International Insider: Johnny Depp’s International Comeback; Embracing Middle Earth; Warner Bros. Discovery Exits; Cineworld Woes
deadline.comGood Afternoon International Insider team, Max Goldbart here with your mid-August dose of headlines, analysis and silly emojis.
We’re taking a break next week but will be back with your favourite Friday lunchtime newsletter in a fortnight on September 2.
For now, read on.Back in the director’s chair: Johnny Depp has had a decent fortnight. Last week, we revealed a first-look image of his eponymous role as King Louis XV in Jeanne du Barry (his first film for three years) and this week focus pivoted to the director’s chair, where the once-disgraced star is due to return for the first time in a quarter of a century.
Depp will sit behind the camera for Modigliani, a feature film about Italian artist Amedeo Modigliani. Al Pacino is on board as co-producer with Depp and Barry Navidi, sources confirmed to Deadline’s Zac Ntim, and the film is based on a play by Dennis McIntyre.
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