Johnny Depp Placed Front And Center In New Poster For The Rum Diary

There are thousands if not millions of Hunter S. Thompson fans who have been waiting for Bruce Robinson's adaptation of The Rum Diary, but that's not the biggest mystery behind the project's numerous delays. Rather, it's the fact that Johnny Depp, arguably the biggest star in the world, is playing the film's starring role. Now that the wait is over and the movie is set to come out on October 28th, it was even more surprising that Depp was all but completely absent from the film's first poster. It was a creative choice and one that was much appreciated by fans of clever designs, but it would seem that the international markets aren't messing around. IMP Awards has posted the newest one-sheet and it's 99% Johnny Depp.




In the movie Depp plays Paul Kemp, a freelance journalist that moves to San Juan, Puerto Rico in the late 1950s and begins to work for a small newspaper. Interacting on a daily basis with a full cast of colorful characters, Kemp runs into trouble when he meets a gorgeous woman named Chenault (Amber Heard), with whom he becomes infatuated, and her rich fiance, Sanderson (Aaron Eckhart), who is developing a land deal that may not be aboveboard. The film also stars Richard Jenkins, Michael Rispoli, and Giovanni Ribisi.

Johnny Depp Placed Front And Center In New Poster For The Rum Diary

There are thousands if not millions of Hunter S. Thompson fans who have been waiting for Bruce Robinson's adaptation of The Rum Diary, but that's not the biggest mystery behind the project's numerous delays. Rather, it's the fact that Johnny Depp, arguably the biggest star in the world, is playing the film's starring role. Now that the wait is over and the movie is set to come out on October 28th, it was even more surprising that Depp was all but completely absent from the film's first poster. It was a creative choice and one that was much appreciated by fans of clever designs, but it would seem that the international markets aren't messing around. IMP Awards has posted the newest one-sheet and it's 99% Johnny Depp.




In the movie Depp plays Paul Kemp, a freelance journalist that moves to San Juan, Puerto Rico in the late 1950s and begins to work for a small newspaper. Interacting on a daily basis with a full cast of colorful characters, Kemp runs into trouble when he meets a gorgeous woman named Chenault (Amber Heard), with whom he becomes infatuated, and her rich fiance, Sanderson (Aaron Eckhart), who is developing a land deal that may not be aboveboard. The film also stars Richard Jenkins, Michael Rispoli, and Giovanni Ribisi.

Baywatch Movie Back On Track With Script From Rescue Me Creator?

The time to do a Baywatch movie, if a Baywatch movie absolutely had to be done, was probably 1989-91, when the red-suited lifeguards were in their prime and audiences camped out in front of television sets to see Pamela Anderson, David Hasselhoff and Yasmine Bleeth running. In slow motion. For hours.

Twenty years later, Hollywood is still trying to mount a proper Baywatch feature, and writer Peter Tolan may be the one riding to the franchise’s rescue. Now that his time on Denis Leary’s firefighter drama Rescue Me has drawn to a close (the show had its series finale earlier this month), Tolan tells the Matthew Aaron Show podcast (via JoBlo) that he recently turned a Baywatch script in to Paramount.

Oddly enough, Tolan says his script has very little to do with the original TV show, which he did not watch in preparation for writing the treatment. He said the tone of the script he wrote is closest to Ivan Reitman’s Stripes, and that there are parts written into the screenplay for Hasselhoff and Anderson, though they would not be playing the characters they played in the show.

That’s a headscratcher. With so many changes, why call it Baywatch at all? Is the brand recognition that strong that you wouldn’t just launch another lifeguard-themed project and hope it could stand on its own? Then again, reboots of TV shows have fared well, but primarily when they’ve held at least a tiny connection to the source material. As for Anderson, she has said repeatedly that she’s against a Baywatch movie. But if you promise Hasselhoff a hamburger, some camera time, and the chance to record the film’s theme song, I’m sure he’s in.

Baywatch Movie Back On Track With Script From Rescue Me Creator?

