Johnny Depp News

Johnny claims the #1 spot in The Fandango Hot List

posted December 24, 2008 under votings
Johnny is on the first place in The Fandango Hot List: The Top 10 Sexiest Men in 2009 Movies,according to women and on the second,according to men. Of course,according to j-d.org,he is the eternal number one!

1. Johnny Depp: Public Enemies

Let's face it: women love Johnny. Depp previously led Fandango's 2007 Hot List for his role as Captain Jack Sparrow in the third Pirates of the Caribbean movie, and as long as he has a new movie coming out, he'll be a hard man to beat. After a string of colorful roles where Depp mastered a variety of English accents, he finally gets to play a Midwesterner, legendary criminal John Dillinger, in the summer gangster epic Public Enemies. Depp fans are also curious to see how his brief performance will factor into Heath Ledger's last movie, The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus, currently seeking an American distributor for a 2009 release. Depp-mania continues to rule the Internet, with recent announcements that he'll star in a fourth Pirates movie, a Lone Ranger remake, and as the Mad Hatter, a role that he was born to play in Tim Burton's live-action Alice in Wonderland, due in 2010. Now the only question that remains is this: when will Johnny get his long-overdue Oscar?

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Alan Rickman Talks ‘Alice In Wonderland’

posted December 21, 2008 under movies
During a recent interview, Alan Rickman has let slip some more details about Tim Burton’s upcoming film Alice In Wonderland. Rickman will play the Caterpillar, starring alongside Burton regulars Johnny Depp and Helene Bonham Carter as well as the likes of Anne Hathaway, Michael Sheen and Crispin Glover.

Here’s what he had to say:

“I’m a voice, but I have been filmed because it’s my face who will be on the end of something that will be the caterpillar. So it’s the first time that they’ve mixed three disciplines, I suppose — live action, animation, and stop motion. I think I’m part of the animation bit, and I saw Helena [Bonham-Carter] and Crispin Glover yesterday. They’re a mixture of the two, actually, because there’s Helena in a costume and in makeup but her head is going to be made three times bigger than it actually is on top of the costume.”

“I don’t know what it (the Caterpillar) looks like, so I’ve only done the first stage of it, which is them recording me saying these lines quite badly. Then, somewhere down the line, they’ll have animated it and I’ll redo it.”

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Depp in a tight 'Squeeze'

posted December 17, 2008 under projects
Johnny Depp guests on Glenn Tilbrook & The Fluffers' new album Pandemonium Ensues, out on February 16. Depp, who plays guitar on Too Close To The Sun, is a Squeeze fan, and his wife Vanessa Paradis sings on Interest And Love. Produced by Tilbrook, it's his first LP since 2004's Transatlantic Ping Pong.


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UK premiere of Gonzo

posted December 11, 2008 under movies
We are proud to announce the release of GONZO, in cinemas in the United Kingdom on December 19th.
This great film about Dr. Hunter Thompson is now available in the United States and on the internet on DVD. Lizzy, from our site was fortunate enough to be able to ask the director Alex Gibney a few questions for an interview. This article will be posted on Monday.

In case you missed the trailer and screencaps,here are the links once again,for your viewing pleasure:

Screencaps from the movie
Trailer

Johnny Depp is again on the 1# spot of IMDb.com’s STARmeter

posted December 11, 2008 under awards
Mr. Depp now claims the top spot on the IMDb's STARmeter for the fifth year in a row -- even though his biggest appearances of the year were on the red carpet of the Oscars (where he was nominated for Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street) and at the MTV Movie Awards, where he snagged trophies for both Sweeney Todd and Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End. And fans couldn't stop talking about his upcoming roles in Michael Mann's Public Enemies (as John Dillinger) and Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland (as the Mad Hatter), as well as salivating at the concept of him playing The Riddler in the next Batman flick. Check back with us next year to see if that comes to fruition -- we're sure he'll be somewhere at the top of this list again!

