There’s something about the mixture of Murder mysteries
and the occult because when Johnny’s involved it seems
to work well with a graphic, novel adaptation.
First From Hell, now Rex Mundi.
“Johnny has an interest in the Templar Knights,”
Radical Publishing president Barry Levine says, he is
co-producing the “Rex Mundi” film with Depps’
Infinitum Nihil production company .
“He loves that kind of research and all that stuff.
He’s not so much a comics guy as much of a story guy.
If it’s a good story, it doesn’t matter.”
“People don’t want to see what they already know,”
Levine said. “People are open-minded, and they want
to be entertained, so this is a new opportunity for that.”
Screenwriter Jim Uhls has changed the story somewhat,
although Depp’s character Dr. Julien Sauniere will
still be leading.
“The second draft is now coming in from Jim,”
Levine said, “and Warner Bros. is pretty excited
about it. They came up with a couple of names
for directors, so now we just need Johnny to
look at the list. It all begins and ends with
Johnny. He’s got to be happy with the script,
and he gave his notes, so we’ll see what
happens next.”
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