THE RUM DIARY, with Johnny Depp, featured in August 19th issue of ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY!

The photo at left — by Peter Mountain — shows Johnny Depp (as journalist Paul Kemp) and Amber Heard (as Chenault) in Bruce Robinson’s The Rum Diary; to see a larger version of the photo, CLICK HERE. The image appears in the new issue of Entertainment Weekly, cover date August 19, 2011, which focuses on this fall’s new movies. Of the much-anticipated film, Clark Collis writes, “Depp stars as a writer at a Puerto Rico newspaper in the ’50s-set The Rum Diary, an adaptation of Hunter S. Thompson’s novel. The actor was a friend of the late author’s and played him in 1998’s Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.”

Collis also notes that Johnny shot The Rum Diary before Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, but “deliberately delayed its release.” Explains Johnny, “You can’t open it next to some blockbuster thing. It’s a special little film.” The Rum Diary will open in North America on October 28.

The Zone thanks Holden and Emma for sharing the news. You can read more about The Rum Diary on the Zone’s News & Views forum.