The Rum Diary principal photography has begun!!!
posted April 16, 2009, 1:46 pm | Log In To Post Comments | 
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Tags: Hunter S. Thompson, The Rum Diary, Johnny Depp, Aaron Eckhart
For those not familiar.. (sourced wikipedia)
Hunter S. Thompson wrote the novel The Rum Diary in 1959, but the novel was not published until 1998.[3] The independent production companies Shooting Gallery and SPi Films sought to adapt the novel into a film in 2000, and actor Johnny Depp was signed to star and to serve as executive producer. Nick Nolte was also signed to star alongside Depp.[4] The project did not move past the development stage.[3] In 2002, a new producer sought the project, and Benicio del Toro and Josh Hartnett were signed to star in the film adaptation.[4] The second incarnation also did not move past the development stage.[3] In 2007, producer Graham King acquired all rights to the novel and sought to film the adaptation under Warner Independent Pictures.[4] Depp, who previously starred in the 1998 film adaptation of Thompson's novel Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, was cast as the freelance journalist Paul Kemp.[3] Bruce Robinson joined to write the screenplay and to direct The Rum Diary.[4]
This just in (also wikipedia)
In 2009, the production company Infinitum Nihil took on the project with the financial backing of King and his production company GK Films. Principal photography began in Puerto Rico on March 25, 2009.[1]
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They Began Photography!!!!
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just f.y.i. that i forgot to tell you a while back... I went to 12 book stores looking for Rum Diary at Christmas time... couldn't find anything but mostly bass ackwards looks from everyone I asked. i did however find some online... still searching for the best one... cant wait to see it on the big screen though!!!! that'll be the day. :D
posted on May 14, 2009, 9:40 pm
