![]() ![]() Izzie divulges to the rest of the club that she saw a shipwreck from above on their way to the island. The daughter, named Izzie, becomes a close friend of the group. Meanwhile, the power grids are down following the storm, and a structural engineer and his daughter arrive in town. ![]() The sheriff is scouring the seas, searching for his daughter. After her disappearance along with the boat Indy, the other club members are plunged into a mystery that would unearth deep dark secrets about the town. They reach the jetty on time, but Lauren has forgotten her cell phone on the boat, and she excuses herself. In the early moments, they take the boat Indy for a dive down to the coral reef and find a seemingly old treasure box, but a storm is coming, and the friends head back to the harbor. Anna is the local mayor Renee Volkov’s daughter, Lauren is the local sheriff’s daughter, Stevie has an elder sister in Lucinda, and Maddie has a grandfather, the local harbormaster Sea Dog. The project is a biopic of Italian artist Amedeo Modigliani, known as “Modi” to his friends, and is based on Dennis McIntyre’s play Modigliani, with a screenplay by Jerzy and Mary Kromolowski.On the small Australian island-town Cape Mercy coast, lifelong friends Anna, Maddie, Stevie, and Lauren run the titular dive club. His directing effort Modi - starring Al Pacino, Riccardo Scamarcio and Pierre Niney, among others - will be shopped to foreign buyers at the Cannes film market. The movie isn’t the only Cannes item on Depp’s to-do list. In Jeanne du Barry, Depp stars alongside Benjamin Lavernhe, Melvil Poupaud, Pierre Richard, Pascal Greggory and India Hair. Put another way, no one wants to invite bad press. Other potential buyers say their interest could depend upon the tone of the coverage in Cannes, and whether the media is willing to focus on the movie versus Depp’s past. It’s less risky,” says another veteran distributor. Some sources say they’d be surprised if the likes of Focus Features or Searchlight Pictures - which are owned by Universal and Disney, respectively - bid on Jeanne du Barry. Thierry LEFOUILLE/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Imagesįor their part, the filmmakers are intent on a proper release in the U.S., whether in theaters or on streaming. ![]() Johnny Depp on the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival in 1997. dropped him from the Fantastic Beasts franchise after a British court ruled against Depp in a defamation case over The Sun referring to him as a “wife-beater.” Last year, Depp prevailed in a defamation suit he filed against Heard in the U.S. His acting career hit free fall in late 2020 when Warner Bros. He was then one of the world’s biggest movie stars, a ranking he relinquished in subsequent years after reports of erratic behavior on set and a messy divorce from actress Amber Heard involving allegations of domestic abuse. The last time Depp was part of the Cannes Film Festival was in 2011 for the world premiere of Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. (Netflix has snapped up post-theatrical rights in France.) “I think it’s all going to depend upon the quality of the movie and the quality of his performance,” adds the source. Even in the best of circumstances, a French-language film faces challenges when it comes to a theatrical release domestically. Jeanne du Barry will open in theaters in France timed to its Cannes debut but has yet to land a U.S. My Cannes Moment: Joseph Kosinski, Warwick Thornton, Christian Mungiu, Paul Laverty and James Marsh on Their Best Festival Experiences ![]()
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