Depp and DelToro to resurrect the Duke and Gonzo!!!!
09-18-03, 12:14 AM
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Depp and DelToro to resurrect the Duke and Gonzo!!!!
Huge news, where I stand, appears on IMDB tonight:
The only bummer on this front is that Gilliam is not returning to direct, hopefully some strings can be pulled to make this happen and get Hartnett OUT of the pic!
But that said, Del Toro seems to have a great feel for films, given his ability to blend so effortlessly between the already great number of characters he's played. He has directed a film called "Submission" in 1995, but it looks like it was never released.
Hopefully working with Gilliam, Soderbergh, Ferrara, Singer, and Friedkin since then will have a positive impact on him. Hell, Clooney pulled a good movie out of his arse, hopefully he's got good counsel on his side.
Also of note is that it looks like some of the rumored bad blood between Depp and DelToro looks to have obviously subsided. I thought it was a sure end of their relationship when the recorded their Fear and Loathing commentary separately, but they obviously look to have smoothed things out.
I'm there opening day for this one, regardless of reviews. It can't come fast enough!
Movie hunk Johnny Depp has signed to star in a follow-up to hit film Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas. Depp will join Fear and Loathing co-star Benicio Del Toro, Josh Hartnett and Nick Nolte in The Rum Diary - based on another of cult writer Hunter S. Thompson's hit novels. The film, which will reunite Johnny and Benicio on screen for the first time since the 1997 comedy, will also be directed by Puerto Rican-born Del Toro. Depp currently has two box office hits in release, Pirates of the Caribbean and Once Upon a Time in Mexico
But that said, Del Toro seems to have a great feel for films, given his ability to blend so effortlessly between the already great number of characters he's played. He has directed a film called "Submission" in 1995, but it looks like it was never released.
Hopefully working with Gilliam, Soderbergh, Ferrara, Singer, and Friedkin since then will have a positive impact on him. Hell, Clooney pulled a good movie out of his arse, hopefully he's got good counsel on his side.
Also of note is that it looks like some of the rumored bad blood between Depp and DelToro looks to have obviously subsided. I thought it was a sure end of their relationship when the recorded their Fear and Loathing commentary separately, but they obviously look to have smoothed things out.
I'm there opening day for this one, regardless of reviews. It can't come fast enough!
09-18-03, 07:56 AM
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Well, it's not exactly resurrecting Duke and Gonzo. The Rum Diary doesn't feature either character. It's a great book though, and I've been super excited about these rumors for a couple of months now. Depp owns HST on screen!
It makes me curious about which character Benecio will play. It's been a year or so since I read it so I don't remember all of the character names, but I'd imagine he'll play HST's insane friend that lives in the beach house with his girlfriend, riding around on a moped assaulting people. Doesn't seem like much of a stretch.
Very very excited.
It makes me curious about which character Benecio will play. It's been a year or so since I read it so I don't remember all of the character names, but I'd imagine he'll play HST's insane friend that lives in the beach house with his girlfriend, riding around on a moped assaulting people. Doesn't seem like much of a stretch.
Very very excited.
09-18-03, 08:12 AM
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Excited here as well! While Gilliam was a major factor, Depp made Fear and Loathing what it was IMO.
You have to admire both actors for picking this as a sequel project given their new found prestige.
You have to admire both actors for picking this as a sequel project given their new found prestige.
09-18-03, 08:17 AM
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Sounds cool.......except for Hartnett. If they are looking for a young actor.....go with someone like James Franco or Jake Gyllenhaal.
09-18-03, 09:39 AM
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Awesome man.
Awe-some!
While it is true that Rum Diaries does not contain Raoul Duke, it does contain Thompson who Duke basically is.
I don't think Gilliam is necessarily needed for this picture. Unlike FALILV, there are no crazy hallucinations or plot points that need extreme special effects.
Also, I think it's amusing that the article called Fear & Loathing a hit movie. I'm sure it didn't even break even.
Awe-some!