The time to do a Baywatch movie, if a Baywatch movie absolutely had to be done, was probably 1989-91, when the red-suited lifeguards were in their prime and audiences camped out in front of television sets to see Pamela Anderson, David Hasselhoff and Yasmine Bleeth running. In slow motion. For hours.

Twenty years later, Hollywood is still trying to mount a proper Baywatch feature, and writer Peter Tolan may be the one riding to the franchise’s rescue. Now that his time on Denis Leary’s firefighter drama Rescue Me has drawn to a close (the show had its series finale earlier this month), Tolan tells the Matthew Aaron Show podcast (via JoBlo) that he recently turned a Baywatch script in to Paramount.

Oddly enough, Tolan says his script has very little to do with the original TV show, which he did not watch in preparation for writing the treatment. He said the tone of the script he wrote is closest to Ivan Reitman’s Stripes, and that there are parts written into the screenplay for Hasselhoff and Anderson, though they would not be playing the characters they played in the show.

That’s a headscratcher. With so many changes, why call it Baywatch at all? Is the brand recognition that strong that you wouldn’t just launch another lifeguard-themed project and hope it could stand on its own? Then again, reboots of TV shows have fared well, but primarily when they’ve held at least a tiny connection to the source material. As for Anderson, she has said repeatedly that she’s against a Baywatch movie. But if you promise Hasselhoff a hamburger, some camera time, and the chance to record the film’s theme song, I’m sure he’s in.

More Dark Knight Rises Set Videos Show Bats Setting The Streets Ablaze

One of the great things about action movies is that even seeing small snippets without any narrative context can provide enticement to see the film. The added benefit of The Dark Knight Rises is that most of us are already dizzy with anticipation to see it. Therefore it wouldn’t take much to pique our interest. But these video clips from the set of Christopher Nolan’s latest Batman outing go the extra mile; thanks to Coming Soonfor finding these YouTube treasures. These are not just shots of cast members milling about between takes or cameras being set up. No, first we get a vehicle smashing through a barricade and plunging to a sublevel of the highway…

Then we see that same vehicle charging through a gauntlet of explosions.

And, from another angle, we see that the perpetrator of all those explosions is a very familiar black tank.

How could anyone not be excited to see this movie?! These clips would suggest that Nolan will once again be incorporating a vehicular showdown into his Batman story. But the question remains, who is going to be driving that ill-fated truck? If Batman were firing at it, it would stand to reason that a villain is behind the wheel. But is it Bane? If the film incorporates any of the Knightfall storyline, Bane’s major story arc from the comic books, it could be a truck full of recently escaped Arkham Asylum inmates. In that storyline, Bane masterminds a mass exodus from the asylum and then watches as Batman systematically fights and recaptures all the inmates. When he is physically and mentally exhausted, that is when Bane shows up to challenge him mono y mono.

Whoever is behind the wheel, these scenes hint that the action sequences in The Dark Knight Rises will at least equal those in The Dark Knight, if not surpass them.

More Dark Knight Rises Set Videos Show Bats Setting The Streets Ablaze

One of the great things about action movies is that even seeing small snippets without any narrative context can provide enticement to see the film. The added benefit of The Dark Knight Rises is that most of us are already dizzy with anticipation to see it. Therefore it wouldn’t take much to pique our interest. But these video clips from the set of Christopher Nolan’s latest Batman outing go the extra mile; thanks to Coming Soonfor finding these YouTube treasures. These are not just shots of cast members milling about between takes or cameras being set up. No, first we get a vehicle smashing through a barricade and plunging to a sublevel of the highway…

Then we see that same vehicle charging through a gauntlet of explosions.

And, from another angle, we see that the perpetrator of all those explosions is a very familiar black tank.

How could anyone not be excited to see this movie?! These clips would suggest that Nolan will once again be incorporating a vehicular showdown into his Batman story. But the question remains, who is going to be driving that ill-fated truck? If Batman were firing at it, it would stand to reason that a villain is behind the wheel. But is it Bane? If the film incorporates any of the Knightfall storyline, Bane’s major story arc from the comic books, it could be a truck full of recently escaped Arkham Asylum inmates. In that storyline, Bane masterminds a mass exodus from the asylum and then watches as Batman systematically fights and recaptures all the inmates. When he is physically and mentally exhausted, that is when Bane shows up to challenge him mono y mono.

