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Johnny Depp Saddles Up To Ride With Pancho Villa
5 December 2009 10:49 AM, PST | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »
One upon a time there was a young actor named Johnny. Johnny was an actor who liked to take risks and star in off-beat films. The major studios were wary of Johnny and they liked to play with more popular actors – people like Tom. Then one day Johnny signed on to star in a film based on a Disney theme park ride. The film was a huge success and suddenly Johnny found himself starring in large budget films and accepting huge pay checks.
It now looks like Johnny Depp may have rediscovered his odd-ball roots as the star is now eyeing up a role as Pancho Villa alongside Salma Hayek in Seven Friends of Pancho Villa and the Woman with Six Fingers.
Is Depp’s casting as the Mexican revolutionary and the title not strange enough for you? How about the fact the film will be filmed in Spanish?
- Niall Browne
Depp could play Pancho Villa
4 December 2009 5:47 PM, PST | Monsters and Critics | See recent Monsters and Critics news »
Serbian director Emir Kusturica is in talks with Johnny Depp to star as the infamous Mexican revolutionary hero Pancho Villa. The upcoming Spanish-language biopic is titled "Seven Friends of Pancho Villa and the Woman With Six Fingers." Kusturica wrote the script with his regular collaborator Gordan Mihic. The script is based on the biographical novel "The Friends of Pancho Villa," in which author James Carlos Blake recounts Villa.s wild days robbing the rich with his men.Shooting would not start until 2011 due to Depp's prior workload. The film will be shot partly in Mexico.According to Variety, Salma Hayek is in talks to co-star.Depp starred in Kusturica.s indie film "Arizona Dream" in 1993 alongside Faye Dunaway and Jerry Lewis. »
- Adnan Tezer
Johnny Depp: Revolutionary
4 December 2009 4:28 PM, PST | Atomic Popcorn | See recent Atomic Popcorn news »
Johnny Depp has made a name for himself as an actor largely due to his ability to fully take on the character he’s playing, which adds a dimension of believability to his portrayal 0f the role. This talent should serve Depp beautifully in his next potential role, Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa.
While Depp hasn’t officially signed on to play the hero, he is in advanced talks to join director Emir Kusturica on the biopic Seven Friends of Pancho Villa and the Woman With Six Fingers. This isn’t the first time the two have worked together, having joined forces on 1993’s Arizona Dream. Salma Hayek is also in talks for the film.
The script for Seven Friends is based off of a biographical novel about Pancho Villa, which tells how Villa and his friends were known for their fighting and robbing the rich also spent time dancing, partying and making love. »
- Carly
Johnny Depp As Pancho Villa In Kusturica’s New Movie?
4 December 2009 3:02 PM, PST | Filmofilia | See recent Filmofilia news »
Serbian director Emir Kusturica is in advanced negotiations for Johnny Depp to take on the title role in Mexican revolutionary hero Pancho Villa biopic.
The movie, based on the biographical novel “The Friends of Pancho Villa” written by author James Carlos Blake, is titled “Seven Friends of Pancho Villa and the Woman With Six Fingers.”
James Carlos Blake recounts how Villa and his loyal companions had the time of their lives robbing from the rich, partying, dancing, drinking Tequila, and making love.
The script, which is written by Kusturica and Gordan Mihic is completed, although lensing is not set to start until 2011 due to Depp’s prior commitments.
The drama, which revolves around an early 20th Century bandit who became a guerilla fighter and hero to the poor, will have Depp acting in Spanish. The Spanish-language biopic will be shot partly in Mexico.
Villa has previously been played onscreen by Antonio Banderas, »
- Fiona
Johnny Depp Goes From Jack Sparrow To Pancho Villa In New Biopic
4 December 2009 10:00 AM, PST | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »
Captain Jack Sparrow isn't the only daring adventurer in Johnny Depp's repertoire, as the actor plans on bringing his own unique spin to the historical Mexican revolutionary hero Pancho Villa.
According to Variety, Depp will star as Villa in an upcoming biopic titled "Seven Friends of Pancho Villa and the Woman with Six Fingers," which is easily one of the longest, most terrific titles I've heard for a prominent film in the past couple of years.
Depp will share the screen with Salma Hayek, who is in "advanced talks" to star in "Pancho Villa," most likely as the titular woman with six fingers. Does that mean she only has six fingers total, or six fingers on one hand ala "The Princess Bride"? All six fingers are crossed for the latter.
The film comes courtesy of Serbian filmmaker Emir Kusturica and screenwriter Gordan Mihic, based on the novel "The Friends »
- Josh Wigler
Depp In Talks To Play Pancho Villa
3 December 2009 11:56 PM, PST | WENN | See recent WENN news »
Johnny Depp is in talks to become the latest big name to play Mexican bandit revolutionary Pancho Villa in a new movie.
