Jerry Bruckheimer has provided some updates on the progress of “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides”. Being met during a group interview in Pasadena, California on Saturday, January 10, when he was promoting his new TV show “Miami Medical”, the producer informed that the film will start shooting in June with Johnny Depp attached to the project. “Yeah, everything’s fine,” Jerry said, trying to assure that the film is indeed being worked on. “We’re moving forward. We hope to start in June, and Rob Marshall’s set [to direct]. We’re moving forward.” Additionally, the filmmaker confirmed Johnny is on board for the film, saying “No deals have been made yet, other than Johnny’s. We’ll make those decisions later and let you know.”
In December 2009, however, Jerry seemed not sure about the future of the fourth “Pirates of the Caribbean” film as he claimed, “Nothing is 100% except death and taxes. Deaths and taxes are 100%. Nothing else is.” Moreover, when asked about the possibility to see Johnny in the upcoming movie, he said, “Well, if the script’s good, he’ll be there.”
“Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides” is said to follow Jack Sparrow in his quest to find the Fountain of Youth. He will team up with Captain Barbossa in order to “defeat some supernatural terror”. Terry Rossio and Ted Elliott write the script for the movie, which recently set May 20, 2011 release date.
‘The Pirates of the Caribbean’ star Johnny Depp has been named the best actor of the decade at the annual People’s Choice Awards.
‘The only reason that any of us are up here is because of you,’ he told fans after accepting the award, reports dailystar.co.uk.
‘It has been quite an amazing decade and an incredible ride, and I sincerely thank all of you for bestowing on me all your great treasures,’ he added.
The award is decided by an online poll and in the past 10 years, Depp has received maximum votes for being favourite actor. He made it big as Captain Jack Sparrow in the ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ series and later consolidated his position with the movies like ‘Sweeney Todd’ and ‘Finding Neverland’.
The People’s Choice Awards were held Thursday at Los Angeles.
It was revealed on the Facebook page for Australian distributor Hopscotch Films that Cronenberg will next likely tackle an adaptation of Christopher Hampton’s book, “The Talking Cure” (via The Playlist). The book presents the story of “the birth of psychoanalysis,” framed as an ongoing exchange/competition between two early minds in the field: Carl Jung and Sigmund Freud. The Facebook update also reveals some casting details. “Inglourious Basterds” stars Chrisoph Waltz and Michael Fassbender will appear in the film as will Keira Knightley, aka Elizabeth Swann from the “Pirates of the Caribbean” movies. All three are described in the Facebook update as the “stars” of “Talking Cure,” leading one to believe that Waltz and Fassbender will play the two head doctors. Knightley will probably play Sabina, a young Russian woman who is treated by Jung, and who becomes the focus of his affections. What’s so very interesting about all of this is Cronenberg’s involvement. The filmmaker has made a reputation for himself as being an expert in bringing “body horror” to the silver screen. Check out “The Fly,” “Videodrome,” “eXistenZ,” “Dead Ringers,” “A History of Violence”… really anything he’s made, and you’ll get the idea. His style is marked by frequent (and graphic) scenes of body alteration, so it will be interesting to see how he tells a story which is more rooted in the horrors of the mind.
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It’s not news that “Nine” director Rob Marshall is set to helm “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.” Or that he’s got a fresh approach in mind when the cameras start to roll. As Marshall recently admitted to MTV however, there are still a number of decisions to be made. “‘Pirates 4′ is in process as we speak. So they’re still writing,” Marshall explained. “I’ve heard a couple of exciting ideas, but they’re still in process. My hope is that we’ll be able to shoot it sometime in 2010.”There’s still some question as to which familiar faces will be returning. Depp is obviously a huge component of any “Pirates of the Caribbean” movie, but Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightley make up a big part of the continuing story. Marshall, for his part, is in the dark right now.”[The writers are] experimenting with everything I think, so… I’m not sure where they’re going to head,” he said.A possible 3-D release is also a consideration, given the prevalence of major releases utilizing the technology these days (see also: “Avatar“) It’s easy to simply assume that it will happen. That may not be the case however, according to Marshall. Not as far as his own plans go, anyway.”I’m not from the technical world in that way, so it’s not something I’ve ever aspired to do,” he said. “My guess is it’s going to be maybe more performance-driven. Which would be exciting too, because Johnny is a brilliant actor.”"I’m excited to come on board if it all comes together because it’s, you know, new blood,” Marshall explained, adding “I’ll sort of approach it from another place. And still, to work with the brilliant Johnny Depp, that’s the reason for me to do it.”
