September 2006
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From Life Styles Extra
Showbiz News
Johnny Depp's Falmouth freedom refused
Thursday, 28th September 2006, 12:20
LIFE STYLE EXTRA (UK) - Johnny Depp has requested the freedom of British
seaside town Falmouth - and been refused.
Representatives for the 'Pirates of the CaribbeanView the profile for Johnny Depp on Celebrity Spotlight' star - who plays Captain Jack Sparrow in the Disney films - approached the council of the small Cornish town and asked if they would bestow the honour upon the Hollywood star.
But Falmouth town council member Mike Varney told local newspaper The Falmouth Packet: "I welcome the association with the film but that's as far as it should go. I do not like the idea of the council selling its soul just for publicity.
"There are many other people who are residents of Falmouth who are more deserving of such an honour and we don't want to impinge on the positions of freeman and honorary freeman of the town that already exist."
If Depp was granted the ancient traditional honour his rights wwould have included parking his horse-and-cart outside the Town Hall and driving his sheep through the town on market days.
Falmouth council have instead decided to grant 43-year-old Depp a lesser honour, such as 'honorary friend' of the town, or offering him the keys to the town.
Mayor Roger Bonney said: "This could be really great for Falmouth and could really help put us on the map and bring more visitors."
Talk PR approached Falmouth on behalf of Johnny Depp because it was the home of Britain's first woman pirate Lady Mary Killigrew and has other strong piratical links.
The company did approach other seaside towns in Cornwall.
( a bit more:
Under old laws freedom of the town would have given Depp the right
to park a horse-and-cart outside the Town Hall and drive his sheep on market
days. The actor was eventually awarded a lesser honour by the council.)
From Moldova
"Pirates of the Caribbean” winner at international box office
September 25, 2006
"Pirates of the Caribbean : Dead Man's Chest" went ahead the foreign box office with sales of $7.6 million from 36 territories, according to Reuters.
That makes it the fourth-biggest abroad movie ever, beating 2002's "Harry
Potter and the Chamber of Secrets", with $614 million.
It is considered improbable that "Dead Man's Chest" will pass the No.
2 all-time international grosser, 2003's "The Lord of the Rings: The Return
of the King", with $756 million, or the reigning overseas champ, 1997's
"Titanic", with $1.244 billion. The film was best sold in Italy .
"World Trade Center" was No. 2 for the weekend. It expanded its international exposure from one to 11 markets for an estimated $6.1 million. Oliver Stone's September 11 drama stands at $8.1 million thanks to France , where it grossed an estimated $2.6 million.
The comedy "Little Man" took No. 3. It grossed an estimated $5 million from 31 markets, lifting its abroad total to $29.6 million.
The film No. 4 was "Cars". It listed an estimated $4.7 million from 27 territories in its 15th weekend internationally. The cartoon earned $200.1 million.
"You, Me and Dupree" was No.5 with $4.4 million from 24 markets, lifting
its overseas total to $36.3 million.
From Deppography's Cassady
(from foreign press)
11th week at the top for Pirates powered by Italy hold
Jeremy Kay in Los Angeles 25 September 2006
Buena Vista International's (BVI) old warhorse Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest registered its 11th weekend at the top of the international charts following an estimated $7.6m weekend haul.
The result from 4,387 screens in 42 territories raises the tally to $625.6m, consolidating the picture's status as the fourth biggest international release in history. Worldwide it ranks as the third biggest and stands at $1.045 bn.
Italy drove the weekend performance, producing a number one hold on
$4.5m for $20m after 20 days.
From Kirkus Reviews
THE SECRET WORLD OF JOHNNY DEPP
The Intimate Biography of Hollywood's Best-Loved Rebel
Author: Goodall, Nigel
Review Date: SEPTEMBER 15, 2006
Publisher:John Blake/Trafalgar
Pages: 288
Price (hardback): $19.95
Publication Date: 12/1/2006
ISBN: 1-85782-597-7
ISBN (hardback): 1-85782-597-7
Category: NONFICTION
Thimble-deep bio of misfit maestro Johnny Depp.
Intrepid celebrity biographer Goodall (Christian Slater, 2006) here updates his 2004 tome What's Eating Johnny Depp?, re-titling his efforts The Secret World of Johnny Depp; most curious, considering the fact that this ungainly hodgepodge of previously published interviews, biographies and promotional materials contains nothing that could be construed as a "secret." Goodall's method is to assemble the most innocuous and inane existing material on a given Hollywood tyro (much of it obviously culled from that lowest form of journalism, the junket interview); quote liberally from other reviewers (Roger Ebert should receive royalties); breathlessly synopsize the plots of the relevant films in a style somewhere between that of an extended pull-quote and a book report by a bright seventh grader; and pad, pad, pad, discoursing pointlessly on such ephemerally related topics as the authenticity of Pirates of the Caribbean's ships, or the travails of director Gillian Armstrong, who has never worked with this particular actor.
There is no context or analysis provided for understanding Depp's films or technique—Private Resort gets the same laborious plot rundown as Edward Scissorhands—but odd redundancies and gaffes abound (a favorite: Goodall refers to broadcaster Rush Limbaugh as "she"). These are at least mildly amusing and break the monotony of what feels like a surreally endless People magazine article. The book's bloodlessness and superficiality become mesmerizing—when Goodall musters a subjective opinion about something, it is along the lines of deeming the nightmarishly gruesome A Nightmare on Elm Street "frequently unpleasant." The author does get uncharacteristically heated up about critics; the reader will draw his or her own conclusions on this point. Goodall begins his story with the assertion that Depp is "finally achieving the kind of achievement that all Hollywood was applauding."
