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Depp loves the rum... and he loves the Hunter S... and we'll love THE RUM DIARY!

First! by berkshirewoods	Jul 30th, 2007 01:36:20 AM
Should be an awesome movie!
Maybe it's just me, but... by MopGuy	Jul 30th, 2007 01:44:56 AM
isn't this old news? Like several months old at least? If not then I've somehow been having premonitions of this movie for a while.
No this is not good news by Nabster	Jul 30th, 2007 01:49:52 AM
Like the article mentions Depp is too old to play the title character in the novel. The character is a fish out of water journalist in Peurto Rico, and an older Depp is not what is required to play this character. Why is it necessary to commercialize inherently uncommercial novels? The answer is to cash in on the name of Hunter S. Thompson, pathetic if you ask me.
Dudehe'sowned the rights to this script since 99' by gride9000	Jul 30th, 2007 01:50:33 AM
I saw him live at the LA memorial for Alan Ginsberg. After, he told me he'd purchased the film rights recently published. He is a producer on this film for sure.
Another aspect which will be nulified is by Nabster	Jul 30th, 2007 01:52:53 AM
the love triangle in the book. Depp is in love with some blonde bombshell, and his competition, his supposed friend is considerably more attractive, yet Depp is considered to be one of the hottest actors around, so how is this condusive to his character? Sorry I hate these Vanity projects, thats all they are. Read the book, frack the movie.
Buy a ticket, take the ride... by Latauro	Jul 30th, 2007 01:57:17 AM
Saw the Hunter S Thompson doco the other day, and as I was watching Depp's interview I was thinking it was a pity that Rum Diary never happened. Glad to see it's back on track.
Wasn't Benicio supposed to write and direct... by Lenny Nero	Jul 30th, 2007 01:58:58 AM
...as per news around four years ago?
Feared and loathing news... by Artifakts	Jul 30th, 2007 02:04:33 AM
Lets just hope it isn't as dreadful as Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas...
This has potential by samsquanch	Jul 30th, 2007 02:08:58 AM
Except for the fact that Thompson was a younger man when he wrote it, it's his first novel if I'm not mistaken, so... not yet thirty? Sorry, but Depp can't pull that off, babyface or no. I do like the idea of recreating PR in the fifties though, I love old San Juan, been there a bunch, read this book there, and always wondered what it would have been like back then. Hopefully they actually shoot it there, and not on some backlot in LA.
This IS good news... by Kubla_Khan	Jul 30th, 2007 02:13:49 AM
The book's great, can easily be adapted for the screen and to accommodate a slightly older Depp. As to the "he's too handsome" -- well, don't you recall he went bald for F and L? Maybe he'll do it for this. Whetever, I'm on board as I love the book.
What the hell is the problem by Spaced_and_Confused	Jul 30th, 2007 02:18:59 AM
Johnny Depp is not doing this to take advantage of anything. He loved Thompson man, attended his funeral (I think even gave the eulogy) and is Currently struggling to get the Gonzo statue replaced. And who cares if he's a little older, once he is back in character it will be a non-issue. He wouldn't do this unless he thought it benefited the memory of Thompson. And Artifaks...ooohhooohooo, I'm not gonna say anything, I'll just let the bloodthirsty TBers have at you
Put em up Artifakts by Wired Earp	Jul 30th, 2007 02:24:31 AM
You speak them fighten words...
Depp vs Thompson by drave117	Jul 30th, 2007 02:40:14 AM
I just watched some video clips of Hunter S. Thompson on YouTube and compared them to Depp's version of him. Depp is freakishly accurate. And I don't think anybody in their right mind can state that Depp was even remotely attractive in Fear & Loathing. I agree that this movie is good news.
http://www.aintitcool.com/node/1 9901 by TheWayBackMachine	Jul 30th, 2007 02:50:17 AM
I'm pretty sure Harry was replaced in the last two years by some dumber duplicate of himself. This story is ancient, and he even ran the same fucking story in 2005.
Yeah, TheWayBackMachine... by DocBosch	Jul 30th, 2007 02:56:23 AM
...and Variety is also full of shit: http://www.variety.com/article /VR1117969386.html?categoryid= 13&cs=1&nid=2563 I guess Harry is not allowed to report on movies that then go on to not be made right away... and he can never mention them ever again if they get revived. Good rule.
Why does this get reported about every year? by Bungion Boy	Jul 30th, 2007 03:23:21 AM
The first time I heard this exact same news was way back in 2001. Ever since then it has gotten pushed back a lot but then it gets talked about again always as if nobody has mentioned it before. It's frustrating because every time I see a headline like this I hope for new news on the subject, but are we really any closer to seeing this film? I sure hope so. I love Thompson's writings, and while I thought the Fear and Loathing film had a few major flaws, Depp was fantastic and it's great to see that character, or a similar one with a different name, on the screen. I hope this is great.
Mop Guy by Bungion Boy	Jul 30th, 2007 03:25:03 AM
You know what I'm talking about. Right on. It's not just you.