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When he takes on a role, Johnny Depp often paints a watercolor portrait of the still-forming character to help find his face and personality. After putting the finishing touches on his painting for “Alice in Wonderland,” Depp liked down at the Mad Hatter staring back at him from the canvas and giggled. “I was thinking,” the actor said, “‘Oh my God, this one will get me fired!” “I think [the Mad Hatter] was poisoned — very, very poisoned,” Depp said. “And I think it just took affect in all his nerves. It was coming out through his hair and through his fingernails, through his eyes” Depp’s research also took him down some unexpected literary rabbit holes with the writings of Carroll.“There’s a great line in the book where the Hatter says, ‘I’m investigating things that begin with the letter ‘M,’” Depp said. “So I started kind of doing a little researching, reading a bunch. And you start thinking about the letter ‘M’ and Hatters and the term ‘Mad as a hatter’ and ‘mercury.’” Depp was also intrigued by one of the Mad Hatter’s nonsense questions during a dizzying tea party: “Why is a raven like a writing desk?” “I think he is referencing Edgar Allan Poe,” Depp said, referring to the haunted author of “The Raven,” which was published in 1845, two decades before Carroll’s surreal tale reached the public. Depp let the two ideas germinate in his head and it informed his own Hatter concoction.
Ledger was midway through making the movie when he died from an accidental drug overdose in January 2008.
Director Terry Gilliam chose to fill his character in the remaining scenes with an ensemble cast of Jude Law, Colin Farrell and Depp, who starred in his 1998 movie Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.
Depp admits it was tough filling the Oscar winner’s shoes, but he felt honoured to share the screen with an actor he admired.
He tells Moviefone.com, “Though the circumstances of my involvement are extremely heartrending and unbelievably sad, I feel privileged to have been asked aboard to stand in on behalf of dear Heath…
“He was the only player out there breathing heavy down the back of every established actor’s neck with a thundering and ungovernable talent that came up on you quick, hissing rather mischievously with that cheeky grin, ‘Hey… get on out of my way boys, I’m coming through!’ And does he ever!”
Source: Hollywood.Com
(AP) Actor Johnny Depp highly recommends his latest movie - though he said he hadn’t personally gone out to see it yet.
Depp, in Tokyo for the Japan premiere of “Public Enemies,” said Wednesday he was drawn to the movie because of his childhood interest in John Dillinger, the bank robber who in Depression-era America was declared public enemy No. 1 by federal authorities.
“I haven’t seen the film yet, but I hear great things about it,” Depp said at a news conference at a Tokyo hotel. The movie came out in the U.S. on July 1, but Depp often makes it his practice not to watch his movies, saying he enjoys the filmmaking process but doesn’t like to see himself on screen.
Depp said he saw Dillinger, who was eventually killed by police, as a brave and charismatic figure, and listed the famed criminal among his childhood idols, along with Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin.
He said he felt a special connection to Dillinger because his own grandfather was pushed into illegal activities - “moonshining,” or brewing illegal liquor - to make a living in Kentucky during the Depression.
Unlike Dillinger, however, the 46-year-old Depp, who was named this year’s “Sexiest Man Alive” by People magazine, said he did not believe he had any enemies.
“I don’t think I have any enemies, really,” Depp said. “The scariest enemy is within, allowing yourself to conform to what is expected of you.”
Depp will have an opportunity to watch the movie Thursday, should he choose to do so. He is attending a red carpet event before its Tokyo showing, and will address fans at the theater.
Source: CBS News
MADRID (AFP) - Johnny Depp is to star as Pancho Villa in a new Emir Kusturica biopic about Mexico’s 19th-century bandit-turned-revolutionary, Spanish media reported Wednesday.
Playing opposite Mexico’s Salma Hayek, the 46-year-old Depp will trade the swashbuckling antics of the “Pirates of the Caribbean” series for the part of General Villa, El Pais newspaper quoted the Serbian director as saying.
Shooting on the film is to begin early next year, split between Mexico and the Granada region of southern in Spain, said Kusturica, who is said to have hesitated between Depp and the Spaniard Javier Bardem for the part.
An emblematic figure from the 1910 Mexican Revolution, Francisco “Pancho” Villa (1878-1923) took up arms alongside Francisco Madero and later Emiliano Zapata, fighting against conservatives to found modern-day Mexico.
