Johnny to team up with Penelope Cruz in new project
thehollywoodreporter reports, that Johnny Depp and Penélope Cruz are set to reunite for the action thriller “Day Drinker,” directed by Marc Webb for Lionsgate. The film will be introduced at the American Film Market this week.
“Day Drinker” is positioned within the action genre and features a strong production team, including Basil Iwanyk and Erica Lee from Thunder Road, known for their work on the “John Wick” series. Adam Kolbrenner, recognized for films like “The Tomorrow War” and “Free Guy,” along with Zach Dean, who wrote the original screenplay, are also part of the production team.
The story follows a bartender on a cruise ship who encounters a mysterious day drinker, leading both characters into a dangerous criminal world where their lives intertwine in surprising ways.
Lionsgate Motion Picture Group Chair Adam Fogelson expressed enthusiasm for the project, stating that it combines a commercially appealing concept with unexpected twists, and he believes that Marc Webb and the lead actors are perfectly suited to bring this vision to life.
Chelsea Kujawa is overseeing the project for Lionsgate, while Dan Freedman handled the negotiations for the studio. This collaboration marks another partnership between Lionsgate and 30WEST, who previously worked together on the music-themed comedy “Power Ballad,” currently in post-production.
“Day Drinker” will be the fourth collaboration between Johnny and Penelope Cruz, following their previous films “Blow,” “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides,” and “Murder on the Orient Express.”
October 27, 2024, Milan
Johnny Depp at “Che Tempo Che Fa” TV show at Nove Studios in Milan, Italy on October 27, 2024
+ arrival at Milan Airport
tgcom24: 4 new projects for Johnny “it’s the Johnny Depp show”
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The 19th edition has ended. The Hollywood star received the lifetime achievement award for “Modì – Three days on the wings of madness”
I feel a bit like Modigliani’s alter ego, I put a lot of my own things into this character and I wrote and rewrote the script many times. Just like him, I hit rock bottom many times, but then I always found a little door that saved me
said Johnny Depp, who arrived at the meeting with journalists about an hour late after having already withdrawn from the official meeting at the Auditorium.
I want to make two more films as an actor and two as a director – As an actor I should play Satan in a Terry Gilliam film (while Jeff Bridges will play God). I must say that I have been lucky in my life even today, after forty years of career I find girls waiting for me everywhere.
Johnny Depp Talks ‘Modi,’ “Bouts” With Hollywood and Moving On: “I Don’t Have Any Ill Feelings Toward Anyone”
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The actor touched down in Italy for a screening of his new directorial effort, ‘Modi: Three Days on the Wing of Madness,’ at the Rome Film Festival.
Exclusive: Alan Friedman, Editor-in-Chief of The Hollywood Reporter Rome, Interviews Johnny Depp.
Day Drinker
Movie Overview
- Title: Day Drinker
- Genre: Action Thriller
- Director: Marc Webb (The Amazing Spider-Man, 500 Days of Summer, upcoming Snow White)
- Starring: Johnny Depp, Penélope Cruz, Madelyn Cline
- Production Companies: Lionsgate, Thunder Road, In.2, 30WEST (executive producers)
- Producers: Basil Iwanyk, Erica Lee, Adam Kolbrenner, Zach Dean, Johnny Depp (via In.2)
- Screenplay: Zach Dean (The Tomorrow War, Fast X)
- Release Date: To Be Announced (TBA)
- Filming Status: Pre-production; filming scheduled to begin in February 2025 along coastal France, Portugal, and Spain
Plot Summary
“Day Drinker” follows the story of a cruise ship bartender (Johnny Depp) who encounters a mysterious day drinker (Penélope Cruz). What begins as a chance meeting soon spirals into a thrilling entanglement with a criminal underbelly. As their lives intertwine in unexpected ways, the two must navigate a web of danger, deception, and hidden connections. The film promises “wildly outrageous twists and turns” set against the backdrop of an incredible, sun-soaked coastal world.
Cast
- Johnny Depp as the cruise ship bartender – A grieving yet resourceful man thrust into a high-stakes underworld.
October 26, 2024 exclusive Hollywood Reporter interview Rome
October 26, 2024 – Portraits Studio 19th Rome Film Festival
Johnny Depp poses for photographer Vittorio Zunino Celotto during the 19th Rome Film Festival at Auditorium Parco Della Musica on October 26, 2024 in Rome, Italy.