While it is true that Rum Diaries does not contain Raoul Duke, it does contain Thompson who Duke basically is.
I don't think Gilliam is necessarily needed for this picture. Unlike FALILV, there are no crazy hallucinations or plot points that need extreme special effects.
Also, I think it's amusing that the article called Fear & Loathing a hit movie. I'm sure it didn't even break even.
09-18-03, 12:06 PM
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Originally posted by Brain Stew
Also, I think it's amusing that the article called Fear & Loathing a hit movie. I'm sure it didn't even break even.
Also, I think it's amusing that the article called Fear & Loathing a hit movie. I'm sure it didn't even break even.
09-18-03, 02:51 PM
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Originally posted by Brain Stew
While it is true that Rum Diaries does not contain Raoul Duke, it does contain Thompson who Duke basically is.
While it is true that Rum Diaries does not contain Raoul Duke, it does contain Thompson who Duke basically is.
So, it'll be interesting to me to see how Depp shades the character in this flick. His performance in F&L borders on caricature, as does the film (it's basically a Steadman cartoon brought to life). RD will be much more grounded in reality, if it's anything like the novel.
For the record I loved the film and novel of F&L, loved Depp and Del Toro in the flick, and love the RD book as well. I'm not trying to say it's a bad idea or anything at all, and in fact I'm VERRRRRY excited about it. I'm just saying it's a DIFFERENT idea, and I'm very curious about how they'll approach the story.
09-18-03, 03:29 PM
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I'm thinking that they story might involve cuts between Thompson writing the book and the storyline of the book itself. RD is, in essence, a prequel to all of the gonzo material Thompson wrote in his later years. Hartnett might be playing HST as a young, more down to earth, person.
09-18-03, 04:18 PM
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Originally posted by Dr. DVD
Hartnett might be playing HST as a young, more down to earth, person.
Hartnett might be playing HST as a young, more down to earth, person.
Depp is great. Del Toro is great. FALILV was good. RD is good.
This will be a must see.
While I agree that Rum Diaries will be much more serious than Fear & Loathing, Rum Diaries has its share of black comedy.
09-23-04, 08:07 PM
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I was going to say this was old news.....
01-13-06, 08:37 PM
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Anything new on this?
http://comingsoon.net/news/topnews.php?id=9658
Robinson Directing Depp in Rum Diary
Source: Variety
May 18, 2005
Bruce Robinson will adapt and direct The Rum Diary, the first novel by the late Hunter S. Thompson, reports Variety. Johnny Depp, who played Thompson in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, will again play the gonzo journalist.
Executive producer Depp picked Robinson, who wrote and directed cult film Withnail & I, the thriller Jennifer 8 and The Killing Fields.
The Rum Diary is Thompson's chronicle of journalism, drinking and carousing in Puerto Rico in the late 1950s.
Production is expected to start sometime after Depp wraps back-to-back sequels of "Pirates of the Caribbean."
Robinson Directing Depp in Rum Diary
Source: Variety
May 18, 2005
Bruce Robinson will adapt and direct The Rum Diary, the first novel by the late Hunter S. Thompson, reports Variety. Johnny Depp, who played Thompson in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, will again play the gonzo journalist.
Executive producer Depp picked Robinson, who wrote and directed cult film Withnail & I, the thriller Jennifer 8 and The Killing Fields.
The Rum Diary is Thompson's chronicle of journalism, drinking and carousing in Puerto Rico in the late 1950s.
Production is expected to start sometime after Depp wraps back-to-back sequels of "Pirates of the Caribbean."
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Well I was worried that Del Toro had pulled out. But according to this he's in. Can't wait!
http://www.hecklerspray.com/hecklers...o_be_hunt.html
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01-24-06, 03:16 PM
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Without Gilliam, I can't see it working as well as F&L did personally...
The style isn't the same as what Gilliam did in Fear and Loathing, but he definitely has a lot of talent. Personally, I'm thrilled to see Bruce Robinson back behind the camera, and I have the utmost faith in him.
-JP