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 23
Johnny Depp’s upcoming action-comedy Mortdecai has been set for a February 2016 U.S. release. The film is based on Kyril Bonfigliol’s novel trilogy and features Depp in a race to locate a stolen painting that could contain the code to a lost bank account filled with Nazi gold. The star-studded cast also includes Gwyneth Paltrow, Ewan McGregor,…
Entertainment news round-up for March 12
90’s rom-com hit Pretty Woman is making its way to Broadway. The film’s screenwriters, Marshall and J.F. Lawton, are set to pen the book of the musical, with Paula Wagner on board to produce. The production does not yet have a composer, lyricist, or director. For more information on the show, click here. Japan’s Tezuka Productions has…
Entertainment news round-up for Jan. 14
Johnny Depp is in talks with Marvel Studios to play Steven Strange in the upcoming Doctor Strange film. Whether or not the actor will take the role will depend on his schedule, which currently includes soon-to-be-greenlit projects such as a fifth Pirates of the Caribbean film and an Alice in Wonderland sequel. For more information on the project and on…
Paul Bettany joins ‘Transcendence’
By Amanda Ack, Film Critic Paul Bettany is in talks to join Johnny Depp in “Inception” cinematographer Wally Pfister’s upcoming “Transcendence.” The film marks Pfister’s directorial debut. For more information on the project, click here.
Disney closes deal for new Depp-produced ‘Don Quixote’ pitch
By Amanda Ack Disney has closed a deal for a new, as-yet-untitled re-imagining of Don Quixote. The project will be produced by production company Infinitum Nihil’s Johnny Depp and and Christi Dembrowski. For more information on the film, click here.
