Johnny Depp to star in next Wes Anderson film
Wes Anderson films are notorious for relying upon an elite club of actors, and Johnny Depp is about to join them: According to the Hollywood Reporter, Depp has been cast in Andersons next film, The Grand Budapest Hotel.
He may be joined by Andersons regulars, which include Owen Wilson, Adrien Brody, and the actor without whom no Wes Anderson film is complete Bill Murray though the rest of the casting hasnt been set. The film will be Andersons first time shooting in Europe, but no other details about plot or Depps character have been released.
View Photo Gallery:Wes Anderson: The quirky director has built a distinctive film canon anchored by a repertory company of actors, including Bill Murray, Jason Schwartzman, Anjelica Huston and Owen and Luke Wilson.
The Grand Budapest Hotel will go into production soon, and if youre feeling a bit of deja vu, you arent the only one: It will be Andersons second hotel-titled film. Andersons film The Darjeeling Limited, another travelogue, came with a short called Hotel Chevalier, starring Natalie Portman and Jason Schwartzman as lovers who reunite in a Paris hotel.
It seems like a good move for Depp, and one that will allow him to get some of his hipster cred back. In recent years, he has be! come a h uman cartoon character in his popular roles as Jack Sparrow, Willy Wonka and the Mad Hatter which, when you think about it, are all sort of the same character, but with different hats. Working with Anderson could bring back the Depp of yesteryear, who did films that did not come with promotional Happy Meal toys.
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