had no comment. Daniel Craig is set to return as Bond with Ralph Fiennes, Ben Whishaw, and Naomie Harris slated to return as well. Skyfall helmer Sam Mendes will again direct….
Benicio del Toro to play infamous cocaine trafficker
By Amanda Ack Benicio del Toro is in final negotiations to star as Columbian drug lord Pablo Escobar in Paradise Lost. The film will be directed by Italian actor Andrea di Stefano and is slated to begin production in March 2013. For more information on the film, click here.
