Johnny Depp

By Elisabeth Rappe Sony's thriller The Tourist just keeps sending its talent packing. Originally set to be a vehicle for Tom Cruise and Charlize Theron, it shifted gears last month and was re-cast with Angelina Jolie and Sam Worthington. But once again, The Tourist finds itself without travel arrangements...

By Elisabeth Rappe Frank Sinatra is still what many (if not all) red-blooded man aspire to be. Playing him in a Martin Scorsese biopic is not only a dream job for any actor, it's wish fulfillment on the highest level. Is it any surprise that the some of the biggest names in Hollywood are said to by vying for the role...

By Elisabeth Rappe Though I love the Disney version with all my heart (like many kids, it's how I first encountered the story) I'm including a scene from Tim Burton's Sleepy Hollow below the jump. I was disappointed by it when I first saw it in theaters (I still question the production designer's decision to ju...

By Elisabeth Rappe The blend of the romantic and the horrific is what makes Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street such a delicious story. At its twisted center, the story is all about love. Sweeney is motivated by the loss of his wife and child, Mrs. Lovett assists him because she's always loved him, Judg...

By Peter Martin When it comes to movies, the Pirates of the Caribbean series comes trippingly to mind, especially since Disney just announced that Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides will be coming ashore in Summer 2011, with Johnny Depp returning as Jack Sparrow. But it's pretty tough to talk li...

By Jenni Miller Filed under: Disney, RumorMonger, Newsstand, Johnny Depp So about that Disney announcement -- well, the one about Pirates of the Caribbean and its new title (Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides) and release date (summer 2011). It just so happens that there is also a novel called O...

By Kevin Kelly At Disney's D23 they kept the movie surprises coming for nearly two hours, announcing a slew of new information about their upcoming slate of films for the next couple of years, and they trotted out John Travolta, Robert Zemeckis, Jerry Bruckheimer, Nic Cage, Miley Cyrus, and ... Johnny Dep...

By Jeffrey M. Anderson A biopic about Ed Wood originally sounded like a bad idea, simply because the primary impulse should have been to ridicule the poor old Angora-wearing fellow into oblivion for two hours. That might have been funny for a minute or two, but Wood did it to himself, so much better, in his own film...

By Peter Martin Are you ready for singing and dancing pirates? Rob Marshall, the director of the Academy Award-winning Chicago and the upcoming musical Nine, is "on the verge" of helming the next installment of Pirates of the Caribbean, according to Variety. If all goes well, Johnny Depp will return as J...

By Kevin Kelly Read on beyond the jump for our full breakdown of what the tour consists of. According to an insider we spoke to, this tour will be heading around the globe after it leaves San Diego, and might not be open to the public. So, catch it here in pictures while you can! Permalink | Email this | Comments

By Elisabeth Rappe It's the Fourth of July weekend, and what better way to celebrate America's independence than by watching a John Dillinger decide taxation with representation wasn't nearly as much fun as the patriots made it out to be. Public Enemies has gone wide this week, brandishing their tommy guns...

By Jeffrey M. Anderson Essentially there are two kinds of gangster movies: those made during the time when men wore hats in real life and those made during the time when men wore hats that came from wardrobe. The first type are usually in black-and-white, punchy, nervy and full of wisecracks. The second type are us...

By Peter Martin Are you psyched to see Captain Jack Sparrow as a real-life gangster? Johnny Depp plays an infamous criminal in Michael Mann's Public Enemies, which opens tomorrow. But in a world where giant robots draw huge crowds, "do audiences want to see Depp as a fairly realistic, non-fantasy versio...

By Elisabeth Rappe You can go crazy wondering just who that Big Actor who can pull in the money and box office might be. Could it be someone that rumors have long attached, like Tom Hanks (Darabont's pick for years), Brad Pitt, or Tom Cruise? Or could we be looking at someone newly bankable, like Johnny Depp?

By Elisabeth Rappe Mere days ago I passed on the report that Disney was making The Lone Ranger their priority and pushing back Pirates, which wasn't too surprising since Ranger had a director and Pirates didn't. Well, belay all that, because ComingSoon caught up with Jerry Bruckheimer, who assured Jack Spa...

