Johnny Depp's Rum Diary Picked Up by FilmDistrict

The Rum Diary starring Johnny Depp has found a home at FilmDistrict. Directed by Bruce Robinson and based on the book Hunter S Thompson, The Rum Diary now has a release date of October 28, 2011.

In addition to Depp, The Rum Diary features Aaron Eckhart, Amber Heard, Michael Rispoli, Richard Jenkins and Giovanni Ribisi. Depp's production company Infinitum Nihil produced along with Graham King, Tim Headington, Anthony Rhulen and Robert Kravis.

FilmDistrict co-founder Graham King stated, "Hunter S. Thompson became close with Johnny Depp during the filming of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and showed Depp the unpublished manuscript for The Rum Diary. am extremely proud to bring this novel to film and to honor Hunter's legacy."

"The Rum Diary is a special project for all of us here, as it is a true collaboration between both of our entities, said Peter Schlessel, CEO of FilmDistrict and President of GK Films. "Depp gives an extraordinary performance in this remarkable adaptation."

The Rum Diary Synopsis:

The Rum Diary tells the increasingly unhinged story of itinerant journalist Paul Kemp (Depp). Tired of the noise and madness of New York and the crushing conventions of late Eisenhower-era America, Kemp travels to the pristine island of Puerto Rico to write for a local San Juan newspaper run by the downtrodden editor Lotterman (Jenkins). Adopting the rum-soaked lifestyle of the late '50s version of Hemingway's "The Lost Generation," Paul soon becomes entangled with a very attractive American woman, Chenault (Heard) and her fiancée Sanderson (Eckhart), a businessman involved in shady property development deals. It is within this world that Kemp ultimately discovers his true voice as a writer and integrity as a man.

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