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From North Jersey
Depp acquires NJ scribe's film option
Sunday, December 31, 2006
By BILL ERVOLINO
RECORD STAFF
Bloomsbury books has announced that Johnny Depp's production company, Infinitum Nihil, along with Initial Entertainment Group, have finalized a film option agreement for "The Affected Provincial's Companion" by Lord Breaulove Swells Whimsy -- the pen name of Victor Allen Crawford III, who lives in the rural Pine Barrens town of New Egypt.
Crawford's book, released in the United States and United Kingdom in September, is an eccentric, humorous and slightly bittersweet autobiographical account of the author's life as a reclusive dandy and country gentleman. The book was typeset, art-directed, designed and illustrated by "Lord Whimsy," complete with unusual charts and diagrams.
What is not known is whether Depp -- who has played several left-of-center
characters in recent films -- will produce the film, star in it or both.
From the Advocate
Johnny Depp slated to play Freddie Mercury in new biopic
Johnny Depp is in talks to star as Freddie Mercury in a film being developed by Robert de Niro's Tribeca Productions, according to The [London] Independent.
Queen guitarist Brian May confirmed on his Web site that "discussions are at an early stage."
The film would cover the life of Mercury, the former Queen front man, who was born Farrokh Bulsara in Zanzibar. Mercury wrote many of the band's hits, including "Bohemian Rhapsody," which was voted Britain's best single of all time, beating out John Lennon's "Imagine." He was known for his distinctive voice and wide vocal range.
Mercury died at age 45 in 1991 of AIDS complications, one day after
announcing he had the disease.
From The Daily Record
PIRATED OF THE CARIBBEAN
BLOCKBUSTER film Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest is the top-selling fake DVD this Christmas.
The industry's anti-piracy organisation FACT said they seized more counterfeit copies of the Johnny Depp movie than any other title this year.
It came top of their list, ahead of films including Mission: Impossible III, Cars, The Da Vinci Code and Casino Royale.
FACT's Eddy Leviten said "tens of thousands" of pirate DVDs had recently been seized, but there were "hundreds of thousands" still out there.
He added: "Pirated films mirror the box office because criminals benefit from marketing provided by film studios.
"Lots of children will receive the pirated version for Christmas."
From Yahoo News
Johnny Depp thinks being "weird" is normal!
By ANI
Friday December 29, 12:58 PM
Washington, Dec 29 (ANI): If there's one actor who doesn't mind being labelled "weird", it would be Johnny Depp, for he thinks that being different is kind of normal.
Depp, who is known for taking on roles of eccentric characters such as Edward Scissorhands, Willy Wonka and the most recent Captain Jack Sparrow, insists that playing such roles has helped him discover himself.
"I was given the weird badge but I think everybody's weird and that's the key to it. We should celebrate out individuality, not be embarrassed or ashamed of it. We all have idiosyncrasies," Hollywoodrag.com quoted him, as saying.
The actor also believes that people who don't explore their weirdness are doing themselves a "great disservice", for they are the ones who become too conscious of others' opinions.
"People do themselves a great disservice by not allowing themselves to see who they really are because they are afraid of what others might think," he added.
Depp, who will once again be seen on the big screen when he returns as quirky pirate Captain Jack Sparrow in the third and final part of the 'Pirates of the Caribbean' trilogy, has been preparing for his role as demonic barber Sweeney Todd by practicing his razor skills at home, and is spending hours on end pretending to cut imaginary throats.
"Johnny is always very conscientious in his roles. For this part he has to get into the mind of a serial killer. He wants to feel adept with the razor blades, to feel as if they were an extension of his arm," a source revealed.
'Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End' hits theatres around the
world on May 25, 2007.
From the Times Dispatch
Box office saved by 'Pirates'
Blockbuster ensures Hollywood will finish '06 with modest gains
The Associated Press
Dec 29, 2006
LOS ANGELES - In the real world, Hollywood's on the warpath to fight
movie pirates who bootleg films. On screen, the town kind of owes its business
turnaround in 2006 to a gang of pirates led by Johnny Depp.
Click here.
If not for the $423 million domestic haul of Depp's "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest," Hollywood would have been dead-even with its results of 2005, the worst year for movie admissions in almost a decade.