The movie star is slated to lead the cast of Serbian filmmaker Emir Kusturica's biopic, The Seven Friends of Pancho Villa and the Woman With Six Fingers.
The Spanish-language film will be shot partly in Mexico in 2011 and Depp's Once Upon A Time In Mexico co-star Salma Hayek is in negotiations to co-star, according to Variety.
If the film comes together, it won't be the first time Depp and Kusturica have worked together - they previously collaborated on 1993 movie Arizona Dream.
Antonio Banderas, Telly Savalas and Leo Carrillo are among the stars who have portrayed Pancho Villa in the movies.
The real revolutionary, aka Jose Doroteo Arango Arambula, played himself in silent movie mogul D.W. Griffith's The Life of General Villa in 1914. »
Johnny Depp, Salma Hayek set for Pancho Villa movie
3 December 2009 9:23 PM, PST | RealBollywood.com | See recent RealBollywood news »
Los Angeles, Dec 4 (Dpa) Johnny Depp and Salma Hayek are to star in Serbian director Emir Kusturica’s biopic about Mexican revolutionary hero Pancho Villa, Variety reported.
The movie, to be titled Seven Friends of Pancho Villa and the Woman With Six Fingers, will start filming in 2011 due to Depp’s prior commitments, the report said Thursday.
The film is based on the biographical novel The Friends of Pancho Villa, which recounts how Villa and his compadres had a great time fighting and robbing the rich, but also dancing, partying and making love.
Depp will act in Spanish in the Spanish-language feature that will be shot partly in Mexico, where Villa - an early 20th-century bandit who became a guerrilla fighter. »
- realbollywood
Johnny Depp Goes from Pirate to Poncho Villa
3 December 2009 7:51 PM, PST | FusedFilm | See recent FusedFilm news »
Everyone’s favorite actor (at least the 6500 screaming girls at Comic-Con’s favorite) Johnny Depp is going from the lovable pirate Jack Sparrow to playing the revolutionary Poncho Villa, considerably one of the most challenging roles in his career.
Variety, reports that the actor is in advanced negotiations to play the real life Pancho Villa in Serbian director Emir Kusturica’s upcoming biopic Seven Friends of Pancho Villa and the Woman With Six Fingers.
Also being reported to join the cast is Salma Hayek. Kusturica co-wrote the film with his screenwriting partner Gordan Mihic.
The biopic revolves around an early 20th Century bandit who became a guerilla fighter and hero to the poor, the trade reports that they will have Depp acting in Spanish. The story will be based on the biographical novel ‘The Friends of Pancho Villa‘, which was written by James Carlos Blake and recounts how Villa and »
- Kevin Coll
Johnny Depp as Pancho Villa? Okay, but What about the Woman with Six Fingers?
3 December 2009 7:36 PM, PST | Beyond Hollywood | See recent Beyond Hollywood news »
So, here’s another story about Johnny Depp in negotiations to star in another major movie. What’s so special about that? Johnny Depp stars in 40 movies a year, give or take a couple. This one is called “Seven Friends of Pancho Villa and the Woman With Six Fingers”, and Depp is in talks to play the murdered real-life Mexican revolutionary hero Pancho Villa, though I’m more curious who is going to play the woman with six fingers of the title, and will she actually have six fingers? That’s just so … wow. A woman with six fingers. Imagine the possibilities. I bet she could load guns faster and everything. In any case, Depp is said to be in “advance talks” with Serbian director Emir Kusturica to star in “Pancho Villa”. Besides Depp in the title role, Mexican spitfire Salma Hayek is also in talks to co-star, one presumes »
- Nix
Johnny Depp To Be Pancho Villa
3 December 2009 5:57 PM, PST | EmpireOnline | See recent EmpireOnline news »
Johnny Depp's looking to get back into the world of biopics, eyeing a role as Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa for Serbian director Emir Kusturica, with whom he worked on 1993's Arizona Dream.Kusturica's film will not only boast Depp in the leading role (and Salma Hayek, if she signs as a co-star), but also plans to enter the competition against Percy Jackson for Longest Movie Title, as it's currently lumbered with the moniker Seven Friends Of Pancho Villa And The Woman With Six Fingers. Catchy!The director and his co-writer Gordan Mihic based their script on James Carlos Blake's novel The Friends Of Pancho Villa, which chronicles both the man's life of fighting the good fight, robbing the nasty rich and making with the sweet lady-pleasing love. Everything will have to wait a while though: Depp's not available until 2011, so Kusturica will have the time to shoot an entire »
Johnny Depp to Star as Mexican Revolutionary Hero Pancho Villa?
