Highest Paid Actor In History

Hollywood Today reports Johnny Depp has earned $78 million so far for the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise with even more on the horizon with the release of At World's End in May, making him the highest paid actor in history.

"Bring that horizon." You betcha! GO JOHNNY!!!!

Filming Wraps on Sweeny Todd

According to Variety, filming has been completed on Sweeny Todd as of Friday, April 20th, and the film is now in post-production.

Rex Mundi News

The Arizona Wildcat offers an interview with Jim Uhls, the screenwriter who is working to adapt the Rex Mundi graphic novels into into a screenplay for Johnny Depp's production company, Infinitum Nihil.
"It's based on a series of graphic novels that are still coming out, says Uhls, and books one two and three we are collecting as chapters. Some things we are keeping and some things we are changing, but the basic premise is that it's set in the present time but it's an alternative present. By that I mean history happened differently to lead up to the present time. The Catholic Church remained in power over in Europe; the monarchies in Europe are still in control of the rest of the world, most of which are colonies. The inquisition is going on, and there is an internal, deep, complicated mystery that the lead character starts to unravel. I changed that mystery entirely from the graphic novel and in doing so created alot of work for myself. (Laughs)"
When asked when this film will be finished and released in theaters, Uhls didn't have a deffinite answer, but his best guess was possibly sometimes in 2008 at the earliest.

New AWE Photos

A foreign website has posted a set of publicity photos for the upcoming Pirates movie, including four gorgeous one of Captain Jack Sparrow.
Click the pictures to enlarge them.



The photos of other characters can be found at http://fdb.blox.pl/html

News Brief

The OC Register reports Johnny Depp will appear in a line of talking/musical greeting cards from Hallmark. The Pirates of the Caribbean greeting cards, an expansion of Hallmark's popular movie/tv Character product line, feature a small sound device which plays when the card is opened.

ITV reports Harvey Weinstein is working on a film version of the broadway musical "Nine" and is considering stars like George Clooney, Javier Bardem, Johnny Depp, and Antonio Banderas for the lead. The 2003 revival of the production starred Antonio Banderas on broadway and won 5 Tony Awards including Best Musical.