"One movie can make the difference, not only with a box-office boost but a psychological boost for Hollywood," said Paul Dergarabedian, president of box-office tracker Media By Numbers.
Led by the "Pirates" sequel and such hits as "X-Men: The Last Stand," "Cars," "Happy Feet" and "Ice Age: The Meltdown," studios managed a solid if far from spectacular year.
The industry should finish the year with about $9.3 billion in domestic revenue, up 4.2 percent from 2005, Dergarabedian projected. Factoring in higher ticket prices, admissions should come in at 1.43 billion, up 2.6 percent.
That compares with a 5 percent decline in revenue and 8 percent drop in admissions in 2005 from the year earlier.
"Moviegoing is alive and well," said Jeff Blake, vice chairman at Sony, which expects to break its own 2002 industry record of $1.57 billion at the domestic box office this year from the success of such hits as "The Da Vinci Code" and "Casino Royale."
"I think we gave enough variety this year where we served the entire audience. There were the usual young-male hits, . . . and maybe a few extra family movies. But we also had adult blockbusters like 'Da Vinci Code,' 'Devil Wears Prada' and 'The Departed.'"
Through much of 2005, Hollywood was hit with ongoing criticism that its lineup lacked fire and that audiences had grown blasé about movies, turning to video games, home theaters and other entertainment options.
Studio executives say last year's troubles were magnified by incessant headlines about the box-office slump.
"Once a negative vibe gets started and everyone gets on the bandwagon, you're basically challenging the audience to find something worth going to see," said Chuck Viane, head of distribution at Disney, which released "Pirates of the Caribbean." This year, maybe the product lineup isn't any different. Maybe the messages we sent were more compelling."
The negative talk has largely vanished as studios delivered a string of successes and relatively few bombs.
Underachievers were offset by a few unexpected $100-million hits that included "Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan," "The Devil Wears Prada" and "The Break-Up."
While business rose in 2006, Hollywood has not caught up with where it was two years ago. Domestic revenue is off 1 percent compared with 2004's, while attendance is down 6 percent.
A turnaround could come in 2007, whose summer lineup may be led by "Spider-Man
3," "Shrek the Third," another "Pirates of the Caribbean" adventure, "Harry
Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" and "Ratatouille," the latest animated
tale from Pixar, maker of "Toy Story," "Finding Nemo" and "The Incredibles."
From Yahoo News
Johnny Depp is database's top star in '06
Thursday December 21, 1:12 pm ET
Actor Johnny Depp was the top-ranked movie star of 2006 at the Internet Movie Database Web site.
The Seattle-based information service for movies and TV shows said its "Starmeter," which ranks celebrities' popularity, ranked Depp on top for the third year in a row. He was followed this year by Angelina Jolie, Jessica Alba, Brad Pitt and Scarlett Johansson.
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Officials at the database site said there were a few surprises in this
year's rankings.
"There appears to be a perennial, if probably clandestine, fascination
with Hilary Duff; her only film of the year was the little-seen 'Material
Girls' but she still finds herself at No. 15," said Keith Simanton, managing
editor of IMDb.com, in statement. The database is owned by Seattle-based
Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN - News).
From BBC News
(excerpt)
Wednesday, 27 December 2006
Pirates take Boxing Day treasure
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl dominated Boxing Day television in the UK, with 10.1m people tuning in to see the film on BBC One. The two-hour adventure, starring Johnny Depp, attracted 42% of viewers on Tuesday, overnight figures suggested.
From Skynews
'Pirates' top film
The results are in, and Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest is the winner.
The second in the trilogy, starring Johnny Depp and Orlando Bloom, sailed in as the world's top grossing film for 2006, taking in an impressive $1,065.4 million.
It wasn't the only sequel to do well - Ice Age: The Meltdown, X-Men: The Last Stand and Mission: Impossible III, all brought in the big bucks.
Action films Superman Returns and Casino Royale, starring Daniel Craig as a brand new James Bond, also made the top ten.
Animated features Cars and Over The Hedge also took out top 10 spots.
Novel adaptations The Da Vinci Code and The Devil Wears Prada also made
the cut, as did the year's most controversial release, Borat: Cultural
Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
From Yahoo
Jessica Alba & Johnny Depp Are America's Fantasy New Year's Dates According to Survey by Blockbuster Inc.