Artifakts by MatDGZ	Jul 30th, 2007 03:59:51 AM
How can you say F&LiLV was an awful film? DO YOU NOT KNOW LITERARY/FILMIC BRILLIANCE WHEN YOU SEE IT? I can't wait to see Depp as HST again. It'll be interesting as this one isn't so Gonzo as some of his other work, Depp will be playing it real - kinda like Murray in Where the Buffalo Roam. TRD is a wonderful book, and I'm keen to see Josh Hartnett playing Yeomon. Bring it on!
RIP Ingmar Bergman by Knugen	Jul 30th, 2007 04:07:44 AM
Even though I'm an atheist and it's seriously off topic...
Do people not understand how movies work? by DocBosch	Jul 30th, 2007 04:19:38 AM
Sometimes a movie will go into development, and sometimes they are just dropped. Then they may be picked up somewhere else and then there's the possibility it could get made again. Every time it gets a new chance, that's NEWS. You know how many times Watchmen was turned around? It went through a couple of directors and studios, and each revival was reported here. That's what keeps happening with Rum Diary, except it's always the same director and star. Are you saying that because of that, AICN shouldve refrained from reporting about Watchmen?
Fuck You Artifakts!!!! by DOGSOUP	Jul 30th, 2007 05:01:36 AM
Star Wars totally pwns Lord of the Rings!! Oh what? Books? "COME OUT NEVILLE!!" Huh wrong book? Oh....is Bill Murray going to be in this? I love Groundhog Day. Ooooh Johnny Depp....nice didn't he already do this movie? Oh that's the one Artifakts hated...Fuck you dude! Browncoats rule! Anyway so...pretty shitty what he did to his wife though. /purposefully disjointed farcical thoughtrain
Artifakts!!!! by Monotonous Black	Jul 30th, 2007 05:08:20 AM
You come around these parts again and I'll give you a karate chop to the nuts! Somehow. I'm not sure how this will work. Forget it.
GET GOING ALREADY! by Traumnovelle	Jul 30th, 2007 05:08:54 AM
mercy.
Nabster=moron by dr sauch	Jul 30th, 2007 05:11:34 AM
Watch Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride and you can see how much of a 'vanity project' this is and how much depp is looking to 'cash in' on HST. HST became a hero to Depp, you nitwit. And, although you may be attracted to Depp, I think he has shown through his carrer that he is not interested in the least in looking pretty in his movies. You are an idiot.
sounds potentially good by kafka07	Jul 30th, 2007 09:06:33 AM
I like HST abd Depp is a decent actor. It'll be good to see Depp as Thompson again, as long as the script and director are good too.
Another HST movie? About Damned time!!! by Kentucky Colonel	Jul 30th, 2007 09:14:53 AM
With Depp, a native of Owensboro, KY once again portraying Hunter, another Louisville native like myself, the good Colonel is having a pretty good morning. Saw "Sunshine" last night an really dug it. Now, when are they gonna make a film of one of Hunter's best sorts "The Kentucky Derby is Decadent and Depraved"? Again, being a Louisville native and former 5-year employee of Churchill Downs (I shot horses...with a video camera...among other things) I can attest that his observations of the Derby, albeit from the early 60's, is still spot on to this day. I dunno...I've not lived in KY for three years now. Every time I visit I'm reminded that it's a wonderful little city (or big town, your choice). But in reality, compared to DC Louisville isn't even a Rosslyn or even Falls Church. But for a town on the Ohio river it's pretty bitchin'. And hell, back in the 19-teens it was the 12th largest city in the country...back when you could buy morphine OTC. Man, those must have been the days!
Glad it's not Gilliam by ScamsAndFlams	Jul 30th, 2007 09:26:35 AM
I love Gilliam but F&LILV is tiring and pointless
After reading by Unlabled	Jul 30th, 2007 10:04:56 AM
Rum Diary a few years ago I definitely saw this as a great movie opportunity. I always saw David Thewlis circa Island of Dr. Moreau as Paul Kemp.
Wait, so Depp is actually playing HST in this?! by Darth Bauer	Jul 30th, 2007 10:21:41 AM
Sorry, I'm not familiar with the book.
No Benicio then? by CherryValance	Jul 30th, 2007 11:00:58 AM
Because I too had heard about him doing this for years. I haven't read the book either though. Maybe there's room for both of them?
The Fear and Loathing Letters Vol. 1 by conniebrean1	Jul 30th, 2007 11:33:14 AM
In "The Proud Highway" we see through the letters he wrote to people that Thompson tried to get this published for years and was rejected everywhere. He even concluded that it wasn't very good and probably didn't deserve to be published. That's why it wasn't published until way after he was famous. The book simply isn't that good. I don't understand why everyone is so worked up about it. Now, a "Hell's Angels" movie with Depp as Thompson would have some potential. That could be sweet.
