Thursday, February 12
The Rum Diary, the adaptation of a Hunter S. Thompson novel about a journalist living in 1950's Puerto Rico is adding some big names to its cast list. Johnny Depp, who is also producing and has been trying to get the movie adaptation produced since 2003, has long been announced as the lead, with Amber Heard (Pineapple Express) being cast as Depp's love interest just this week. Now both Aaron Eckhart and Richard Jenkins are joining the production.
Jenkins, a current Oscar nominee for The Visitor, will play the man who runs the newspaper Depp works for, and Eckhart will play a wealthy landowner who becomes involved in a love triangle with Depp and Heard.
The Rum Diary starts production in Puerto Rico March 30.
Posted 2/12/2009 by Ryan
Related: Aaron Eckhart | Johnny Depp | Richard Jenkins | Amber Heard | The Rum Diary | The Visitor | Hunter S. Thompson
Tuesday, October 7
You Don't Mess With the Zohan, starring funnyman Adam Sandler as the titular Mossad Agent-turned-hairstylist, leads off this week's DVD Tuesday. Also debuting on DVD today: M. Night Shyamalan's R-rated critic-pleaserThe Happening, starring animal lover Mark Wahlberg; Slacker Uprising, the latest documentary from provocateur Michael Moore; and Thomas McCarthy's highly acclaimed indie drama The Visitor.
Our DVD pick of the week is Disney's newly-restored animated classic Sleeping Beauty, now awakening for the first time on sparkling Blu-ray.
Posted 10/7/2008 by reelz
Related: Sleeping Beauty | You Don't Mess With the Zohan | The Visitor | The Happening | Slacker Uprising