Wednesday December 27, 5:00 am ET
DALLAS, Dec. 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- "Fantastic Four" heroine Jessica Alba and the swashbuckling Johnny Depp of "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" are America's top choices for a fantasy New Year's date, according to a survey by Blockbuster Inc. (NYSE: BBI - News, BBI.B - News).
Other top picks for a celebrity New Year's date included "Black Dahlia" starlet Scarlett Johansson and the debonair George Clooney of "Ocean's Twelve."
Whether you choose to believe them or not, most claim their interest in their fantasy date is purely platonic. Seventy percent say their choice for New Year's date is someone fun to hang out with, while only 15 percent said they selected someone they'd want to kiss at midnight.
An unexpected top choice for fantasy New Year's date was Sean Connery. The original James Bond hasn't lost his charm, as he was the runaway favorite among respondents 50+. Halle Berry was the definitive favorite among actresses chosen by respondents over 50.
America's Fantasy New Year's Dates
Top Picks Among Female Celebrities
1. Jessica Alba
2. Scarlett Johansson
3. Halle Berry
4. Reese Witherspoon
5. (tied)
Jennifer
Aniston
Angelina
Jolie
Oprah
Winfrey
Top Picks Among Male Celebrities
1. Johnny Depp
2. George Clooney
3. Matthew McConaughey
4. Sean Connery
5. Jamie Foxx
From Finance at MSN
(excerpt)
The biggest celebrity paydays Of 2006
opping the list: Shock jock Howard Stern, who, when he debuted on Sirius Satellite Radio (US:SIRI) Jan. 9, was awarded more than 34 million shares of Sirius stock as a bonus for recruiting an estimated 2.7 million new subscribers to the network. Stern is believed to have collared his stock at their then-value of $5.79 a share, making that bonus (after capital gains taxes) worth $192 million. That's on top of his $500 million, five-year contract with Sirius.
Most of the celebrities on the list enjoyed big payouts thanks to asset sales. In October, sultry actress Ellen Barkin sold $20 million worth of bling she amassed during her five-year marriage to billionaire mogul Ron Perelman. In March, divorced superstars Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt made a combined $12 million profit (which they split) when they sold their five-bedroom Beverly Hills love nest following their divorce. Two months later, ailing boxer Muhammad Ali pocketed $50 million selling his name.
Absent from this list is actor Johnny Depp, who starred in the
year's biggest film and is looking forward to a slice of the backend. Disney's
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest booked $55.8 million on its
July 6 opening day, the highest-grossing opening day in movie history.
But Depp wouldn't have seen a dime until the film broke even. Plus, it
is virtually impossible to ascertain when the studio disburses payouts
to its "partners," including director Jerry Bruckheimer. Not that Depp
is worried. So far, his take from the film - minus sales of the DVD, which
became available only in December - is upwards of $60 million.
Thanks to Karen from Johnny Depp Reads for sending this link and article from Associated Content
The Best Johnny Depp Fan Sites
By
Stormy Malone
December 21, 2006
Johnny Depp fan sites come and go, but a few will stand the test of time. Having been a fan for years, I've gotten to know the bio of Depp as well as I know my own(sad but true); if it's pics and facts you want, most fan sites will do just fine. If you'd like a site with meat on its bones, however, you might both of the following:
Johnny Depp Reads:
By far my favorite, www.JohnnyDeppReads .com does indeed spend a fair amount of time discussing what Johnny Depp reads. Depp fans know their hero to be intellectually insatiable and astute. The fan site's mission statement, if you will, states:
"This fan site is dedicated to two time Academy Award nominee Johnny Depp. We honor his love of books and the written word as well as his artistry and talent in films as an actor, director and producer."
Features of particular interest on johnnydeppreads.com are author interviews.
Listed are:
The Ginger Man by J.P. Donleavy
The Libertine by Stephen Jeffreys
Pirates of the Carribbean - Jason Surrell
A Long Way Down by Nick Hornby
Inamorata by Joseph Gangemi
Ed Wood - Larry Karaszewski
All authors have written works Johnny Deppp has starred in, will star in or is producing through his production company Infinitum Nihil.
