Johnny Depp Archive

  • Fear and Loathing the Adaptation: Rum Diary Fails to Impress

    Fear and Loathing the Adaptation: Rum Diary Fails to Impress

    With the recent release of The Rum Diary receiving a somewhat cool reception, (52% on Rotten Tomatoes). Hunter S. Thompson’s novella, The Rum Diary follows his exploits working for a newspaper based in Puerto Rico. For those of you who are unaware of Thompson’s style, it was often urgent, gritty and politically charged. In some [...]

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  • London Premiere of Johnny English Reborn

    London Premiere of Johnny English Reborn

    Yesterday’s Premiere of Johnny English Reborn was met with a reception which was even hotter than the weather. The red carpet was lined full of fans hoping to catch a glimpse of the film’s stars as well as other famous faces. Among them were Warwick Davis who was only too happy to talk about his [...]

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  • ‘Never Let Me Go’ director, Romanek for Cinderella?

    ‘Never Let Me Go’ director, Romanek for Cinderella?

    Deadline have announced that Disney is trying to entice Mark Romanek (One Hour Photo, Never Let Me Go) to direct the new live action re-imagining of the fairy tale, Cinderella about the princess who lives with her wicked stepmother and is forced to care for her stepsisters. The news comes after the studio bought the [...]

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  • Depp and Disney to collaborate on two films

    Depp and Disney to collaborate on two films

    Disney is set to strengthen their ties with Johnny Depp, as the studios reveal two upcoming collaborations with the Hollywood actor. Both camps have already established a profitable working relationship which is evident from the success of the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise alone, but Depp’s Disney association will soon branch further than Captain Jack [...]

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  • Paramount to start animation department

    Paramount to start animation department

    With the end of the Paramount and DreamWorks distribution agreement coming to an end next year, it may not come as a surprise that Paramount Pictures is set to launch its own in-house animation studio, Paramount Animation. Despite its reputation as being more of a distributor than a studio, Paramount has had a previous foray [...]

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  • Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides Review

    Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides Review

    3/5
    The Pirates of the Caribbean franchise is one of the highest grossing of all time, so there’s no doubt that big things were to be expected of the latest instalment On Stranger Tides. Thankfully it does not disappoint. As far as plot is concerned it’s nice to see that On Stranger Tides has returned back [...]

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