Depp plays oddballs and once messed up a hotel room. We knew this going
in, right?
From Movie Moldova
“I Am Legend” without Johnny Depp
It was reported recently in summer that "Pirates of the Caribbean " star Johnny Depp would be joining Will Smith in director Francis Lawrence's “I Am Legend”. IESB.net now notes that's not true now:
”Remember the casting news that Johnny Depp had been cast in I Am Legend? According to our "on-set" source this rumor is pure BS, Depp never signed on and bottom line, he is not in the film...”
The IESB can also confirm the Phillip character is not in this script and that this picture will in fact be closer to The Omega Man film than the original 1954 novel written by Richard Matheson.
“I Am Legend” is planned to be release by Warner Bros in November, next
year.
From Comics 2 Film
From InTooDepp - a celebrity run in
From the LA Times
King of the world of adaptation
By Jay A. Fernandez, Special to The Times
September 20, 2006
Scriptland is a new weekly feature on the work and professional lives of screenwriters.
Indiana Jones, meet Jack Sparrow. Jim Uhls, who successfully adapted the "unadaptable" Chuck Palahniuk novel "Fight Club," has been hired to turn "Rex Mundi," a series of graphic novels by Arvid Nelson and Eric Johnson, into a feature for Johnny Depp to star in and produce through his Infinitum Nihil (Infinite Nothing) production company.
"Rex Mundi" (King of the World) posits an alternate present of 1933 in which the Reformation never happened, the Inquisition is still in full swing, Europe remains dominated by the Catholic Church and the rest of the world consists of colonies. Depp, who became the biggest movie star in the world this summer by reprising his Keith Richards-inspired swashbuckler, would play a pathologist investigating the mysterious death of the priest who found him as an orphan.
"It's a noir-ish 'Raiders of the Lost Ark,' " Uhls says. "There are
murders and a mystery, and the lead character discovers a massive conspiracy,
biblical in its origin." Though it may sound an awful lot like a "Da Vinci
Code" rip-off, Depp will surely sport less offensive hair than Tom Hanks,
even if he decides to base this new character on John Lydon (Johnny Rotten).
From Julie - link to seeing the full "Extras" comedy with Orlando poking jibes at Johnny(but only if you reside in the UK) HERE
From the Hollywood Reporter
Sep. 18, 2006
'Pirates' fights way back to No. 1
Thanks to a record-setting opening in Italy, the Walt Disney Co.'s "Pirates
of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" returned to the No. 1 spot internationally
with a weekend boxoffice take of an estimated $16.5 million from 5,199
screens in 42 territories. "Dead Man's Chest," in the top spot for 10 of
the past 11 weeks, has accumulated $612.5 million in total overseas boxoffice,
ranking fifth among only six films ever to have crossed the $600 million
gross mark internationally. Its global boxoffice tally stands at an estimated
$1.03 billion. According to Buena Vista International, which distributes
Disney product, "Dead Man's Chest" by the weekend should surpass 2002's
"Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets," which stands at No. 4 all time
internationally with a gross of $614.7 million. It was the sensational
bow in Italy that powered this weekend. "Dead Man's Chest" made off with
a mighty $12.8 million from 1,005 screens. BVI said it is a record for
the market, nearly double the comparable five-day take of the first in
the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series.
From Yahoo News India
'Pirates 3' will end trilogy but not sequel
By ANI
Sunday September 17, 02:51 PM
London, Sept 17 (ANI): There's a bit of good news for 'Pirates of the Caribbean' fans all over the world.
Disney head honchos have revealed that though the third 'Pirates' film will conclude the trilogy, it was "unlikely" that it will be the last sequel of the mega-hit movie.
Mark Zoradi, president of the Disney Motion Pictures Group said that the eagerly awaited third movie may not be the last Pirates film.
"The third film... will conclude the initial Pirates trilogy, though it is unlikely to be the last Pirates sequel," the Daily Mail quoted him, as saying.
With the second movie in the series, "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead
Man's Chest," become the third film to passing the 1 billion dollar mark
at the worldwide box office, bosses have decided to globally release the
third and final flick in the series on 25 May 2007, rather than a gradual
worldwide release. (ANI)
From NewKerala
Wood begs Richards to play Depp's pirate dad
London, Sep 17: Rolling Stones star Ronnie Wood is so keen to see bandmate Keith Richards in costume as Johnny Depp's pirate dad in the second "Pirates of the Caribbean" sequel that he is begging him to turn up for rehearsals in full costume.
According to contactmusic.com, Wood is too impatient to see him in screen.
"They're filming as we speak, and he's gonna come to the next rehearsal in Boston dressed in his pirate gear," says Wood.
He is glad about Richards' role as the pirate dad but is not too happy with the accessories.
--- IANS
From The People UK
(take with a grain of salt- quote is from a comedy show spoof)
17 September 2006
EXTRAS IS BLOOMING GREAT FOR THE BBC
bushell on the box
SOME wonderful moments on Extras, not least Orlando Bloom playing himself as a vain, self-obsessed bore.
Deeply jealous of Johnny Depp, Orlando told Maggie: "Where I'm from he wouldn't last five minutes. He'd get smacked straight away."
"Where are you from?" she asked. He replied: "Happily-on-the-Wold, near
Royal Windsor."