Johnny Depp Reads has in depth information on Johnny & The Children's Hospice, Children's Hospice & Palliative Care Coalition and the JDR Book Project
The message boards are some of the best celebrity boards around with a great deal of first hand reporting and inside track tidbits. Clearly the caretakers of this blog site (mainly "Karen") honor Depp with civility and sophistication, although members have been known to squeal occasionally when a great photo comes along.
The owner and moderator, Karen, makes the following introductory remarks to newcomers:
"We request that in as much as Johnny Depp Reports and Johnny Depp Reads respects the wishes of Mr. Depp, that no unauthorized images of any kind of his children be posted or linked here. Please take a minute to read our JDR guidelines.
We have 5 moderators here ready to help anyone with a question.
Let me add this as a method of clarification, JDR is a privately owned, membership based fan board. I own it. I can and do control it's availability for anyone, member or not, to read. You do not have to be a registered member to "lurk" or simply read what we are saying here. However, to post anything, you need to be a registered member. We do not, as of this date, have any *members only* areas because I don't want to exclude anyone. There is no cost to you the lurker, or you the member to read or post on JDR. And as of this date I have not closed, refused or revoked membership to anyone."
If you are a reader in search of a book club, as well as a Depp fan, www.johnnydeppreads.com is for you.
A more typical fan site, but a great one for browsing nevertheless,
is www.ohjohnny.net.
Did you know there are 344 days till Sweeney Todd, 160 days till POTC
3, 732 days till Shantaram, 943 days till RexMundi. You do now, thanks
to ohjohnnyy.net.
Ohjohnny.net carries the most current times and dates for TV appearances, upcoming events and future Johnny Depp plans. And the photos? As Donnie Brasco would say, Fuhgedaboutit!
When it comes to pure eye candy, the best Johnny Depp fan site is Ohjohnny.net.
Enjoy!
From Stuff
Oasis to receive award from Johnny Depp
December 25, 2006
Johnny Depp is to present Oasis with their Outstanding Contribution To Music prize at next year's BRIT Music Awards.
The Hollywood actor will hand over the prestigious accolade to the band - Noel Gallagher, Liam Gallagher, Gem Archer and Andy Bell - at the star-studded ceremony to be held at London's Earls Court on February 14 2007.
A source told Britain's The Sun newspaper: "Having Johnny Depp there is a massive coup for the organisers. Getting Oasis is amazing enough but they needed to have someone iconic to present the award to them, now they've got that someone. Next year's ceremony is going to be broadcast live so the organisers have gone for huge names to spice it up."
Johnny became friends with guitarist Noel in the 90s after meeting through their then girlfriends Kate Moss, who dated Johnny, and Meg Matthews, who was with Noel.
The pair, along with Liam, became such close pals the Pirates of the Caribbean actor was invited to play slide guitar on the track Fade In-Out which features on Oasis' 1997 album Be Here Now.
Oasis will close the ceremony with a selection of their classic hits.
Other acts being lined up to perform include the Red Hot Chili Peppers,
Scissor Sisters, Take That and Razorlight.
From the Independent
23 December 2006
Depp tipped for Freddie Mercury film role
By Louise Jury, Arts Correspondent
He is a keen guitar player whose admiration for the Rolling Stones stretched to modelling his character, the pirate Jack Sparrow, on the mannerisms of Keith Richards.
Now the Pirates of the Caribbean star, Johnny Depp, is being lined up to play a rock star for real in a biopic of the late Queen frontman, Freddie Mercury.
Robert de Niro's company, Tribeca Productions, is said to be behind the project, which Brian May, the Queen guitarist, confirmed was in development. "Discussions are at an early stage," he said on his website.
May described Depp as "fantastic". "He would be a worthy counterpart for Freddie on screen. I don't think I can say any more right now," he added.
De Niro has known Brian May and Queen's drummer, Roger Taylor, since they met at the Venice Film Festival in 1996 and ploughed his own money into their hit stage musical, We Will Rock You. The musical was originally going to be about the band but the surviving members decided that would be too embarrassing for all involved.
"It would be too painful, too close, and a bit grand. It would be for somebody else to do, you can't supervise your own history," May said at the time.