See all actors who made it in the top

Jack Sparrow Fired From Disneyland? NOT

posted December 09, 2008 under general
It’s a well known fact among all those that follow Johnny, Pirates or Disney that the character of Jack Sparrow will no longer be at the Disneyland park. HOWEVER, the news that Jack was “fired” from Disneyland because of flashing and inappropriate incidents (as stated in San Diego Tribune, ktla, TMZ.com and The Tribune) are categorically inaccurate. “The Boob statement was totally not true and never happened at all.“ states Brandon Pinto, whose quote to the SDTribune was misconstrued and now misquoted by these publications. Other individuals quoted in the Tribune article have not and do not work for the park in anyway. “All Disney employees are held to a very high standard and these false incidents were in no way shape or form the cause of Jacks disappearance from the park as far as I know.” Pinto expressed. Disney’s official statement that these rumors are false, also match with the truth that Jack was moved to another part of the park and his numbers went down. Of course Jack will return to the park in booming popularity in the coming years as POTC 4 opens!

update December 18:
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Do it for Johnny!

posted December 09, 2008 under movies
Musician, songwriter and filmmaker Haylar Garcia has completed work on a new independent film titled Do It For Johnny. You can read the back-story about how he and his colleagues took a “long strange trip” attempting to hunt down actor Johnny Depp and give him a custom guitar with a movie script stuffed into a secret compartment inside. There’s also some background information available from film critic Betty Jo Tucker. Some more of the background to this intriguing story will be explored when Betty Jo and Jazz Shaw will interview the filmmaker on Movie Addict Headquarters at 4 pm eastern today. Feel free to join and call in with your own questions! See you on the radio.

Sweeney Todd Soundtrack nominated for Grammy!!

posted December 04, 2008 under awards
The Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street soundtrack is nominated for a Grammy in the category Best Compilation Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media
(Award to the Artist(s) and/or Producer(s) of a majority of the tracks on the album, or to the individual(s) actively responsible for the concept and musical direction and for the selection of artists, songs and producers, as applicable.)!

The other nominated soundtracks are from American Gangster,Mamma Mia!, Juno and August Rush.
The awards show will be held on February 8, 2009 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.Keeping fingers crossed for another bloody award!

Updates on The Rum Diary,In the Hand of Dante&Co.

posted December 03, 2008 under projects
Good news!Variety reports that his production company bought the rights for the novel "In the Hand of Dante" and the other projects, The Rum Diary and Dark Shadows will also start to develop next year.Too bad that there is no mentioning of him being cast in "Shantaram".

Johnny Depp books 'Hand of Dante'
Actor's Infinitum Nihil acquires rights to novel

Johnny Depp's production company Infinitum Nihil has acquired screen rights to the Nick Tosches novel "In the Hand of Dante." The novel will be developed as a potential star vehicle for Depp.

Depp will produce with his Infinitum Nihil partner Christi Dembrowski. The company, which has a first-look deal with Warner Bros. and Graham King's GK Films, optioned the book with its own coin.

Book revolves around Dante's masterwork "The Divine Comedy," and tells parallel storylines involving Dante in 14th-century Italy as he tries to complete the work, and a contemporary storyline involving Tosches, who is asked to authenticate what might be Dante's original manuscript. Depp would play Tosches. The novel was published in 2002.

Depp, who is playing the Mad Hatter in the Tim Burton-directed "Alice in Wonderland," has a dance card that includes toplining another "Pirates of the Caribbean" film, "The Lone Ranger," and voicing the title character in the Gore Verbinski-directed animated film "Rango."

At the same time, his production company has become more ambitious, and is getting close to the starting line on its first movie.

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. 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."

Infinitum Nihil also is working with GK Films and WB on a film transfer of "Dark Shadows" that will have Depp playing Barnabas Collins; an adaptation of "The Invention of Hugo Cabret" that will be directed by Chris Wedge; an adaptation of the Gregory David Roberts book "Shantaram" that was scripted by Eric Roth; and "The Bomb in My Garden," the Mahdi Obeidi/Kurt Pitzer book that has a script by Robert Edwards. Infinitum Nihil also is developing an adaptation of "Inamorata" that was scripted by the book's author, Joseph Gangemi.

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SpongeBob SquarePants with Johnny Depp!

posted December 03, 2008 under movies
Nickelodeon and Paramount Home Entertainment present SpongeBob vs. The Big One, a new DVD release coming out on March 3rd. It includes 6 episodes of the show that are new-to-DVD, plus the title episode that is seen for the first time anywhere, only on this disc! This never-before-seen story includes the voice talent of Johnny Depp (Pirates of the Caribbean), in addition to the usual voice cast. Running time on this disc is 89 minutes, plus there will be some exclusive bonus material: "Plankton’s Special Sinister Commentary" and a "Ridin'the Hook" Music Video.

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