Johnny Depp: Hollywood star is in front of the camera for him

Johnny Depp
Hollywood star is in front of the camera for him

Johnny Depp (59) will direct the film “Modi”. Now the actors who will stand in front of the camera for him should also be known: Hollywood star Al Pacino (83), Riccardo Scamarcio (43) and Pierre Niney (34). According to The Hollywood Reporter. The project is said to be a biopic about Italian artist Amedeo Modigliani, nicknamed “Modi” by his friends.

According to media reports, the story of the strip will play out over a period of 48 hours. So far, according to the film, Modi is on the run from the police in Paris in 1916 and wants to end his career and leave the city, which his friends are trying to prevent. Modi seeks advice from his art dealer and friend Leopold Zborowski, “but the chaos reaches its climax when he comes face-to-face with a collector who could change his life.”

Shooting begins in the fall

Scamarcio will play Modigliani, Niney will play French artist Maurice Utrillo and Pacino, who starred opposite Depp in ‘Donnie Brasco’ (1997), will play Gangnat as the art collector. Production is scheduled to begin in Budapest in the fall.

The project, according to “Deadline” Depp’s second directorial work after “The Brave” (with Marlon Brando) from 1997, is said to be presented to interested parties in Cannes. A French historical drama starring Johnny Depp will also open this year’s Cannes Film Festival. According to the festival organizers, the film “Jeanne du Barry”, in which the actor Louis XV. plays, celebrate its premiere there on May 16th. The film marks Depp’s comeback after the defamation trial against his ex-wife Amber Heard (37). He was awarded more than $10 million in damages, while Heard received $2 million in a counterclaim.

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