Instead, Ben Elton, the comedy writer and novelist, devised a story that incorporated the band's back catalogue of songs. When the show opened in London in 2002 after six years in development, De Niro attended the first night. "It's an adventure. I've been involved in this for a long time. It went through a lot of stages and finally got to this stage - it's going to be terrific," he said.
The £7.5m production, which is still running, is set in a future where musical instruments have been banned but a group of rebels go in search of mythical electric guitars.
But the proposed biopic would tell the life story of Mercury, who was born in Zanzibar in 1946 and died from complications of Aids in 1991, the day after confirming he had the disease.
His real name was Farrokh Bulsara but he adopted the name he was best known by at school in India, where he grew up. His family settled in England when he was in his teens. He performed with several bands before co-founding Queen in 1971.
They signed to EMI a year later. His distinctive voice, which ranged across four octaves, was a key factor in their success on songs such as Bohemian Rhapsody. It lasted nearly six minutes and stayed at number one in the UK charts for nine weeks.
It has since been voted Britain's best single of all time by music fans in a Guinness Book of British Hit Singles poll, defeating John Lennon's Imagine and Hey Jude by the Beatles.
Although Mercury had a close friend, Mary Austin, with whom he lived for several years and who inherited his estate, he was fairly open about his homosexuality. He lived with Jim Hutton for the last six years of his life.
Reformed character vs flamboyant showman
* JOHNNY DEPP Born: 9 June 1963 in Kentucky.
Significant other: Vanessa Paradis, the French actress and singer, with whom he has two children.
Reputation: Once accused of selling drugs at his club, The Viper Room, where River Phoenix overdosed and died, he is a reformed family man.
Did you know? He has twice recorded with the band Oasis, including playing lead slide guitar on the track "Fade In-Out" from the album, Be Here Now.
* FREDDIE MERCURY Born: 5 September 1946 in Zanzibar. Died 24 November 1991 in London.
Significant other: Jim Hutton, a hotel barber.
Reputation: A flamboyant showman who had numerous affairs.
Did you know? He was of Indian descent but kept this from most of his
fans and rarely mentioned his heritage in interviews. Some friends suggested
it was because he feared a racist backlash.
From Gilbert's Girl at JDZ
Seems Johnny managed to win this one and Bill Nighy grabbed The Best Villan
Pirates of teh Caribbean Dead Man's Chest
Man of the Year: Johnny Depp
Best Villan: Bill Nighy
Johnny Depp is somewhere in England with Tim Burton, a singing coach
and your awards for Man of The Year. He's probably in Hertfordshire in
a trailer the size of the Sudan. Wherever he is, we can't find him. "I'm
so sorry, " says his rep "Sorry." Still, at least he's got it, eh? and
while Depp prepares for Sweeny Todd, his nenesis from POTC;DMC is on the
other side of the pond making his Broadway debut. Yes, Davy Jones - the
slimy tentacle faced beastie who earned your ballots for his dasterdlt
deeds in Bruckhiemer's juggernaut - is currently starring in a aplay written
by DAvid Hare, directed by Sam Mendes and its opening night. " Its been
one of the most satisfying and thrilling things in my career, to have been
part of the process that created Davy Jones, " says a tranatlantic Bill
Nighy, minus the character's distictive Scottish brogue. "So thanks very
much..."
From New Kerala
Depp to hand over award to Oasis
London, Dec 23 : Actor Johnny Depp has jumped at the chance to hand over a special award to rock band Oasis.
Depp became friends with the band when he was dating supermodel Kate Moss, who was friends with lead guitarist Noel Gallagher's girlfriend. Depp will present the special achievement award at next year Brit's, reported ananova.com.
An informed source said: "The awards are shaping up to be bigger and
better than ever. This year it's going back to being broadcast live, so
the organisers have gone for huge names to spice it up. Having Johnny Depp
is a massive coup. Getting Oasis is amazing enough but they needed to have
someone iconic to present."
From Moldova
12/20/2006
Adam Beach thanks Johnny Depp for stimulating him to take up an acting career, which allowed him to keep away from the world of crime, as ANI reports.
The Canadian actor of “Flags of Our Fathers” celebrity revealed that he ran with gangs and landed in a lot of trouble after taking to crime following his parents death in a span of two weeks when he was eight years old.
