Sign Up: Stay on top of the latest breaking film and TV news! Sign up for our Email Newsletters here. “It was a life of great hardship, but eventual triumph - a universally human story all viewers can identify with.” Modigliani’s life is one that I’m incredibly honored, and truly humbled, to bring to the screen,” Depp said in a press statement. Johnny Depp as Gellert Grindelwald in 'Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald.' Warner Bros. “Modigliani” focuses on two days in Paris that marked a watershed moment for Modigliani’s career in 1916. Production will begin in Europe in Spring 2023, with casting to be announced shortly. Co-produced by Al Pacino, the film is based on a play by Dennis McIntyre and adapted for the screen by Jerzy and Mary Kromolowski (“The Pledge”). “ Modigliani” marks Depp’s second directorial feature, 25 years after the release of “The Brave” in 1997. However, no casting announcement has been made.ĭepp is making his return to the big screen by transforming into King Louis XV for “Jeanne du Barry,” as well as helming the biopic “ Modigliani” inspired by the life of painter and sculptor Amedeo Modigliani. Rumors have swirled that Depp will also be reprising his iconic role as Jack Sparrow in the “Pirates of the Caribbean” films. Jerry Bruckheimer Would 'Love' to Have Johnny Depp Return as Jack Sparrow in 'Pirates of the Caribbean'Īmber Heard Settles Defamation Claim Against Johnny Depp: 'I Never Chose This'Ģ2 Great Erotic Thrillers, from Adrian Lyne to Brian De Palmaġ7 HBO and HBO Max Original Series to Get Excited About in 2023 I didn’t interact too much with them, but I could understand why they had their hearts broken.” His fans were very, very sweet, but they were also very stubborn. Mads Mikkelsen replaced the Depp Grindelwald character for Fantastic Beasts 3, with the official casting confirmed in late November 2020. So, we had to come up with something else, something that was mine, and build a bridge between him and me.

“There was no way I could just copy it, because it’s so much him. “I could not copy it,” Mikkelsen continued.

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