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A PLAN to make a film of the life of Michael Hutchence, the rock star who killed himself in 1997, has run into strong opposition from his family – by Paul Ham for TimesOnLine.co.uk.

Nick Egan, a British film director and friend of the INXS frontman, is looking for actors to play the roles of the singer, as well as the late Paula Yates, his girlfriend, and Bob Geldof.

Among the actors Egan is considering for the role of Hutchence are Johnny Depp, Hayden Christensen, Eric Bana and a little-known singer-actor from Australia called Michael Piccirilli.

The new biopic is due to go into pre-production in the next three months and is scheduled for release next year.

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Digital Spy – The Pirates Of The Caribbean stars have become mates thanks to spending so much time together on location, says Mackenzie Crook – by Dave West.

Two sequels to the movie are being filmed in one go, so actors including Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightley have been together on a Caribbean island for quite a while.

“It’s been an incredible and intense period of work,” Office star Crook told The Sun. “It took so much longer than anyone could’ve expected.”

“We had no choice but to become good mates. When we’re on location we’re all living in each other’s pockets,” said the actor, who plays Raggetti in the films. “But we got to spend pretty much a year on a Caribbean island shooting them, so we’ve had an amazing time.”

He told fans to expect more of his well-loved pirate antics, saying: “I’m still the same old Raggeti that you know and love. I don’t run away with the heroine or anything, there’s no romance for me.”

“But there’s lots more eyeball gags,” he added. “I’ve even got my own action figure now, it’s what I’ve been working towards. I can die a happy man.”

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Punkachoice.com – by Agencies. The might and mind behind Hollywood blockbusters like Star Wars – The Empire Strikes Back, James Bond flick Never Say Never Again and Robocop II, Director Irvin Kershner is in India.

The Princess and The Wizard, which is said to be based on a Middle-East fairy tale, is a romantic comedy and is full of adventure and visual effects.

Hollywood actors Johnny Depp and Orlando Bloom are being considered for male leads in the movie while a fresh face from India may play the female lead.

Besides India, the film will be shot in Morocco, Egypt, Eastern Europe and America.

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Punkachoice.com – by Agencies. The might and mind behind Hollywood blockbusters like Star Wars – The Empire Strikes Back, James Bond flick Never Say Never Again and Robocop II, Director Irvin Kershner is in India.

Kershner along with producer Dr Arjun Daluvoy is in Mumbai for a recce for their forthcoming movie The Princess and The Wizard. The movie, which is said to be based on a Middle-East fairy tale, is a romantic comedy and is full of adventure and visual effects.

Hollywood actors Johnny Depp and Orlando Bloom are being considered for male leads in the movie while a fresh face from India may play the female lead.

Besides India, the film will be shot in Morocco, Egypt, Eastern Europe and America.

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Starpulse News Blog – Johnny Depp, Sean Penn, Bill Murray, John Cusack and Benicio Del Toro have come together for a documentary on the life and death of gonzo journalist and author Hunter S. Thompson. The documentary, called “Buy The Ticket, Take the Ride: Hunter S. Thompson On Film” is currently wrapping up production.

Writer/director Tom Thurman plans to have the documentary completed by August and will decided then whether to release it theatrically in order to be able to qualify for an Academy Award nomination.

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Expressindia.com – Andamans – Oscar-winning film-maker Peter Weir will begin shooting Shantaram in November 2006. This Johnny Depp-starrer will be shot in several locales in India, including the scenic Havelock Island in the Andamans. While the details of the Mumbai schedule are still awaited, Weir has confirmed some parts will be filmed on the Radha Nagar beach at Havelock.

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Winnipegsun.com – Louis B. Hobson – Johnny Depp has bowed out of The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, the true story of magazine editor Jean-Dominique Bauby, who suffered a paralyzing stroke at age 43.

“Everybody wants Johnny these days. We couldn’t hold him to the project, so we’re in the process of casting a French actor to fill the role.

“Johnny really wanted the role but he won’t be available for a couple of years, and we couldn’t wait.”

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28 January 2006 – Barely a year after opening shop, Toronto’s Speakeasy Comics has been approached by HBO to serialize TV’s No. 1 Mafia clan, and has Johnny Depp knocking at its door by BARRETT HOOPER for the THE GLOBE AND MAIL.

Speakeasy has already cozied up to actors Rosario Dawson and Johnny Depp, director John Woo, and the guy who made Catwoman (although Fortier asks that you not judge the director based on that bit of star-driven, studio-controlled kitty litter). The plan calls for Speakeasy to publish four new comics, starting in May, that will then be made into feature films.

Occult Crimes Taskforce will publish in May, along with Caliber, a reimagining of the Arthurian legend as a western, with King Arthur as the town sheriff, Lancelot as a gunslinger and Guinevere as a saloonkeeper. It’s based on an idea brought to Speakeasy by Depp and his producing partner. Depp will produce and possibly star in the movie version; Woo, who directed Face/Off and Mission: Impossible 2, will direct. “We got lucky and attached some good people to it,” says Fortier. “John Woo was supposed to make another western, but the funding fell through so he jumped on board pretty quick.”

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Port Blair: Andaman and Nicobar’s famous Havelock Island will host big-time Hollywood actors for a big budget movie to begin shooting soon according to the Mumbai Mirror.

‘Shantaram’ is about a man who becomes a drug addict and bank robber, escapes from an Australian prison and flees to Mumbai, where he works as a doctor in slums and also gets involved with the underworld. The prize winning book is by author George David Roberts. The lead role in the movie will be played by Johnny Depp while Russel Crowe and Emma Watson will also star in the movie.

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Yorkshire Post Today – by Joanne Ginley – HEATHCLIFF and Cathy are two of the literary world’s greatest romantic figures.

Now it seems two of the world’s biggest movie stars could be on their way to Yorkshire to star in a new film of the tragic affair.

Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp are rumoured to have been lined up to play the roles of tormented lovers Cathy and Heathcliff in a new movie version of Emily Bronte’s classic novel Wuthering Heights.

Reports suggest that Depp, 42, famous for his roles in Pirates of the Caribbean and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and Jolie, 30, whose film credits include Lara Croft: Tomb Raider and Mr & Mrs Smith, will begin filming some time next year.

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