Johnny Depp is slowly returning from his temporary downfall because of the infamous defamation trial against his ex-wife Amber Heard. While he admits that the scars are still fresh, the actor has already made a comeback with a couple of films.
Things on his professional front are looking pretty good as the actor is now set to star alongside Penélope Cruz for his next project. The duo is reteaming for ‘Day Drinker’, a high-concept thriller from ‘The Amazing Spider-Man’ director Marc Webb and Lionsgate. Here’s all we know about the project.
Johnny Depp and Penélope Cruz Are Set For Their Fourth Project Together
‘Day Drinker’, starring Johnny Depp and Penélope Cruz in the lead roles, is launching international sales in the American Film Market. It will definitely mark Depp’s most prominent return to Hollywood since a run of European indie films.
The thriller finds Depp as a cruise ship bartender whose encounter with a mysterious day drinker spirals and results in both of them being trapped in a labyrinthine crime world.
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Coming from Thunder Road’s Basil Iwanyk and Erica Lee, who are known for their work on ‘John Wick’, as well as ‘The Tomorrow War’s Adam Kolbrenner’, ‘Day Drinker’ sounds like bankable action. The screenplay was written by action-thriller specialist Zach Dean, who has worked on ‘Tomorrow War’ and ‘Fast X’.
‘Day Drinker’ Promises A Unique Narrative With Perfect Casting
‘Day Drinker‘ is set to bring forth a promising narrative as it marries a highly commercial concept with wildly outrageous twists. The bold combination of a commercial concept with shocking twists in an interesting setting, and is sure to pique viewers’ interests.
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Besides, Lionsgate Motion Picture Group Chair Adam Fogelson is also quite excited about the project and sees heavy potential in it. As he shared in a statement, he believed that there is no better filmmaker than Marc, neither two more perfectly cast actors than Johnny Depp and Penélope Cruz.
Depp and Cruz last appeared together in ‘Murder on the Orient Express’ and have also co-starred in ‘Blow’ and ‘Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides‘.