Whoever is behind the wheel, these scenes hint that the action sequences in The Dark Knight Rises will at least equal those in The Dark Knight, if not surpass them.

James Franco To Adapt Cormac McCarthy's Child Of God

James Franco’s dance card is filling up rather quickly these days. He’s lined up a wide array of projects like Oz: The Great and Powerful, Jay and Seth vs. The Apocalypse, and possibly even the biopic Lovelace just to name a few. Now, We Got This Covered is reporting that Franco will be adding another directing gig to his resume in the form of a Cormac McCarthy adaptation. Franco announced at TIFF that he would be helming a big screen version of McCarthy’s third book Child of God.

The plot of Child of God revolves around a troubled protagonist, Lester Ballard, who drifts further and further away from normal society and basically becomes a violent cave dweller. Throw in a compressed air cannon and this guy sounds a bit like Anton Chigurh, doesn’t he? Is Franco hoping to recapture some of the No Country for Old Men magic and/or critical acclaim? Is he eager to be recognized as much for his directorial prowess as his acting? It sounds like a stretch to assume so, but his attachment to this novel was a bit haphazard.

Franco initially wanted to adapt McCarthy’s novel Blood Meridian. In fact, he had gone so far as to shoot a 20-minute test of that film and was quite pleased with the result. But it appears that project has been put on indefinite hold so Franco has switched gears to Child of God. So why is he so desperate to adapt McCarthy? It seems there are two probable explanations. Either Franco is hoping to use the author’s stellar writing to garner some recognition for his directing work or he may just be Hollywood’s biggest Cormac McCarthy fan. The latter explanation instills far more confidence in this project than the former.

No word yet as to when principal photography or even casting will begin for Child of God. Franco just completed his last directorial effort, Sal, a biopic of actor Sal Mineo.

James Franco To Adapt Cormac McCarthy's Child Of God

James Franco’s dance card is filling up rather quickly these days. He’s lined up a wide array of projects like Oz: The Great and Powerful, Jay and Seth vs. The Apocalypse, and possibly even the biopic Lovelace just to name a few. Now, We Got This Covered is reporting that Franco will be adding another directing gig to his resume in the form of a Cormac McCarthy adaptation. Franco announced at TIFF that he would be helming a big screen version of McCarthy’s third book Child of God.

The plot of Child of God revolves around a troubled protagonist, Lester Ballard, who drifts further and further away from normal society and basically becomes a violent cave dweller. Throw in a compressed air cannon and this guy sounds a bit like Anton Chigurh, doesn’t he? Is Franco hoping to recapture some of the No Country for Old Men magic and/or critical acclaim? Is he eager to be recognized as much for his directorial prowess as his acting? It sounds like a stretch to assume so, but his attachment to this novel was a bit haphazard.

Franco initially wanted to adapt McCarthy’s novel Blood Meridian. In fact, he had gone so far as to shoot a 20-minute test of that film and was quite pleased with the result. But it appears that project has been put on indefinite hold so Franco has switched gears to Child of God. So why is he so desperate to adapt McCarthy? It seems there are two probable explanations. Either Franco is hoping to use the author’s stellar writing to garner some recognition for his directing work or he may just be Hollywood’s biggest Cormac McCarthy fan. The latter explanation instills far more confidence in this project than the former.

No word yet as to when principal photography or even casting will begin for Child of God. Franco just completed his last directorial effort, Sal, a biopic of actor Sal Mineo.

Sigourney Weaver Says They Won't Do Ghostbusters III Without Bill Murray

Things are looking less certain for the third Ghostbusters, if what Sigourney Weaver said in this recent interview is true. Ghostbusters III may be without a cast if Bill Murray doesn’t sign on to join the rest of the original cast members in the film.

