Johnny Depp to Star as Controversial French King Louis XV in Maiwenn’s Next Film

Jenelle Riley Deputy Awards, Features EditorEven if you don’t know the story of heralded photographer W. Eugene Smith or the Japanese fishing village of Minamata, you are likely familiar with the photograph Tomoko and Mother in the Bath. The 1971 black-and-white photo captures Ryoko Kamimura cradling her severely deformed daughter Tomoko, a victim of Minamata disease, in a Japanese bath.

EXCLUSIVE: New York’s Museum of the Moving Image announced the full lineup today for the 11th edition of First Look, its annual festival showcasing adventurous cinema from around the world.

Vanity Fair profile, in which he discussed starring alongside Pitt, 58, in the 2004 sword-and-sandals epic “Troy.”Cox, 75, played Agamemnon, the mythical Greek King of Pitt’s Achilles, in what he described as “the only part I’ve ever pursued” in his career, and which required the actor to fly to London to meet the cast.Speaking on laying eyes on the “Fight Club” star for the first time, Cox swooned, “I remember at one point being agog at Brad. He’d never been in costumes like that …”“Brad walked on set and my jaw was down because he was so stunningly beautiful,” added the smitten Laurence Olivier award winner.In fact, like with a metalhead appreciating Beethoven, Pitt’s hotness apparently transcended Cox’s sexual orientation.“I’m straight but I thought, ‘Wow, my God! This guy is stunning,'” the “Manhunter” actor added of his bromantic feelings.

American Idol winner “is devoting 100 percent of any free time she has preparing for the trial…When not filming her talk show, she is hunkered down with [attorney] Laura Wasser.”That name alone should send a chill up Blackstock's spine. Wasser is a mega-powerful Hollywood divorce attorney who has represented Britney Spears, Johnny Depp, Laura Dern, and Angelina Jolie, among others, and whose current clientele as she divorces Kanye West.

Johnny Depp has announced plans to sell non-fungible tokens (NFTs) based on his personal artwork.The collection, titled ‘Never Fear Truth’, features portraits of Depp’s friends and heroes, including Marlon Brando, Elizabeth Taylor, Hunter S. Thompson, Heath Ledger, Lily-Rose Depp, Tim Burton, Depp’s late dog Mooh, Depp himself, and a fictional character created by his son, called Bunnyman.The collection is developed from original artwork by Depp, which has been embellished and animated into 11,111 NFTs.

While John Krasinski made the jump to writer/director well before the horror thriller “A Quiet Place” and the sequel “A Quiet Place Part II,” the major success of that first film really changed everything for him as a filmmaker. And perhaps in a sign of going back to his indie dramatic roots, instead of directing the third ‘AQP’ movie right away, Krasinski is making another film for Paramount Pictures titled “IF.” An original project created and written by Krasinski, “IF” has some stellar actors joining and a bit of reunion as well.

Ben Croll As production days notch upward across Paris, crews both local and international can sometimes find themselves competing not only for personnel and materials but also with a separate industry that predates the invention of the camera by several hundred years – the tourist trade.In 2019, France was the world’s leading travel destination, hosting 90 million international visitors. Though obviously such numbers took a substantial hit when global travel tapered off in early 2020, much of the infrastructure and protocols meant to serve that older industry have very much remained in place.To see one such challenge this creates, one need only look to the Château de Versailles, which keeps traditional museum hours, remaining open to the public six days a week.

Minimata. Amid the legal battle the actor is engaged in with ex-wife Amber Heard, after she accused him of abusing her while they were together. Depp was asked to step down from his role as Grindelwald in Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore after a U.

Variety reported.The period drama’s title and plot have yet to be revealed. However, the flick will reportedly follow the life of the controversial French monarch, who was nicknamed “the beloved” and ruled for 59 years — the longest reign in France’s existence since Louis XIV.

Johnny Depp is set to portray French king Louis XV in an untitled historical drama set to co-star Maiwenn (Polisse), who is also helming the project, according to numerous reports in French press.

Johnny Depp is making his comeback in an upcoming period piece.

Brian Cox has been in the headlines recently for comments he made about Johnny Depp and now he is walking those back.

Johnny Depp is taking on a controversial role.