An episode of “21 Jump Street”, a Fox TV series starring Depp in the lead role made him realize that there was a better life for him.
"I started watching Johnny Depp, I know he's affected a lot of people, but he really changed my life because I was in the whole gang scene, I was a statistic... and here I saw a man performing these great characters in high school. I wanted to be those different characters. I wanted to run away from who I was", said Adam Beach.
Beach rose to renown for “Smoke' Signals” and he won the Best Actor
award for “Dance Me Outside” in American Indian Film Festival in 1995.
Jack Sparrow interrupted Geoffrey Rush at an Austrailian award ceremony - view it here:
From BoxOfficeMojo
Pirates #3 Gross of all time World Wide
Rank Title Studio Worldwide Domestic / % Overseas / % Year
1 Titanic Par. $1,845.0 $600.8 32.6% $1,244.2 67.4% 1997
2 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King NL $1,118.9 $377.0 33.7% $741.9 66.3% 2003
3 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest BV $1,065.4 $423.3 39.7% $642.0 60.3% 2006
4 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone WB $976.5 $317.6 32.5% $658.9 67.5% 2001
5 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers NL $926.3 $341.8 36.9% $584.5 63.1% 2002
6 Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace Fox $924.3 $431.1 46.6% $493.2 53.4% 1999
7 Shrek 2 DW $920.7 $441.2 47.9% $479.4 52.1% 2004
8 Jurassic Park Uni. $914.7 $357.1 39.0% $557.6 61.0% 1993
9 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire WB $892.2 $290.0 32.5% $602.2 67.5% 2005
10 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets WB $876.7 $262.0 29.9% $614.7 70.1% 2002
From InTooDepp
Need a Medical ID bracelet for a Jack Sparrow fan? Check out this site HERE
From Charlie found at Style.com
They look back over the past three years at some of Johnny's classic styles. Click the link to see the photos.
From USA Today
'Dead Man's Chest' enlivens DVD sales
Posted 12/14/2006
Keira
Knightley and Johnny Depp star in the year's top-grossing film, Pirates
of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest.
By Thomas K. Arnold, Special for USA TODAY
Reports of the death of DVD are greatly exaggerated, if sales of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest are any indication.
Disney's Dead Man's Chest— the top-grossing movie of the year — sold 10.5 million DVDs as of Monday, the end of its first week in stores. It was the biggest DVD debut this year, the studio reports. Pirates, starring Johnny Depp and Orlando Bloom, arrived in theaters in July and grossed $423 million.
With 20 million DVDs of Pirates shipped to stores and more than a week till Christmas, the Pirates sequel could be on track to be the top-selling DVD of the year. The year's current top seller is The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, which has sold about 14 million copies.
The biggest-selling live-action DVD ever is the first Pirates movie, The Curse of the Black Pearl, which ultimately sold 18 million units.
Bob Chapek of Buena Vista Worldwide Home Entertainment, Disney's video
distribution arm, says the showing makes it "evident that the home entertainment
industry continues to flourish."
You can find an article about someone who was hired to protect Johnny during the filming of Charlie & the Chocolate Factory's river scenes HERE
From Virgin News
Depp options three more films
Johnny Depp has purchased the rights to three new novels with plans to adapt them to the big screen.
The rights were bought for the 'Pirates Of The Caribbean' star's production company Infinitum Nihil by Graham King's Initial Entertainment, with Warner Bros. circling the projects with an eye to distribute the end results.
According to Empire, the first book is 'Inomarata', a story set in 1920s Philadelphia focusing on a Harvard grad who falls for a beautiful psychic whom he's trying to discredit as a fraud.
The screenplay is being written by the author Joseph Gangemi, and Peter Medak is in talks to direct.
The second is 'Affected Provincial's Companion', a gathering of diagrams, poetry and essays by Lord Breaulove Swells Whimsy on how to be a refined gentleman in the modern world.
Lastly is 'The People's Act of Love', set in 1919 Siberia, which tells
of a man who escapes from a Russian prison camp and comes across a Christian
sect.