As we previously reported, based on comments made by Dan Aykroyd, it looked like Ghostbusters III was set to move forward with or without Bill Murray on board to reprise his role as the sarcastic but lovable Pete Venkman. When our own Eric Eisenberg sat down with Sigourney Weaver, she too sounded hopeful about the prospect of the sequel. Though she hadn’t seen the script, she did suggest the scenario that Peter Venkman is dead.

Now, based on a recent interview with Collider, it sounds like none of the cast will return for the movie if Murray isn’t on board. The site asked Weaver if she’d still do the sequel without Bill Murray and her response was, “No, I don’t think any of us would do it, if Bill said no. Why would we do that? I think the whole point is to get together and have fun.” She went on to say that pressuring him to read the script would do no good. “I don’t think that works with Bill. I did actually ask him about doing The Guys, so called the 800 number and left a message, but when he doesn’t respond, you know that he’s not interested.”

If what Weaver is saying is true, there may not be a third Ghostbusters film at all. Those who dislike the idea of the classic horror-comedy being brought back in any form would certainly love that news. As someone who sees both sides of the coin, I hope Weaver’s statements are true. The Ghostbusters are four things: Ray, Egon, Winston, and Venkman. They're a team. Louis, Janine and Dana are also necessary ingredients for the films. If they’re going to bring the film back, they should do it right and to do that, they need all of the necessary elements. That includes Bill Murray. If someone can produce a person that can in replace Bill Murray, go for it, but that’s a ridiculously tall order.

The above said, I hope Murray at least reads the script and makes his final decision after he sees what they have in mind for the third installment. It would be good news to hear that, after reading the script, he thought it was good enough to change his mind on the issue.

Weaver did say that Ivan Reitman told her that Dana’s son Oscar (“Named after a hotdog! You poor man!”) would be a Ghostbuster, should the film actually happen. At this point, it sounds like it could all depend on Murray.

Sigourney Weaver Says They Won't Do Ghostbusters III Without Bill Murray

Things are looking less certain for the third Ghostbusters, if what Sigourney Weaver said in this recent interview is true. Ghostbusters III may be without a cast if Bill Murray doesn’t sign on to join the rest of the original cast members in the film.

As we previously reported, based on comments made by Dan Aykroyd, it looked like Ghostbusters III was set to move forward with or without Bill Murray on board to reprise his role as the sarcastic but lovable Pete Venkman. When our own Eric Eisenberg sat down with Sigourney Weaver, she too sounded hopeful about the prospect of the sequel. Though she hadn’t seen the script, she did suggest the scenario that Peter Venkman is dead.

Now, based on a recent interview with Collider, it sounds like none of the cast will return for the movie if Murray isn’t on board. The site asked Weaver if she’d still do the sequel without Bill Murray and her response was, “No, I don’t think any of us would do it, if Bill said no. Why would we do that? I think the whole point is to get together and have fun.” She went on to say that pressuring him to read the script would do no good. “I don’t think that works with Bill. I did actually ask him about doing The Guys, so called the 800 number and left a message, but when he doesn’t respond, you know that he’s not interested.”

If what Weaver is saying is true, there may not be a third Ghostbusters film at all. Those who dislike the idea of the classic horror-comedy being brought back in any form would certainly love that news. As someone who sees both sides of the coin, I hope Weaver’s statements are true. The Ghostbusters are four things: Ray, Egon, Winston, and Venkman. They're a team. Louis, Janine and Dana are also necessary ingredients for the films. If they’re going to bring the film back, they should do it right and to do that, they need all of the necessary elements. That includes Bill Murray. If someone can produce a person that can in replace Bill Murray, go for it, but that’s a ridiculously tall order.

The above said, I hope Murray at least reads the script and makes his final decision after he sees what they have in mind for the third installment. It would be good news to hear that, after reading the script, he thought it was good enough to change his mind on the issue.

Weaver did say that Ivan Reitman told her that Dana’s son Oscar (“Named after a hotdog! You poor man!”) would be a Ghostbuster, should the film actually happen. At this point, it sounds like it could all depend on Murray.