By Jessica Barnes You know, there really isn't any point complaining about Hollywood remaking old TV shows into movies -- why, you may ask? Well, mainly because it seems like it's going to happen no matter what we do. So while I understand when fans get a little bent out of shape when their favorite show is next...

 CA Of course, the interest in Imaginarium has more to do with the stars (Johnny Depp, Colin Farrell, and Jude Law stepped in to finish the film after Ledger's untimely passing). Void, on the other hand, created anticipation because it is Noé's first ...

By Elisabeth Rappe The Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy is still in that so-popular-its-annoying stage, which is why I wince at bringing it up in our summer appreciation. Believe me, nobody can be more worn out on all things piratical than this humble writer. After all, my sister dates a professional Jack Spa...

By Jessica Barnes The Pirates franchise might have made Knightley a household name, but it has become obvious that she's been looking to expand her career beyond playing second fiddle to Captain Jack for some time. Not to mention this isn't the first time that Knightley has said that she would not be returni...

By Scott Weinberg My main (and only big) problem with Bryan Singer's Valkyrie is the same problem I have with "movie stars" in general. For example, I believe that Tom Cruise is a very fine actor, or at least a generally underrated one, but since he's a Movie Star before he's an Actor (and yes, he is), I find it al...

By Erik Davis Here's what he told MTV: "I was with [a Warner Bros.] executive and I said, 'Are we going to make another one?' They said yeah. I said, 'How the hell are we going to top Heath? And he says 'I'll tell you how you top Heath - Johnny Depp as The Riddler and Philip Seymour Hoffman as The Penguin.' I said, '...

By Elisabeth Rappe Filed under: Action, Casting, Warner Brothers, RumorMonger, Johnny Depp, Comic/Superhero/Geek, Remakes and SequelsAt last, the focus of at least one obsessive Batman 3 rumor has adressed. Johnny Depp was recently on a Florida radio show promoting the reunion show of his band, The Kid...

By Elisabeth Rappe Filed under: Classics, Drama, Horror, Romance, Deals, Mystery & Suspense, Warner Brothers, RumorMonger, Fandom, Johnny Depp, Remakes and SequelsTim Burton has reportedly been confirmed as the director of Dark Shadows, the rights of which are held by Johnny Depp's Infinitum-N...

By Erik Davis On paper, this does seem like a logical -- and realistic -- choice. Pitt is at a similar point in his career as Robert Downey Jr., Edward Norton and even Johnny Depp (who surprised fans by starring in three Pirates of the Caribbean films for Disney). If there ever was a right time for Pitt to take a...

By Elisabeth Rappe But a franchise much nearer and dearer to the hearts of a younger generation may also be revived -- word has it that Disney also plans to release a fourth Pirates of the Caribbean. And there are conflicting reports on where Disney wants to go with it. Some within the studio want to do a smaller fi...

By Monika Bartyzel Back in 1988, Pitt popped up as a high school student in an episode of 21 Jump Street. Along with Captain Jack Johnny Depp and Peter DeLuise (who is currently a director on the new Canadian show jPod), you'll also notice Cheryl Pollak -- who played smartie Paige Woodward in Pump Up the Volume. S...

By Kim Voynar The film opens with rivers of bright red blood flowing through the cobblestone cracks of a London nearly as dismal as the Paris we met in the opening of Tom Tykwer's Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (one of my favorite films of last year). Much as Sweeney Todd is going to be compared to Burton's...

By Erik Davis We've already told you about Moviefone's excellent Unscripted video with director Tim Burton and his Sweeney Todd star Johnny Depp, but now Cinematical has an exclusive clip from their chat that was left on the cutting room floor. ...

By Ryan Stewart Several people who have attended the first critic's screenings of Sweeney Todd -- a.k.a., not me -- are declaring themselves totally wowed, although they're all bending over backwards to respect an embargo. Jeff Wells at Hollywood-Elsewhere was so impressed by the film that he declared Ti...

By Jeffrey M. Anderson It's difficult to underestimate the significance of The Clash in rock 'n' roll. They belong on any serious list of the top five rock 'n' roll performers of all time, and their 1979 masterpiece London Calling belongs on any list of the top five albums. But beyond that, do we know who they were? J...

