Johnny Depp to Star in Dark Comedy KING OF THE JUNGLE
If there is one thing we know about Johnny Depp, it's that he does eccentric very well. Most of his iconic characters in film are also some of the weirdest ever seen in cinema. (Think Edward Scissorhands, Captain Jack Sparrow, and the Mad Hatter). And it is probably what filmmakers had in mind when they snagged Depp to star in the dark comedy King of the Jungle.
The movie is based on the true story first written about in the Wired magazine article “John McAfee’s Last Stand.” Variety gives the following outline for the film:
...tells the true story of tech magnate John McAfee, creator of the McAfee Antivirus software, who cashed-in his fortune, left civilization, and moved to the jungle in Belize. There, he set-up a “Colonel Kurtz-like compound of guns, sex and madness,” according to a statement. In the film, a Wired magazine investigator “accepts what he thinks is a run-of-the-mill assignment to interview McAfee, but once he arrives in Belize, he finds himself pulled into McAfee’s escalating paranoia, slippery reality, and murder.”
King of the Jungle will be directed by Glenn Ficarra and John Requa (Crazy Stupid Love, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot).
Based on what I know about John McAfee, I think this is a perfect role for Depp. I'm really looking forward to learning more about this movie. What do you guys think?