"And I knew we'd get into that dirty stuff sooner or later..."
Gonzo lives!
Johnny Depp is slated to star in the screen adaptation of Hunter S. Thompson's psuedo biographical novel, The Rum Diary to be released next year. This will be Depp's second incarnation of the good Doctor, after the 1997 portrayal of Raoul Duke in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.
The Rum Diary (according to Wiki), is the story of journalist Paul Kemp who moves to Puerto Rico from New York to work for a small local newspaper. The story follows a "tangled love story of jealousy, treachery and violent alcoholic lust among the American expatriates who staff the newspaper." Sounds about par for Hunter's course...
The film will be directed and was written in part by British film maker Bruce Robinson, who was a friend of Hunter's and, I have faith, will do the book justice. The other charactrers for the film are reputed to be filled out by Josh Hartnett, Benicio Del Toro and Nick Nolte...looks pretty good to me!
And here's the six degrees of separation...Hunter, famed journalist and recreational personal chemist, writer of Fear and Loathing...--->Bruce Robinson, friend, director of Withnail and I(which is a fricken awesome movie, btw...thanks Emma!), the Rum Diary---->Ralph Steadman, close friend of both Robinson and Thompson, illustrated covers for both Fear and Loathing..., and Withnail and I ----> GelaSkins, Ralph's illustrations are adorning iPods and laptops worldwide to the cheers and hurrahs of Gonzo fans everywhere. I'm pretty sure that allows me a cameo in the new film, doesn't it?
Looking forward to it, to say the least...