Based on a book about the Mexican hero by the US writer James Carlos Blake, the Depp film will tell his story “through the eyes of his friends and the woman he loved,” Kusturica said.
Companion to French singer Vanessa Paradis, with whom he has two children, Lily-Rose, 10, and Jack, seven, Depp was last month voted the sexiest man alive by the US magazine People.
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When “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides” was announced for a summer 2011 release, fans went wild. Then the project hit rough waters following the departure of studio chief Dick Cook, a big supporter of “Pirates” star Johnny Depp. The Jack Sparrow actor subsequently expressed hesitation about continuing with the series.
Still, the project sails forward. Depp’s not a lock until he signs off on the script, which he hasn’t yet seen, but Captain Barbossa actor Geoffrey Rush told MTV in late September that he’s been told to keep his schedule open for cameras to roll next spring.
And before any of that took place, in midsummer, word emerged that Rob Marshall, director of the Academy Award-winning “Chicago,” is negotiating to direct “On Stranger Tides.” So when MTV’s Josh Horowitz spoke to Marshall at the press junket for his upcoming musical “Nine,” he had to squeeze in a few questions about the status of his work on “Pirates.”
“[The deal is] very close to happening, actually,” Marshall said. “I’m very excited … excited to work with Johnny.”
It’s an unusual change of gears for the series. Gore Verbinski directed the three previous entries, a good pairing of material with the same guy who directed “The Ring” and the Brad Pitt/Julia Roberts-starring action/thriller “The Mexican.” Marshall, on the other hand, represents a sharp change in direction, what with his “Chicago” and (soon enough) “Nine” cred — two musicals.
“I think [Disney is] probably looking for a fresh approach,” he explained. “I think it’s good when you’re doing these series’ of films, like ‘Harry Potter.’ It’s nice to bring in a fresh approach.” The real question is, how does Marshall define “fresh”?
“I don’t know yet. Johnny’s playing Captain Jack, so that’s there,” he revealed. “It’ll be its own thing. I’ll approach it as a film.” This confirmation is at odds with that he’d only do another “Pirates” if he read a script that was “worthy of the audience’s attention,” but Marshall is pretty sure the actor is in.
“You know what, [he's in] as far as I know. The truth is, we all love Dick [Cook]. He’s a very special, special man,” Marshall explained. “So [his departure from Disney] was hard for everybody. But Johnny is a great guy and we’ve been looking to work together for awhile, so it’s going to be nice to be able to do that, hopefully.”
Marshall doesn’t have a timetable, though he is certain that “On Stranger Tides” is next for him. Given the musical background, we have to wonder if Depp will get to break into song, especially after his success with Tim Burton’s “Sweeney Todd” adaptation. And a Jack Sparrow song-and-dance number could be an amazing thing indeed.
“I’m sure we’ll do something,” Marshall revealed. There’ll be a little something in there … from us. The great thing is that I love Johnny. He’s incredible, as an actor and as a person too. So I know it’ll be a great experience.”
Source: MTV.Com
This week People magazine announced its pick for 2009’s “Sexiest Man Alive.” And the winner is … Johnny Depp.
Yawn.
Seriously, was this the most non-news of the week, or what? Sure, I love Depp as much as Tim Burton, but People could’ve been a tad more adventurous with its choices. News flash: Jake Gyllenhaal, Robert Downey Jr. and David Beckham are hot. Pass it on. In 2004. (Or even 1989!)
While the issue has sparked discussion, it probably hasn’t been the sort of talk the mag was hoping for. Robert Pattinson fans are outraged their man wasn’t chosen. And even though I’m not a PatzHead or PattyMelt whatever those people are called, I’ll admit they have a point: That dude can’t go anywhere without losing locks of hair.
Best Week Ever is appalled Jon Hamm was omitted, which is absolutely true: Tell me Jerry O’Connell is sexier than Don Draper with a straight face, and I’ll buy you a Brandy Alexander on the spot. Idolator thinks John Mayer and Robin Thicke should be included. Salon suggests James Franco is the “sexiest man living,” and Moviefone is more excited by GQ’s Men of the Year, which includes a wide range of guys like Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Christoph Waltz and the band Phoenix.
So I guess many of us agree: We can still discuss sexy men, though don’t limit the conversation to the same 10 or so fellas every year. Times change, new dudes crop up.
So congrats to Johnny, but in 2010 let’s aim for more diverse people, People. Clooney and Pitt have had their moments. Let them ease into sexy retirement.
Source: USA Today