From Red Orbit
Johnny Depp, Debbie and Mark Attanasio & Ralph Alvarez to Receive Childrens Hospital Los Angeles' 'Courage to Care' Awards at 2006 Noche De Ninos Gala
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Childrens Hospital Los Angeles announced today its lineup of honorees for the 2nd annual Noche de Ninos Gala, a star-studded, multicultural celebration honoring individuals who make a difference in the lives of children around the world. The event takes place at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on October 7, 2006. The honorees will be presented with the Noche de Ninos "Courage to Care" Award for philanthropic excellence. Johnny Depp will be recognized for his many charitable contributions, along with Ralph Alvarez of McDonald's Corporation and philanthropists Debbie and Mark Attanasio. The "Night of the Children" is the primary benefit for Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, benefiting the young patients served by Childrens Hospital Los Angeles. As an international leader in pediatrics, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles provides the most critically ill and injured children in Southern California and around the world with cutting-edge medical care. The inaugural gala in 2004 raised over two million dollars. The evening featured honoree Jennifer Lopez, Marc Anthony and Leonardo DiCaprio. Lopez will return to Noche de Ninos this year to present Depp his award.
"This year's honorees truly represent Childrens Hospital Los Angeles -- Johnny Depp embodies the very spirit of the 'Courage to Care' Award -- he puts smiles on the faces of thousands of children through his great work on film, and his longtime private advocacy of children and children's charities is nothing short of inspirational," says event gala organizer and creator Giselle Fernandez-Farrand.
Debbie Attanasio and her husband Mark, a partner at Los Angeles-based Trust Company of the West and Chairman of the Milwaukee Brewers Baseball Club, avidly support youth charities in Los Angeles and Milwaukee. "Debbie and Mark have continually supported various children's organizations, and we are lucky enough to call them patrons of the hospital," says Fernandez-Farrand.
"Ralph Alvarez's work with the Ronald McDonald House has given children across the world the opportunity to be children no matter what their condition," continues Fernandez-Farrand. As President and C.O.O. of McDonald's Corporation, Alvarez is one of the highest-ranking Hispanic executives in the country and has championed McDonald's commitment to promote healthy menus and the Ronald McDonald House Charities.
Co-chairs for the evening include Jeffrey Katzenberg, Cheryl Saban, Ph.D., Victoria Simms, Ph.D., and gala organizing chair and event producer Fernandez-Farrand. Access Hollywood's Billy Bush will host the evening's festivities. Actor and comedian Ray Romano will perform stand-up comedy. Comedian and performer Billy Crystal will host the evening's live auction, sponsored by Christie's auction house. Katzenberg is scheduled to present Ralph Alvarez with his award, while baseball commissioner Bud Selig is scheduled to present Debbie and Mark Attanasio with their honors for the evening. Additional musical performances will be announced shortly.
For tickets and sponsorship information, please contact Levy, Pazanti & Associates at (310) 201-5033.
ABOUT CHLA & NOCHE de NINOS
Childrens Hospital Los Angeles -- Noche de Ninos. Founded in 1901, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles has been treating the most seriously ill and injured children in Los Angeles for more than a century, and it is acknowledged throughout the United States and around the world for its leadership in pediatric and adolescent health. Childrens Hospital is one of America's premier teaching hospitals, affiliated with the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California for more than 74 years. Home of The Saban Research Institute, it is a national leader in pediatric research. On October 7, 2006, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles is proud to be a part of the second Noche de Ninos gala. This wondrous night of entertainment, cuisine, and fundraising will benefit Childrens Hospital Los Angeles and bring awareness to its cause. This year's gala will take place at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.
Press Contact: Barry Dale Johnson/IDPR (323) 822-4813
Adam Keen/IDPR (323) 822-4814
Childrens Hospital Los Angeles
CONTACT: Barry Dale Johnson, +1-323-822-4813, or Adam Keen,+1-323-822-4814, both of IDPR, for Childrens Hospital Los Angeles
Source: PRNewswire
From TMZ
Depp's Exes Unite
Sep 14th 2006
With two of his more famous ex-girlfriends shopping around the city
arm-in-arm, Johnny Depp should probably avoid New York right now. Kate
Moss and Winona Ryder were spotted perusing the racks at Marc Jacobs in
NYC, clinging to each other as they walked through the store. While Moss
looked amazing in a short black dress and flashy leopard jacket, Winona
was a bit more incognito, hiding under a cap and big sunglasses...
From Playbill
London Studios to Serve as Fleet Street for Sweeney Todd Movie Musical
By Ernio Hernandez
13 Sep 2006
The upcoming Tim Burton film version of Stephen Sondheim's musical Sweeney Todd starring Johnny Depp in the title role will begin filming Feb. 5 at London's Pinewood Studios, according to a Hollywood Reporter report.
Shortly after DreamWorks Studios confirmed plans for the film, the trade publication revealed Feb. 5, 2007, as the startdate for lensing at London's Pinewood Studios. Also added to the project were costume designer Colleen Atwood ("Memoirs of a Geisha") and cinematographer Dante Spinotti ("L.A. Confidential").
Pinewood Studios is no stranger to the musical film having served as the home of the recent screen take on The Phantom of the Opera and previously to Little Shop of Horrors and Victor/Victoria movies. Burton also has a history with the complex in which he filmed "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory," "The Planet of the Apes" and "Batman."
John Logan ("The Aviator," "Gladiator") penned the screenplay adaptation planned to begin work in for a "late 2007 release," according to the announcement. Walter Parkes and Laurie MacDonald will partner with Richard Zanuck and John Logan to produce the co-production with Warner Bros. Paramount will distribute for DreamWorks domestically and Warner Bros. internationally.