GILLIAM NEEDS THERAPY!!!! by ludmir88	Jul 30th, 2007 02:14:45 PM
FEAR AND LOATHSOME IN LAS VEGAS was weird even more with a fat tobey maguire!!!
Too old! by Thunderbolt Ross	Jul 30th, 2007 02:14:54 PM
Dammit, Travolta adapted for Battlefield Earth - why can't you, Depp? Why?????
To ThreeOranges by Jocasta	Jul 30th, 2007 02:24:38 PM
The Hartnett ship, yes that may well have sailed out with Hunter S Thompson, who wanted Hartnett for Yeamon when they became friends in about 2003.
Holy Jesus! What are these goddamn animals? by Zeke25:17	Jul 30th, 2007 02:50:26 PM
CAN YOU HEAR ME?
About Benicio by Spaced_and_Confused	Jul 30th, 2007 03:22:55 PM
It's Been a while since I read the book, but I'm pretty sure Zeta Costa was not a character in the book, or at least he wasn't Thompson's sidekick. If he is in the flick, expect a more Peter Boyle style performance, as Oscar Zeta Costa was, aside from being a bipolar whackjob, one of the only lawyers in the 60's who was willing to defend the Haight Ashbury crowd. I'm psyched
HELLS ANGELS by Superzerotwo	Jul 30th, 2007 03:35:47 PM
Should also be considered for adaptation. It was his first published novel and has the same tone and spirit as Fear and Loathing but Angels is more dangerous, more depraved. Curse of lono would be neat to see up on the screen also.
this is by imnofx	Jul 30th, 2007 03:36:25 PM
the best news i heard all day
I can see the philistines are out today... by CondomWrapper	Jul 30th, 2007 04:23:20 PM
How can you not love both the book and film F&LILV? I recall five or six years ago that HST himself became frustrated with the sluggish pace of getting TRDs to the screen, and he wrote a hilarious letter to a female producer expressing his frustrations. Does anyone have the link? I'd love to read that again. Now all we need is for someone to adapt another Bukowski book and I'll be one happy camper, I loved Factotum.
Kemp is not Thompson by Revol	Jul 30th, 2007 05:59:39 PM
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I heard Daniel Raddcliff by Mockingbuddha	Jul 30th, 2007 11:58:52 PM
was a Hunter Thompson fan. I'd love to hear what he thinks about this. I'll be onboard if he is. Are they ever going to make a movie of Restaurant at the End of the Universe? Didn't Hunter S. write that? I know some writer did...
Mockingbuddha by Spaced_and_Confused	Jul 31st, 2007 12:23:34 AM
Your thinking of Douglas Adams, he wrote the Hitchhiker series
Hard to tell by JohnnyOClock	Jul 31st, 2007 02:49:39 AM
where the sarcasm ends
Way too old by Nabster	Jul 31st, 2007 03:18:07 AM
Sorry no way you cut it, a forty year old playing a twenty year old is a different character, pure and simple.
why is it some folks don't age? by BDT	Jul 31st, 2007 06:22:15 AM
I thought Johnny Depp was one of those people who age backwards or at very least, doesn't age at all.
Awesome, another performance where Depp.... by Mosquito March	Jul 31st, 2007 08:14:42 AM
...doesn't have to play a character with any real depth. He can just rely on Thompson's outrageous mannerisms and manner of speaking to make the audience go "haha" for a little while and leave without having seen an actual character arc. Don't misunderstand me - he was hilarious in FEAR & LOATHING. But at the end of it all, he was just playing a caricature of Thompson. I don't remember seeing anything deeper than Thompson's outward behavior. Mimicry, however entertaining it might be, does not equal a great performance. But, if Johnny Depp took a shit on camera, people would call him a genius.
Fear And Loathing movie and book are great by Lovecraftfan	Jul 31st, 2007 10:16:51 AM
Fear And Loathing was Gilliams last great film and is highly underrated. Its not pointless. In fact its positively unsubtle in its point much like the book. Just watch the whole movie.
this got back on track for 1 reason by 9banned0.5furious	Jul 31st, 2007 01:19:45 PM
Deep+rum something=idiots associate with Pirate=$$$ You know is true.
Might have something to do with the upcoming strike by Stuntcock Mike	Jul 31st, 2007 02:07:25 PM
They green lit Brad Pitt's Bullitt after a few years in development as well. That'll suck, to be sure.
Gilliam's, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.. by dekionplexis	Jul 31st, 2007 04:38:55 PM
Is a masterpiece.
Who says Kemp is Hunter? by Jack21	Jul 31st, 2007 08:05:42 PM
The Rum Diary is a fantastic book, but it's a lot different than "Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas." Not much Gonzo in it at all, at least the way I percieve it. So I don't see why everyone--or almost everyone--is so bummed out that Terry Gillian isn't attached. The Rum Diary is an awesome book; but nowhere near as outlandish and wonderful as Fear and Loathing, in my humble opinion. Anyway, this should be good.

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