By Christopher Campbell Filed under: Action & Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Disney, Scripts & Screenwriting, Family Films, Johnny Depp, Remakes and SequelsDid you have trouble following the plot of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest? Well, get ready to be more confused by the nex...

By Jennifer DeFilippo Filed under: Action & Adventure, Johnny DeppIf I were to be a female pirate I would want to look exactly like Keira Knightley. Dirty enough not to look homeless, long flowing hair while wearing decadently embroidered garments and comfortably wielding a heavy sword twice my size. IESB...

By Kevin Polowy Is it summer yet? Is it finally time to put the winter coats and Wild Hogs behind us? Not that spring's been all bad: There were even a couple marquee movies, though 300 and Grindhouse met surprisingly disparate fates at the box office.

By Christopher Campbell The Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest was the choice for favorite movie of the year, though surprisingly Johnny Depp was not the favorite actor. Instead the kids picked now-7-time-winner Adam Sandler, who also beat out Will Smith and Jack Black. The favorite actress was Dakota Fa...

By Christopher Campbell Filed under: Action & Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Disney, Fandom, Scripts & Screenwriting, Family Films, Johnny Depp, Remakes and SequelsAs one of the few film critics to actually enjoy Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, I can honestly say I'm looking f...

By Matt Bradshaw Filed under: Music & Musicals, Thrillers, Casting, RumorMonger, Johnny DeppThis bit of news certainly had me raising an eyebrow in a display of Spock-like wonder. The one-man controversy machine (and to use my first oxymoron of the day, one seriously funny guy as well) Sacha Baron C...

By Ryan Stewart Orlando Bloom's character in the now-juggernaut Pirates of the Caribbean series will not survive through the inevitable fourth installment -- so says a Disney insider who spoke to the British paper Daily Star. According to the source, the script for the fourth film is currently being wr...

By Mark Beall Filed under: Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Casting, Remakes and SequelsEveryone is more or less aware that Johnny Depp modeled his famous on screen persona Captain Jack Sparrow of Pirates of the Caribbean after the aging rocker Keith Richards, right? Okay, good. Hang o...

By Mark Beall Filed under: Action & Adventure, Thrillers, Deals, Remakes and SequelsLet's take a quick little quiz, shall we? If I were to ask you what makes Pirates of the Caribbean such a successful movie franchise, would you answer: A. The fine acting, led by Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow.

By Erik Davis According to the LA Times, Johnny Depp (who, if you weren't aware, is in the news almost every freaking day) is looking to take on an Indiana Jones-type role in Rex Mundi (King of the World), based on a series of graphic novels by Arvid Nelson and Eric Johnson. Jim Uhls (Fight Club, Jumper) wil...

By Erik Davis Then, word spread that Johnny would instead be playing Philip, a fellow survivor who befriends Smith's character. Groovy. Well now, IESB reports there is no Philip character and, not only is Depp not playing him, but he's also not in the film and never was to begin with. Not so groovy. However,...

By Erik Davis So, now, as Karr's 15 minutes of fame slowly fade away, it's time to start talking movie deal. According to The Smoking Gun, Karr had told Professor Michael Tracey during a recent telephone conversation that, if a movie based on his life were to happen, he would want Johnny Depp to play the le...

By Christopher Campbell Anyway, whatever the real story (Arbuckle was acquitted of all charges), Arbuckle's life would surely make for a great film, and at different times the idea has circulated around Hollywood with John Belushi, John Candy and Chris Farley each rumored to be attached as star. Well, this time...

By Christopher Campbell With Terry Gilliam's luck what it is these days, it might be smart for him to move ahead with projects when he can. In the case of his next film, Good Omens, may mean not casting as he would prefer. It seems that the religious fantasy comedy, which is based on the novel by Terry Pratchett and Neil G...

By Erik Davis Odds and ends from Monday: Hey, what do you know -- a story about Johnny Depp that isn't pirate-related. (Does that mean I can't call him Captain Jack? Nah.) Captain Jack's production company has tapped director Terry Zwigoff (Bad Santa) to helm Happy Days (no relation to the popular TV show...