Sweeney Todd follows the story of a wrongfully imprisoned barber in Victorian England who sets out to seek revenge on the judge who imprisoned him. The stage work featuring a score by Sondheim and a book by Hugh Wheeler based on the play by Christopher Bond.
The original 1979 Broadway production starred Len Cariou as the barbarous barber with Angela Lansbury as his pie-making cohort in the Harold Prince-directed work. Both stars and the musical itself earned Tony Awards. In the current Broadway run, re-imagined by director John Doyle and starring Michael Cerveris and Patti LuPone, the actors play their own instruments. Other incarnations of the work include a 1989 Broadway revival featuring Bob Gunton and Beth Fowler, a Kennedy Center run as part of a Sondheim Celebration with Brian Stokes Mitchell and Christine Baranski as well as a 2001 concert presentation, directed by Lonny Price and led by George Hearn and LuPone.
The film will reunite Depp with Burton once again — the duo have previously
worked together on "Edward Scissorhands," "Ed Wood," "Sleepy Hollow," "Corpse
Bride" and "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory."
From News Moldova
Vanessa Paradis to learn singing Johnny Depp
Johnny Depp takes singing lessons from his love Vanessa Paradis, as he’s preparing for his new film, as lse.co.uk notes.
Johnny, who jointed “Edward Scissorhands” director Tim Burton for the musical, -will play demonic hairdresser Sweeney Todd, who butchers his customers and uses their remains as pie fillings.
So, the “Pirates of the Caribbean” actor has been rehearsing for the part with Vanessa at their family home.
Vanessa was allowed to take charge of Johnny's vocal coaching so that he wouldn't have to leave his family in France to be trained in Los Angeles.
"He is over the moon Vanessa can train him in the studio at their converted barn", a source told Britain's Daily Star newspaper.
Depp had to pass a singing test to land a part in musical “Sweeney Todd”.
(Note from Kazren: The only problem with this story is that Johnny
is currently still filming Pirates in California and will be until at least
November)
From Emma found at NewStatesman
(excerpt)
Ben Dowell
Monday 11th September 2006
Lake of Fire, the British director Tony Kaye's first feature film since 1998's popular and critically acclaimed American History X, will prompt lively debate when it comes out this year.
The director is a busy man these days. He is also completing an eight-song
video cycle for Johnny Cash's posthumous album American V: a hundred highways.
Stars have been queueing up to appear in the video, which features Cash's
"tribute" to the Grim Reaper. Johnny Depp, Justin Timberlake and Kate Moss
have all made the cut, mouthing a chorus. The point the sequence makes
is that these celebs are mortal, just the same as us normal folk. How nice
of them to admit it.
From KSmith found at Broadway World
Tuesday, September 12, 2006; Posted: 5:39 PM - by BWW News Desk
The upcoming film adaptation of Stephen Sondheim's Sweeney Todd, directed by Tim Burton and starring Johnny Depp as the relentless demon barber of the title, will begin filming in February of 2007.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, DreamWorks Studios has announced that filming will take place at London's Pinewood Studios beginning on February 5th. Two members of the creative team have also been announced--costume designer Colleen Atwood (Oscar-winner for Memoirs of a Geisha) and cinematographer Dante Spinotti (Oscar-nominated for The Insider and L.A. Confidential).
Sweeney Todd, which will be a co-production with Warner Bros., marks the 6th collaboration between the actor and director. The previous Burton-Depp films have been Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Corpse Bride, Ed Wood, Edward Scissorhands and Sleepy Hollow.
Walter Parkes and Laurie MacDonald will partner with Richard Zanuck and John Logan to produce the screenplay adaptation which was written by Logan (The Aviator, Gladiator). A late 2007 release is planned. Paramount will distribute for DreamWorks domestically and Warner Bros. internationally.
The Broadway production of Sweeney Todd, with Sondheim's music and lyrics and a book by Hugh Wheeler based on the play by Christopher Bond, opened in 1979 and won eight Tony Awards, including Best Musical. "Its mix of the comic, the dramatic and the macabre held together by Sondheim's movie-like score has had hundreds of productions throughout the world," according to press notes. John Doyle's highly acclaimed revival (for which he won a Tony) recently played the Eugene O'Neill Theatre; Michael Cerveris and Patti LuPone starred.
The story of Sweeney Todd is of a wrongfully imprisoned barber in Victorian England who sets out to seek revenge on the judge who imprisoned him. He is helped by Mrs. Lovett, who bakes Sweeney's victims into "the worst pies in London."
Besides Depp, no other casting has been announced (although Jim Broadbent
has been rumored for the role of Judge Turpin).
From Emma
Translation of an article in the Parisien
9 September 2006
Le Parisien
Johnny Depp has acquired rights to Laurent Graff's novel
by Georges Blond
For his fortieth birthday, Laruent Graff will perhaps climb the steps of the ‘Palais des Fesitvals’ in Cannes between Johnny Depp and Jeanne Moreau. Whilst waiting, he publishes at the end of August his sixth novel, ‘Cry’ whose central character is the tollbooth attendant of the East Motorway, close to La Ferté-sous-Jouarre, where he lives, in Seine-et-Marne. Published by Gallimad, the author lives in a modest house, where we meet him. But the man of the house believes in luck. "And it’s opposite, back luck. We are on one side or the other, he assures. Sometimes it can tip." Obviously luck is on his side, since he sold the rights to his third novel ‘Happy Days’ to American actor Johnny Depp. Filming is planned for 2008 in the United States with Johnny Depp in the lead role.
