"British screenwriter Christina Hodson has been hired to start work on the as-yet-untitled sixth film in the Pirates franchise, which has so far grossed more than £3.5billion.Buzz.ie is Irelands' newest, best and brightest Website. Variety and the Flying V logos are trademarks of Variety Media, LLC. “Minamata,” starring Johnny Depp, and Nanette Burstein’s docu series about Hillary Clinton will play at the Berlin Film Festival. 14. Films Boutique handles international sales.Holland, the director of Oscar nominated films “Europa Europa” and “In Darkness,” received a Silver Bear for “Spoor” at the Berlin Film Festival in 2017, and premiered her last film, “Mr.

Producers had hoped to give his character Captain Jack Sparrow a cameo role in a new adventure featuring a mainly female cast, led by Australian actress Margot Robbie.But fans are unlikely to see Captain Jack sailing off into the sunset after Depp's private life was laid bare during his libel case at the High Court in London.A Hollywood source revealed: "They were working on storylines to bid him a fitting farewell from the franchise. You chip away, little by little, and then that problem can be toppled,” he said. The Berlin Film Festival has added Johnny Depp-starrer Minamata, Agnieszka Holland feature Charlatan, Nanette Burstein’s docuseries Hillary, Tilda Swinton-narrated sci-fi … Read Next: India Publishes Film, TV Production Safety Protocols for COVID-19 Era If there is something that needs to be dealt with that’s of such magnitude just start chipping away, and people will follow, hopefully.”There were no questions asked at the press conference about Depp’s personal life or his legal tussles with Amber Heard, although some journalists made sly attempts to draw him out by alluding to aspects of Smith’s own troubled personality, which Depp side-stepped or ignored.Asked about Smith’s difficult relationship with his children, Depp said: “We tried to stay focused on the story of the disaster, and only used little bits and pieces of Gene’s life to build his character.”He said the Minamata scandal was “a story that needed to be told,” and added that he had wanted to “harness the power of media or cinema or art and use it to open people’s eyes” to such issues.

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Disney bosses appear to have sunk plans for Johnny Depp to appear in a sixth Pirates Of The Caribbean film. "Disney executives reportedly made their decision to drop Captain Jack just four days into the UK trial, which continues tomorrow.LA crisis management expert Howard Bragman said that even if Depp wins the case, "his aggressive legal actions could backfire in the public sphere".Media analyst Mike Raia added: "It would have been nice to see Captain Jack get a big screen send-off. Like celebs and showbiz gossip? Die Sicherheitskräfte hatten mit Berlinale-Gast Johnny Depp alle Hände voll zu tun. Sign up to our newsletter! PIRATES Of The Caribbean outcast Johnny Depp is being thrown a huge lifeline to help save his career. Beide Produktionen sollen auf dem Festival (20. Also in Berlin were Minami, who plays Aileen, a young Japanese woman who persuades the burned-out Smith – an alcoholic and amphetamine addict – to take on one last assignment; Bill Nighy, who plays Bob Hayes, the editor of Life magazine, Smith’s long-suffering employer; Hiroyuki Sanada, who plays local activist Mitsuo Yamazaki; cinematographer Benoît Delhomme; and director Andrew Levitas.At the film’s press conference, Depp said he had a “strange fascination” with Smith and his photography, which was enhanced when he’d “read a bit about his life and what he’d gone through, what he’d experienced, what he’d sacrificed to capture those moments, to capture those photos.”At the start of the film, Smith is seen as a reclusive and tormented curmudgeon, his life blighted by post-traumatic stress disorder – the result of his wartime experiences – as well as his alcoholism and drug addiction.“My take on Gene Smith is that it was very loud in his brain, and I imagine it didn’t calm down throughout his life,” Depp said.
"Neither Disney nor Pirates producer Jerry Bruckheimer have publicly commented on Depp's legal battles.But a studio insider said: "They both realise that, whether Johnny wins his cases or not, he is likely to be viewed as box-office poison in these sensitive times.
Producers had hoped to give his character Captain Jack Sparrow a … Johnny Depp arrived at the Berlin Film Festival Friday to support the film “Minamata,” in which he plays celebrated war photographer W. Eugene Smith. Variety and the Flying V logos are trademarks of Variety Media, LLC. © Copyright 2020 Variety Media, LLC, a subsidiary of Penske Business Media, LLC.