Johnny Depp’s new movie Jeanne DuBarry will launch in pre-sale at the Cannes market this month, marking the actor’s first narrative feature in more than three years.
In a report of ScreenDaily About the Cannes market slate of Wild Bunch, the trade confirms previous reports that Depp will star alongside Maïwenn in the French period drama about Jeanne Bécu, a woman born into poverty but who rose through the ranks from the court of King Louis XV to become his mistress. Depp will play Louis XV (nicknamed ‘Louis l’Aimé’) alongside actress and filmmaker Maïwenn who will also be directing.
Louis Garrel, Pierre Richard and Noémie Lvovsky are also expected to play. A start date has yet to be revealed.
Depp is currently in the midst of a long and messy legal battle with his ex-wife Amber Heard. The three-time Oscar nominee hasn’t starred in a narrative feature since Minamata in early 2019 and since then has described himself as a victim of cancel culture.
The Pirates of the Caribbean the actor lost a libel case in 2020 against a British tabloid The sun, who called him a “wife beater” while covering his divorce from Heard. Shortly after the decision, he was replaced at Warner Bros. fantastic beasts franchise. Since then, his only film and television work has been to voice web series. Puffin Impossible.
According Filterthe typically full Wild Bunch slate at Cannes will also include British legend Ken Loach’s new film. The old oak tree will be set in the north of England in a former mining village that never fully recovered from the closure of the mines. Filming is expected to begin later this month.
Wild Bunch will be in Cannes with no less than 14 films in the official selection and other accompaniments. Contest titles include those of Ali Abbasi holy spiderby Arnaud Desplechin Siblingby Cristian Mungiu NMRJean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne Tori and Lokita and Claire Denis The stars at noon.
In the report, there is no mention of the new film by Roman Polanski The palace, which Wild Bunch manages for sales, indicating that the project is not a priority for the company in this market or that they do not want to create noise around it. We contacted the French seller.