In 2003, ‘Happy Days’, published two years earlier, knows an average progression: 5 000 copies sold in France, a theatrical adaptation in Belgium and 16 translations. Johnny Depp devours the English version and is fascinated by the hero who decides to become, at 35 years old, a boarder of the old people's home ‘Happy Days’. The final twist, as Laurent Graff likes to slip in at the end of each of his novels, seduces him. Because, forty years later, we find a man in his seventies, alone on his bench, surrounded by children who run and shout. ‘Happy Days’ has become a community centre that nobody had the heart to supplant. “I haven’t had any contact with Johnny Depp, the author says. I am happy that my book is the first of which he decided to acquire the rights. Papers, contracts, all happened between my editor, the Dilettante, and the American agents. The rules were respected. A first option that blocks the rights for eighteen months up to last June, a second for eighteen months until the end year 2007. Financially, 42 500 dollars each time. Lastly the firm purchase for 500 000 dollars. Tidy sums that I must share with the two agents involved in the deal and my editor." Laurent Graff will not be involved in the production of the feature film. “Yet I wrote to Johnny Depp asking him whether it were possible to follow one day of filming… And to suggest to him signing up Jeanne Moreau to play Mireille. I am waiting for his answer.”
In the Original French
POUR son quarantième anniversaire, Laurent Graff montera peut-être les marches du palais des Festivals à Cannes entre Johnny Depp et Jeanne Moreau. En attendant, il publie en cette fin août son sixième roman, « le Cri » (1), dont le personnage central est un péagiste de l'autoroute de l'Est, près de La Ferté-sous-Jouarre, où il habite, en Seine-et-Marne. Archiviste chez Gallimard, l'auteur habite un modeste pavillon, où il nous reçoit. Mais le maître des lieux croit à la chance. « Et à son contraire, la malchance. Nous sommes d'un côté ou de l'autre, assure-t-il. Parfois, ça peut basculer. » Visiblement, il se situe du bon côté, puisqu'il a vendu les droits de son troisième roman, « les Jours heureux », à l'acteur américain Johnny Depp. Le tournage est prévu pour 2008 aux Etats-Unis... avec Johnny Depp dans le rôle principal.
En 2003, « les Jours heureux » (2), parus deux ans plus
tôt, connaissent une carrière moyenne : 5 000 exemplaires
vendus en France, une adaptation théâtrale en Belgique et
16 traductions. Johnny Depp dévore la version anglaise et se passionne
pour ce héros qui décide de devenir, à 35 ans, pensionnaire
de la maison de retraite les Jours heureux. La pirouette finale, comme
Laurent Graff aime à en glisser à la fin de chacun de ses
romans, le séduit. Car, quarante ans plus tard, on retrouve un septuagénaire,
seul sur son banc, entouré... d'enfants qui courent et crient. Les
Jours heureux sont devenus un centre de loisirs duquel personne n'a eu
le coeur de l'évincer. « Je n'ai eu aucun contact avec Johnny
Depp, raconte l'auteur. Je suis content que mon livre soit le premier dont
il ait décidé d'acquérir les droits. Paperasses, contrats,
tout s'est passé entre mon éditeur, Le Dilettante, et les
agents américains. Les règles ont été respectées.
Une première option qui bloque les droits pour dix-huit mois jusqu'en
juin dernier, une seconde pour dix-huit mois jusqu'à la fin de l'année
2007. Financièrement, 42 500 dollars à chaque fois. Enfin,
l'achat ferme pour 500 000 dollars. Des sommes rondelettes que je dois
partager avec les deux agents qui interviennent dans le dossier et mon
éditeur. » Laurent Graff n'interviendra pas dans la réalisation
du long-métrage. « Malgré tout, j'ai écrit à
Johnny Depp pour lui demander s'il était possible de suivre une
journée de tournage... Et lui suggérer d'engager Jeanne Moreau
pour incarner le personnage de Mireille. J'attends sa réponse. »
From Emma:
September 2006, 1:00pm ET
BURBANK, Calif., Sept 09, 2006
"Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest," the swashbuckling summer blockbuster from Walt Disney Pictures and Jerry Bruckheimer Films, added a new milestone on Friday, September 8, 2006 when it officially crossed the $1 billion mark ($1,002.6 billion) at the global box office, and became only the third film in history (behind "Titanic" and "Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King") to achieve this extraordinary feat, it was announced today, Saturday, September 09, 2006, by d**k Cook, chairman of The Walt Disney Studios.
The film, which continues to break records around the world*, has topped the international box office for nine consecutive weeks. Thus far, "Pirates" has grossed an astonishing $415.1 million at the domestic box office, making it the #1 film of the year. Internationally, its cumulative tally now stands at $587.5 million, also making it the number #1 film of the year. "Pirates" is scheduled to open in Italy on September 13, 2006.
Commenting on the announcement, Cook said, "To say we are excited is an understatement. This is truly an historical time for The Walt Disney Studios and a time to celebrate. 'Pirates' continues to perform on all cylinders and this is a real tribute to the remarkable team of Jerry Bruckheimer, Gore Verbinski, Johnny Depp, Keira Knightley, Orlando Bloom, and writers Ted Elliott & Terry Rossio. The film's phenomenal success all over the world proves once again that audiences will vote to come back again and again when presented with great entertainment."
Cook continued, "I'd be remiss if I didn't mention how proud we are of our other summer successes including 'CARS,' 'Step Up,' and 'Invincible.' It's a summer that you dream about and it came together with amazing talent and diverse stories that everyone could relate to."
Mentioned Last Change
INDU 11392.11 60.67dollars or (0.53%)
DIS 29.58 0.09dollars or (0.30%)
*SOME SEAWORTHY BOX OFFICE RECORDS AND STATISTICS FOR "PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST
Crossed the $1 billion mark in record time (reaching that milestone in an unprecedented nine weeks compared to ten weeks for previous record holder,"Lord of the Rings 3").
