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10:01 pm - 01/12/2010

"Lives of Others" director to direct Johnny/Angie movie



The many machinations of the spy flick The Tourist seem to all be coming to a head. Graham King’s GK Films has just confirmed that German director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, who previously exited the film during its development stage, is back on top of the production.

He will oversee the A-list cast of Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp in a story line that sees Depp playing an American tourist lured into a nefarious plot of intrigue by a female Interpol agent (Jolie) as she attempts to locate a criminal. Avatar’s Sam Worthington was previously attached to play Depp’s character and at one point the producers were talking to Alfonso Cuaron to take over directing duties.

Donnersmarck won an Academy Award in 2007 for Best Foreign Language Film for his writing/directing debut The Lives of Others. The Tourist will be distributed by Sony as part of King’s output deal with the studio. The Tourist is expected to begin principal photography in the spring.

Love The Lives of Others, but I am nervous about Johnny taking over a role meant for/given to Sam. They're not...very similar actors. I can't believe this is really happening, though--it's like my Angie-stan roommate and I got drunk and wrote a screenplay made from pages of our diaries.
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[info]hazyminded 13th-Jan-2010 03:29 am (UTC)
Yesssssss. ♥ Oh I hope this is true.
[info]ohhkathleen 13th-Jan-2010 03:29 am (UTC)
it's like my Angie-stan roommate and I got drunk and wrote a screenplay made from page of our diaries.


haha
[info]creatium 13th-Jan-2010 03:29 am (UTC)
I am so excited to see Johnny and Angie in the same movie. :DDD
[info]geekfreak03 13th-Jan-2010 03:29 am (UTC)
I PROBABLY WON'T BE SEEING THIS NOW THAT JOHNNY DEPP IS ATTACHED
IDK WHAT IT IS ABOUT HIM BUT I JUST DON'T LIKE HIS ACTING
[info]liberateourtime 13th-Jan-2010 03:31 am (UTC)
this is why we're friends.
[info]geekfreak03 13th-Jan-2010 03:36 am (UTC)
OH HEY
DID YOU FIND ME THAT DAYBREAKERS DOWNLOAD YET
FRIEND
[info]baboona 13th-Jan-2010 03:30 am (UTC)
i approve
[info]yah_mon 13th-Jan-2010 03:31 am (UTC)
Keep your home wrecking voodoo away from Johnny!
[info]pindycindy 13th-Jan-2010 03:44 am (UTC)
OMG, I thought, shit there goes Johnny's relationship, down the drain!!!
[info]electricfeeel 13th-Jan-2010 04:56 am (UTC)
lmao
[info]hateistoodark 13th-Jan-2010 05:01 am (UTC)
omg she better
[info]riffrandell 13th-Jan-2010 09:12 am (UTC)
lol, I thought the same thing.
[info]yvonne_b 28th-Jan-2010 10:18 pm (UTC)
lol ia
[info]e_colberto 13th-Jan-2010 03:31 am (UTC)
Oh shi--I might actually have to see this movie now.
[info]luindilwen oh my god, depp/jolie.13th-Jan-2010 03:31 am (UTC)
[info]volksjager 13th-Jan-2010 03:31 am (UTC)
This will NOT work. The whole point of the original was that it was overt not covert in the old east Germany...
[info]brothorsport 13th-Jan-2010 03:45 am (UTC)
The Tourist is a remake?
[info]volksjager 13th-Jan-2010 03:47 am (UTC)
D'oh. I thought it was a remake of Lives'
[info]larissaxox 13th-Jan-2010 03:32 am (UTC)
doesn't sound terribly interesting. but i give anything with JD a try
[info]colbro 13th-Jan-2010 03:32 am (UTC)
So fucking excited to see these two together on screen. They're probably my favourite contemporary actors.
[info]riookierin 13th-Jan-2010 03:33 am (UTC)
Same!
[info]_xxtom 13th-Jan-2010 03:32 am (UTC)
These two will be fucking within months and have an Ethiopian bb by mid 2010
[info]secretivexhero 13th-Jan-2010 03:34 am (UTC)
lol any reason why it'll be an ethiopian baby
[info]liberateourtime 13th-Jan-2010 03:35 am (UTC)
ethiopia's chief export is babies
[info]acidillusion 13th-Jan-2010 03:34 am (UTC)
this.
[info]fogandpearls 13th-Jan-2010 03:35 am (UTC)
yep
[info]oceansxxx 13th-Jan-2010 03:40 am (UTC)
lmfao this
[info]happy_place26 13th-Jan-2010 03:46 am (UTC)
LOL
[info]hateistoodark 13th-Jan-2010 05:02 am (UTC)
omg no
[info]ace_nikkei 13th-Jan-2010 05:24 am (UTC)
I would possibly die of incomprehensible joy. Johnny and Kate (Winslet) is also just as explosive for me.
[info]riookierin 13th-Jan-2010 03:33 am (UTC)
Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie, in the same movie.

Excuse me while I freak the fuck out. :O
[info]silverrangel 13th-Jan-2010 03:33 am (UTC)
DNW
[info]enjoydivision 13th-Jan-2010 03:33 am (UTC)
I've always wanted to see The Lives of Others. I'm so lazy when it comes to watching foreign films.
[info]brokenseas 13th-Jan-2010 03:37 am (UTC)
It's very very good, I would get on it asap
[info]_h1t_th3_flo0r_ 13th-Jan-2010 04:11 am (UTC)
your icon is a lie
magikarp can also struggle when its pp for splash is gone
[info]enjoydivision 13th-Jan-2010 04:32 am (UTC)
lol SORRYIFORGOTNOWMYICONMUSTKILLITSELF.
[info]kunklebunkle 13th-Jan-2010 04:14 am (UTC)
Its great. I was kinda pissed off when this movie won the best foreign language film at the Oscars over Pan's Labyrinth. But it totally deserved the award. If you don't mind subtitles then you should totally rent it.
[info]stinalotta 13th-Jan-2010 05:00 pm (UTC)
Watch it, it's amazing. Very moving, kind of frightening actually, and the ending is one of my favorite movie endings.

Way better than basically any other German movie that came after it.
(unless The Downfall was after it... but stuff like Baader Meinhoff Komplex can't compare)
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