From CNN
Johnny Depp has been noimated for Best Actor in a Comedy or Musical by the Golden Globe Awards. Full story HERE
From Chris
Johnny Depp's production company, Infinitum Nihil, has lined up three books for a co-production with Initial Entertainment Group as well as signing D.V. DeVincentis who wrote the screenplays for Grosse Point Blank and High Fidelity, to adapt Nick Hornby's comic "A Long Way Down" which is a tale of four people who form a surrogate family on New Year's Eve.
From Variety through Coming Soon come the descriptions of the other books:
In talks with Peter Medak (Romeo is Bleeding) to direct the film version of Joseph Gangemi's novel "Inamorata," adapted by the author. Set in Philadelphia in the 1920s, the book revolves around a Harvard graduate student who falls in love with a beautiful psychic whom he is attempting to discredit as a fraud.
..."Affected Provincial's Companion," a compendium of essays, diagrams and poetry written, designed and illustrated by Lord Breaulove Swells Whimsy as a treatise on the value of being a refined gentleman in today's unrefined world.
...journalist-author James Meek's "The People's Act of Love," set in 1919 Siberia. The storyline revolves around an escapee from a Russian prison camp who stumbles upon a Christian sect.
The story for "A Long Way Down" follows four desperate people who meet
on New Year's Eve and form a surrogate family.
From BFA
Critics Choice Awards Nominations are out, and Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest has been nominated as Best Family Film (live action).
he Critics' Choice Awards are bestowed annually by the Broadcast Film Critics Association to honor the finest in cinematic achievement. Nominees for 2006 were selected by written ballots in a week-long voting period and were announced on December 12th. The winners will be revealed at the 12th annual Critics' Choice Awards ceremony on January 12th at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, which will be broadcast on E! on January 20th, 2007.
Special awards are given out at the discretion of the BFCA Board of
Directors. Most recently the Freedom Award was given to George Clooney
and presented at the Critics' Choice Awards gala by Julia Roberts.
From Yahoo Biz
(excerpt)
Spike TV Announces 2006 Video Game Awards Winners
Saturday December 9, 2:30 am ET
4th Annual Awards Show Hosted by Samuel L. Jackson Premieres on Spike
TV Wednesday, December 13 at 10 PM, ET/PT
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Wins 'Game of the Year' Honors And Is
The Evening's Most Celebrated Game With Five Awards;
Show Features Performances by Tenacious D and AFI; Appearances by 50
Cent, Eva Mendes, Sarah Silverman, Masi Oka, Hayden Panettiere, Seth Green,
Brandon Routh, James Gandolfini and More; Family Guy Creator, Seth MacFarlane,
Served As Voice of the VGAs
Includes The Exclusive World Premiere Of Blizzard Entertainment(R)'s
Opening Cinematic Movie For World Of Warcraft(R): The Burning Crusade(TM)
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Winners were announced tonight during the 4th annual Spike TV Video Game Awards held at the University of Southern California's Galen Center in Los Angeles. Hosted by Samuel L. Jackson, the year's biggest celebration for gamers premieres on Spike TV Wednesday, December 13 (10:00 PM-Midnight, ET/PT).
GAMERS CHOICE: CHARACTER OF THE YEAR
"Jack Sparrow" portrayed by Johnny Depp in Pirates
of the Caribbean: The
Legend of Jack Sparrow (Bethesda Softworks/7Studios/Buena
Vista Games)
From VH1.com
Johnny has won one of the "Big in 06" awards at VH1.
From Hilary
"Pirates" DVD sails away with record
Tuesday November 28, 04:50AM
LONDON (Hollywood Reporter) - "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" has plundered the UK record books to become the fastest-selling DVD of all time, Disney said Monday.
The second film in the trilogy, which went on sale November 20, sold just short of 1.5 million copies nationwide in its first week of release, accounting for one in four DVDs purchased in this past week.
Disney said demand has been so great that it ordered one million extra copies from its plant in Mexico.
The Johnny Depp smash beat out the previous Week 1 sales record of 1.4 million units set by "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" earlier this year. However, it falls short of the combined VHS/DVD record held by "Titanic", with 2.2 million sales in its first week.
Disney said that if sales continue as they are, the DVD could sell up to three million copies by the end of the year.
The film opened in July, ultimately taking in more than 50 million pounds. It earned $422 million (218 million pounds) in North America.
Reuters/Hollywood Reporter
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