Domestic
- Highest three-day opening in box-office history ($135.6million)
- First film in box office history to pass $100 million in only two days
- Tied as fastest film in history to reach $200 million (8 days)
- Fastest film in box office history to pass $300 million (16 days)
- Passed the $305.4 million final gross of its predecessor (PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL) in the same 16 days as above
- Opening day gross ($55.8 million) is highest single-day gross in box-office history
- PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST is the 51st film in Buena Vista history to pass $100 million in gross, the most of any studio
- PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST is the 13th film inBuena Vista history to pass $200 million in gross, the most of any studio
- PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST is the highest grossing film in Buena Vista history and the sixth highest grossing film of all time ($414.0 million through 9/4/06 and still counting!)
International
- PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST is the biggest international release of 2006.
- It is the sixth biggest film ever released internationally.
- The film is the most popular international release in the history of The Walt Disney Studios.
- Since its initial weekend of release overseas, PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST has ranked #1 for nine consecutive weekends in a row. This is the longest consecutive weekend reign of any film this century (and surpasses the previous record of seven weekends heldby PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL back in 2003.
- Biggest BVI opening of all-time: Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Brazil, Croatia, Czech, Egypt, Estonia, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia, Slovenia, So. Africa, Malaysia, Holland, New Zealand, Norway, Oman, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Portugal, Qatar, Russia, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, UAE, Ukraine, Uruguay, Venezuela
- Biggest BVI film of all time: Argentina, Bahrain, Belgium, Bulgaria, Chile, Denmark, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, India, Jordan, Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Malaysia, Norway, Oman, Russia, Singapore, Slovenia, South Africa, Switzerland, UAE, UK
- Biggest industry opening of All Time: Greece, Russia, Spain
- Biggest US film of all time: Russia
- 52nd in BVI history to pass $100M in gross, the most of any studio
- 19th in BVI history to pass $200M in gross, the most of any studio
SOURCE The Walt Disney Studios
From Emma found at Variety
Posted: Wed., Sep. 6, 2006, 6:24pm PT
'Pirates' one in a billion
'Chest' joins 'Titanic,' 'Return of the King' as top earner
By VARIETY STAFF
Disney's "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" should join "Titanic" and "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" today as the only movies ever released to top $1 billion in worldwide grosses.
The "Pirates" sequel has been out of the domestic top 10 for the past two weekends, but still managed to bring in $4.9 million during the Labor Day weekend to lift Stateside cume past $414 million -- the sixth-highest on the all-time list.
It is mainly recent foreign biz that's pushed "Dead Man's Chest" over the 10-figure mark. The pic's remained dominant internationally with a nine-weekend winning streak and, as of Tuesday, had cumed around $583 million offshore.
Rather than using a day-and-date worldwide release that would have gone up against the final of soccer's World Cup, BVI opted to start with only seven offshore territories in its first frame, followed by a gradual expansion through the rest of summer. Top foreign markets have been the U.K. at $94 million and Japan with $78 million. "Chest" should add another significant chunk of biz from Italy, where the final opening is set for Sept. 15.
There's no chance for "Dead Man's Chest" to catch "Titanic," which stands at $1.83 billion, and it would need another $130 million to overtake "The Return of the King" at $1.13 billion.
The success of "Chest" highlights several key factors: the worldwide drawing power of Johnny Depp; the still-substantial goodwill from "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl," which topped $650 million worldwide; and pic's deep fan appeal despite mostly so-so reviews.
Hitting the billion-dollar mark raises the bar on expectations for the
performance by "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End," which opens
May 25 at the start of the Memorial Day weekend. The final part of the
trilogy will enter a hyper-competitive market, with Sony launching "Spider-Man
3" on May 4 and Paramount opening "Shrek the Third" on May 18.
Dead Man's Chest Numbers from Box Office Mojo
Domestic Total as of Sep. 4, 2006: $414,013,957
Top Five of the Year
1 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest BV $414,013,957
2 Cars BV $241,979,000
3 X-Men: The Last Stand Fox $234,306,945
4 The Da Vinci Code Sony $217,536,138
5 Superman Returns WB $196,817,144
From Reuters
"Pirates" nears historic $1 billion mark
By Frank Segers Tue Sep 5, 1:44 AM ET
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Scoring a ninth consecutive weekend as the most popular movie at the foreign box office, "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" is poised to become only the third movie to gross more than $1 billion in global ticket sales.
The worldwide box office for the Disney sequel stands at $993.7 million, of which $579.5 million was generated internationally. The $1 billion mark should be exceeded by Friday, the company says.
The global record is held by 1997's "Titanic" (global boxoffice of $1.8 billion), while 2003's "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" ended up with $1.1 billion.
The foreign box office total for "Pirates" was enriched over the weekend by an estimated $11.6 million from 49 territories.
Topping the list were France, an estimated $2.4 million in the sixth weekend for a total of $46.5 million, and Japan, $1.6 million for a market total of $78.4 million.
"Miami Vice" grossed an estimated $7.7 million, raising its international
gross to $64.5 million. A solid contributor was Japan, where the
Michael Mann actioner opened on Saturday, winding the weekend with
an estimated $1.7 million.
The No. 3 slot last weekend went to "Cars," which cruised to an estimated $7.1 million from 34 territories, raising its international total to $172 million.
The biggest of "Cars"' weekend numbers were posted in Italy: an estimated $2.1 million for a market total of $10.1 million.
"Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties" finished No. 4 with an estimated $6.8
million from 35 markets. No. 5 was "Monster House," the animation title
backed by
Robert Zemeckis and
Steven Spielberg, which remained largely static, pulling an estimated
$6 million from 36 markets. It had a solid No. 3 opening in Spain with
an estimated $1.3 million.
"The Sentinel" picked up some international push with six openings, registering an overall weekend estimate of $4.6 million and taking its overseas tally to $23.5 million.
"Superman Returns" pulled an estimated $5.1 million, raising its international
total to $181 million. It opened at No. 1 in Italy with $3.4 million.
From the Daily Mirror UK
5 September 2006
BLOOM: DEPP'S A FREAK
By Jenny McQuaile
ORLANDO Bloom pokes fun at Pirates of the Caribbean co-star Johnny Depp in the new series of Extras.
In the first episode of Ricky Gervais's award-winning BBC2 comedy he plays a vain actor who can't believe that an extra doesn't fancy him.
Orlando tells the extra, played by TV comedy star Ashley Jensen, 36, the ladies were all over him on the film set, ignoring heart-throb Johnny.
The Brit actor and Lord of the Rings star, 27, joked: "It's my looks that all the girls fawn over. Nobody was bothered about Johnny on set.
"Johnny freak I make art-house movies and have stupid scissors for hands. Willy Wonka?" more like Johnny W***er."
Orlando is one of several stars lined up for the second series starting
September 14.
From The Salt Lake Tribute
Culture Vulture: Utah lures big shots in August
By Brandon Griggs
Tribune Columnist
August is traditionally a slow month for celebrity sightings in Utah. Famous folks prefer to visit our fair state in ski season, usually during January's Sundance Film Festival. But last month brought a rare convergence of Hollywood stars, sports figures, musicians and political bigwigs. For the sheer depth and diversity of the celebrity wattage, it may have been the most happening month in Utah since the Olympics.
Here's a partial list of visitors: Country stars Tim McGraw and Faith Hill, soccer star David Beckham, actor Tom Cruise, actress Katie Holmes, actor Johnny Depp, rockers Alice Cooper, Bonnie Raitt and Dave Matthews, songwriter/composer Randy Newman, real-estate mogul Donald Trump, Jazz great John Stockton, former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani, actor Sean Astin ("The Lord of the Rings"), actor Henry Thomas ("E.T."), golfers Jack Nicklaus and Annika Sorenstam, TV journalist Andrea Mitchell, her husband economist Alan Greenspan, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, Republican strategist Karl Rove and President George W. Bush.
None of these folks, as far as I can tell, visited Utah for its culture
or scenery. Instead they came for political spin-making (the Bushies) or
paying gigs (almost everyone else). I don't know what this all means, but
it made for a lively month. Now can things get back to normal around here?
From Emma found at Screen Daily
Pirates shoots for ninth week at top and $1bn
Jeremy Kay in Los Angeles
01 September 2006
Buena Vista International (BVI)'s Pirates of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest will still be the one to beat as it bears down on $1bn in global ticket sales and attempts a ninth consecutive weekend as the international box office champion.
The adventure sequel thus far stands at $976m of which $566.8m was taken at the international box office.
There are no openings planned for the weekend, but strong holds are expected in all territories and executives have revised their earlier forecast and expect it to cross $1bn by the end of next week.
From Sharewatch
(excerpt)
Last Updated: 3-September-2006 22:26:51
Led by one of the biggest all-time hits, Johnny Depp\'s \"Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man\'s Chest,\" Hollywood will have rung up about $3.85 billion in domestic ticket sales from the first weekend in May through Labor Day, up 6.3 percent from the same period last year, according to box-office tracker Exhibitor Relations.
Factoring in higher ticket prices, movie attendance was up about 3.1 percent.
\"If every year were like this, it would be fine,\" said Paul Dergarabedian, president of Exhibitor Relations. \"Hollywood will take solid over slump any day.\" For summer 2005, revenues declined 8.5 percent and attendance tumbled 11.4 percent compared to 2004\'s.
This summer\'s revenues will come in about 2 to 3 percent below those of 2004, a strong box-office season. This summer\'s attendance will be down about 8 percent compared to 2004\'s.
Last year brought continual bad headlines as the flop of the week hit theaters, with Hollywood\'s overall revenues down weekend after weekend. Analysts theorized that home theaters and other personal entertainment options were undermining cinema business.
\"The great thing this year is it seemed like audiences found a picture they wanted to see every week and sometimes two. That didn\'t happen last year,\" said Jeff Blake, vice chairman at Sony, which had summer hits with Tom Hanks\' \"The Da Vinci Code\" and Will Ferrell\'s \"Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby.\" \"Clearly, there were some weekends last year where people would say, `Let\'s not go to the movies.\'\" The opposite happened this year as most big films delivered, pulling in steady audiences. Overall movie revenues were up 14 out of 17 weekends this summer.
\"I truly believe the axiom that lines beget lines. When you\'re on a roll, everything positive happens to you,\" said Chuck Viane, head of distribution at Disney, which released \"Pirates of the Caribbean\" and had a blockbuster with the animated comedy \"Cars.\" \"Last year, there was so much negative spin in the press and the minds of people, I think it created a mind-set. This year, everything started positive and it\'s continued straight through.\" \"Pirates of the Caribbean\" raced past $400 million domestically, only the seventh movie to top that mark. \"Cars,\" \"X-Men: The Last Stand\" and \"The Da Vinci Code\" all made it past $200 million, with \"Superman Returns\" at $196 million and creeping toward that level.
