Variety gives a March start date for THE RUM DIARY, starring Johnny Depp
December 3, 2008
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Posted by Part-Time Poet
The long-awaited film of Hunter S. Thompson’s novel The Rum Diary, starring Johnny Depp, may have cameras rolling in March 2009–so says Variety in an article about upcoming Infinitum Nihil projects published yesterday. “Depp will star in March as gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson in The Rum Diary, an adaptation of the Thompson book that Infinitum Nihil is producing with GK Films, with King’s company financing the picture,” writes Michael Fleming. “Bruce Robinson is directing his script. It’s Depp’s second turn in a Thompson tale; he starred in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.” One slight correction to Fleming’s report: JD will not be playing Hunter, but (as in Fear and Loathing) a fictional incarnation of the Good Doctor, this time named Paul Kemp. No further casting has been announced, but we’ll be keeping a sharp eye.
The Zone thanks Theresa and Savvypiratemonky for the news: you can read the Fleming article HERE. The Rum Diary will be the first Infinitum Nihil project to go into production; we send our heartiest congratulations and best wishes to IN President Christi Dembrowski, director Bruce Robinson, Johnny Depp, Graham King, and all the cast, crew and IN staff. –Part-Time Poet
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