First Look at Johnny Depp in 'The Rum Diary'

The Hunter Thompson adaptation, The Rum Diary is quickly becoming one of those projects to keep your eye on. We knew that Johnny Depp would be involved a while ago, but over the past couple months, the cast has expanded to include Aaron Eckhart, Richard Jenkins, Amber Heard, and most recently, Giovanni Ribisi, who signed on this week. Also this week, we got our first look at Depp as Paul Kemp in the period piece set in 1950s Puerto Rico. Kemp is, of course, a thinly veiled version of Thompson, who wrote the novel back in the 1960s but didn't publish it until 1998. PopSugar snapped a shot of Depp in Miami, although I thought the production was being shot entirely in San Juan. Maybe it's a Pirates of the Caribbean thing, but Keira Knightley is not the only cast member from that trilogy who seems to be stuck in period pieces. Depp's last contemporary film was Secret Window, released in 2004. He'll be caught in the 1930s this summer in Public Enemies, and The Rum Diary will be released in 2010.

Comments

[Billie B]

This is a shot from the filming in Puerto Rico. As usual the press got its wires crossed

[Get The Big Picture]

Thanks for the clarification. I hadn't heard a word about Miami until this pic, so that makes sense.