The first big-screen adventure for the Man of Steel since 1987\'s \"Superman
IV: The Quest for Peace,\" \"Superman Returns\" drew huge audiences. But
box-office analysts had expected it to do better considering how well other
elite superhero franchises have done, such as \"Spider-Man\" and \"X-Men.\"
Another underachiever was Tom Cruise\'s \"Mission: Impossible III,\" which
took in a respectable $133 million but fell far short of the 1996 original
($181 million) and 2000\'s sequel ($215 million). Fans apparently were
turned off by Cruise\'s schoolboy antics in his romance with Katie Holmes
and his religious preaching on Scientology.
From IC Wales
Johnny Depp eyes up Welsh home
Sep 3 2006
Nathan Bevan, Wales on Sunday
COULD Hollywood's favourite pirate be about to drop anchor in Wales?
Johnny Depp, aka Captain Jack Sparrow, is rumoured to be swapping the high seas for a land-lubbing holiday home in the sleepy market town of Crickhowell.
Industry insiders claim the handsome heart-throb fell in love with the breathtaking countryside of the Black Mountains and the Brecon Beacons National Park when he stayed in the area while filming bodice-ripping period romp The Libertine in 2004.
And now the Pirates of The Caribbean star, who back then set the local female population's hearts aflutter in his role as notorious 17th Century womaniser The Earl of Rochester, looks set to cause palpitations should he splash out on any of the treasure trove of lavish properties up for sale.
Revealing how the Academy Award-nominee's people are researching the housing market for him, one source told Wales on Sunday: "Johnny had a great time when he was in Wales and loved the scenery and sense of history of the place.
"He likes the pace of life there and enjoys the anonymity living somewhere like that would afford him."
Mayor of Crickhowell Geoff Powell can't wait to be the first to welcome the superstar, who famously quit the bright lights of LA and moved full-time to rural France several years ago after meeting his gorgeous partner, French singer/actress Vanessa Paradis.
The couple now have two young children, daughter Lily-Rose and son John.
"I'm all for rural regeneration and new money can only be a good thing for the countryside," he said.
"We've had a lot of people coming to this neck of the woods - ex-financial traders and the like - doing up converted barns to live in and eventually starting up their own businesses down here and creating a lot of extra local jobs.
"I'm sure that if Johnny Depp moves here he'll be taking on some staff; gardeners, cleaners and builders to keep all that cash flowing around.
"He's a well-respected actor and so it seems, a very private guy, so I'm not worried about him bringing the wrong crowd here."
Joan Roberts, director of JDR Estates in Hereford who handle properties throughout the area, said someone like Depp would fit right into his new surroundings.
"It's chocolate-box country round there and that, along with the remoteness of area, is what's appealing to him. They're very low-key people these stars, which makes that particular housing market very desirable indeed.
"I doubt many of the people who live in these villages would even know Johnny Depp had moved there if they hadn't read about it in the paper first.
"I mean, you only really know the Queen's at home if the flag is flying, don't you?"
But not everyone is convinced.
James Suter, who co-owns the nearby Gliffaes Country House Hotel where Depp was reported to have stayed while previously filming in Wales, said: "I wouldn't mind so much if he was going to live here the whole year round, but I doubt he'd be around for much more than one month out of 12."
Mr Suter, who also sits on the National Park Committee where the problem of lack of affordable housing is a regular topic of debate, added: "From east of Bwlch to Abergavenny, trying to find a place has become all but impossible for most - the last thing we want is another big house going unoccupied for most of the time.
"I'd much rather it went to a local. Besides the type of people that level of celebrity attract aren't the sort we want around here.
"We want tourists to come and enjoy the splendour of our national park,
not just drive around looking for an old converted barn that some film
star has moved into."
From Heather
Winner of the Johnny Depp autographed photo announced by TWNpeople
TWNpeople is proud to announce that Trixie has won the Johnny Depp autographed photo in the initial drawing of its membership appreciation contest. To view Trixie’s TWNpeople profile go to:
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From TMZ (there is a video link on this page that works only for some)
Johnny Makes Waves
Posted Aug 30th 2006 11:45AM by TMZ Staff
Everywhere Johnny Depp goes, there seems to be a stream of screaming girls trailing behind him ... like the wake behind a pirate ship.
At a recent Malibu autograph session, Depp was dressed unremarkably in a long-sleeve, pirate-themed shirt. His now-trademark double-beard braid, however, unmistakably identified him as the man who gave life to Captain Jack Sparrow. Depp was in doing reshoots for the upcoming "Pirates of the Caribbean 3."
As his car drove away he waved to the frenetic crowd, who screamed with
piercing glee.
Don't forget to check out all the new pics from the set for POTC3 that came in last week. Link above in the box.
Boxofficemojo has a poll on their front page. Here are the results to date. You can register for free and vote:
Who do you think is the most bankable star?
36.9% Johnny Depp
26.1% Tom Hanks
12.5% Will Smith
11.6% Tom Cruise
7.1% Jim Carrey
5.9% Adam Sandler
1,868 users polled.
And the stats on Pirates 2:
TOTAL LIFETIME GROSSES
Domestic: $407,571,000 43.9%
+ Foreign: $521,462,000 56.1%
= Worldwide: $929,033,000
WORLDWIDE GROSSES
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 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
WB $976.5
$317.6 32.5% $658.9 67.5%
2001
4 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest BV
$929.0 $407.6 43.9%
$521.5 56.1% 2006
5 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
NL $926.3
$341.8 36.9% $584.5 63.1%
2002
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