Principal photography began on The Rum Diary on March 25th, 2009 in Puerto Rico. Based on the first novel by Hunter S. Thompson, the film stars Johnny Depp, who is joined by Aaron Eckhart, Amber Heard, Michael Rispoli, Richard Jenkins and Giovanni Ribisi. Bruce Robinson, who also wrote the screenplay, is directing. The Rum Diary represents the debut film of Infinitum Nihil, the production company headed by Johnny Depp and Christi Dembrowski. The film is also produced and fully financed by Graham King and his production company GK Films. Anthony Rhulen and Robert Kravis are also attached to produce. The movie will be shot entirely in Puerto Rico.

Giovanni Ribisi has joined the cast of The Rum Diary starring Johnny Depp, Amber Heard, Aaron Eckhart and Richard Jenkins. The film begins shooting March 30, 2009 in Puerto Rico.

According to Variety, he’ll play a carousing journalist in the Hunter S. Thompson adaptation.

Written and directed by Bruce Robinson, The Rum Diary details the life and events of Paul Kemp, a freelance journalist who finds himself at a critical turning point in his life while writing for a run-down newspaper in the Caribbean. Paul is challenged on many levels as he tries to carve out a more secure niche for himself amidst a group of lost souls all bent on self-destruction. Thompson delivers a potent story that pushes the sometimes brutal truth of human relations into your face in such a way that it would be absurd to not laugh.

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Our friend Mariana has translated some interesting quotes from Amber’s Italian GQ article for us. She is asked about working with Johnny Depp, her religious upbringing, and being a sex symbol, and, as usual, gives great answers to these questions.

In short, how is it to work with Johnny Depp?
It’s cool, is it enough?

I know, it’s the typical idiotic question, but he’s Johnny Depp. Can you make a little effort?
Ok. Then I’ll admit that I’m really happy, excited. But I won’t be telling you that when I was growing up I saw all of Johnny Depp’s films because it isn’t true. In fact, at the moment I may not be able to recall one out of all. But this is exactly his strength: he built a formidable artistic career without linking his image to a particular work. I respect enormously his integrity, his choices, the authenticity he’s known to bring into this craft. It’s a qualification that goes beyond Hollywood and the traditional way that people usually judge actors.

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The Hollywood Reporter has learned that Aaron Eckhart (The Dark Knight and Oscar nominee Richard Jenkins (Six Feet Under) will be hitting the sauce in Rum Diary, the adaptation of the Hunter S. Thompson novel that stars Johnny Depp.

Eckhart is in negotiations while Jenkins is signed on for the movie, which Bruce Robinson adapted and is directing. Amber Heard also is already on board.

Wow…! This is so exciting! Amber has nabbed yet another leading role, opposite Johnny Depp in Rum Diary, the adaptation of the Hunter S. Thompson novel being directed by Bruce Robinson. The report, courtesy of Reuters/Hollywood Reporter, reports that Heard has also nabbed a cameo in Zombieland, starring Jesse Eisenberg and Woody Harrelson. So this marks the announcement of no less than three new project for Amber within two days!

Amber Heard has nabbed the coveted female lead opposite Johnny Depp in Rum Diary, the adaptation of the Hunter S. Thompson novel being directed by Bruce Robinson.

Heard is a relative newcomer who so far has been cast in supporting roles in more modest movies. Among her more notable roles are the title character of All the Boys Love Mandy Lane and Seth Rogen’s high-school-age girlfriend in Pineapple Express.

Diary, from GK Films, will place Heard at the front and centre of a love triangle in the tale of a washed-up, hard-drinking journalist named Paul Kemp (Depp) in 1950s Puerto Rico. Heard will play Chenault, the free-spirited girlfriend of a fellow journalist who cheats on him with Kemp, trying to convince him to run away with her.

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