3 December 2009 3:20 PM, PST | Manny the Movie Guy | See recent Manny the Movie Guy news »
Johnny Depp is in negotiations to play Pancho Villa, the Mexican revolutionary hero, for director Emir Kusturica. The film is going to be called "Seven Friends of Pancho Villa and the Woman With Six Fingers."
Kusturica co-wrote the script with Gordan Mihic, but production is not set to start until 2011 because of Depp's busy schedule.
Salma Hayek is also in talks to co-star.
Variety told us that "the Spanish-language biopic is to be shot partly in Mexico, where Villa -- an early 20th-century bandit who became a guerilla fighter and a hero to the poor -- is an iconic historical figure. Depp will act in Spanish, Kusturica said."
Depp previously worked with Kusturica in the 1993 flick "Arizona Dream." »
- Manny
Johnny Depp Will Be Pancho Villa for Director Emir Kusturica
3 December 2009 2:00 PM, PST | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »
When I see that Johnny Depp is in talks to play Pancho Villa in Seven Friends of Pancho Villa and the Woman With Six Fingers, I don't get terribly interested. Then I see that the film is planned as a Spanish language production, and that Depp would act in Spanish. Finally, there's the director: Emir Kusturica, who directed Depp in Arizona Dream, one of the actor's early feature starring roles. (An odd piece of film that, I think, has never had a proper DVD release in North America.) With all those details in place, the project is a lot more interesting. Too bad we're not likely to see it for two years. Due to Depp's packed schedule, 2011 is likely the earliest the picture can shoot, says Variety. But Kusturica and Depp seem to be planning on making it happen, potentially with Salma Hayek to co-star. The film would loosely adapt »
- Russ Fischer
Depp, Hayek set for Pancho Villa movie
3 December 2009 1:11 PM, PST | Filmicafe | See recent Filmicafe news »
Johnny Depp and Salma Hayek are to star in Serbian director Emir Kusturica.s biopic about Mexican revolutionary hero Pancho Villa, Variety reported. <p>The movie, to be titled Seven Friends of Pancho Villa and the Woman With Six Fingers, will start filming in 2011 due to Depp.s prior commitments, the report said Thursday. </p> <p>The film is based on the biographical novel The Friends of Pancho Villa, which recounts how Villa and his compadres had a great time fighting and robbing the rich, but also dancing, partying and making love. </p> <p>Depp will act in Spanish in the Spanish-language feature that will be shot partly in Mexico, where Villa - an early 20th-century bandit who became a guerrilla fighter and a hero to the poor - is an <b>iconic</b> historical figure.</p> »
From Pirate to Revolutionary, Johnny Depp Might Be Pancho Villa
3 December 2009 12:38 PM, PST | firstshowing.net | See recent FirstShowing.net news »
Johnny Depp's experience playing characters of different ethnic backgrounds is mostly limited to different variations of regular English accents. From old English (Sleepy Hollow) to drunk English (Pirates of the Caribbean), there aren't many dialects left in the United Kingdom he hasn't tackled. But now Depp will be sailing into semi-unfamiliar waters as Variety reports that he is in negotiations to star as the titular Mexican revolutionary in Seven Friends of Pancho Villa and the Woman With Six Fingers. Also in talks to co-star is the lovely Selma Hayek who previously worked with Depp in Once Upon a Time in Mexico. The biopic will be based on the more novel titled The Friends of Pancho Villa, written by James Carlos Blake, which focuses on how Villa, an early 20th-century bandit who became a guerilla fighter and a hero to the poor, and his ragtag team of bandits had a »
- Ethan Anderton
Depp Circling Pancho Villa Biopic
3 December 2009 12:29 PM, PST | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
By Variety
Serbian helmer Emir Kusturica is in advanced negotiations for Johnny Depp to star as Mexican revolutionary hero Pancho Villa in his upcoming biopic titled "Seven Friends of Pancho Villa and the Woman With Six Fingers."
Salma Hayek is also in advanced talks to co-star in the pic.
The Spanish-language biopic is to be shot partly in Mexico, where Villa -- an early 20th-century bandit who became a guerilla fighter and a hero to the poor -- is an iconic historical figure. Depp will act in Spanish, Kusturica said.
Read more at Variety. »
- Brent Lang
Johnny Depp to Star in Pancho Villa Biopic with a Long Title
3 December 2009 12:22 PM, PST | FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news »
Serbian director Emir Kusturica is ready to make a movie about Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa. He's given it a ridiculously long title -- Seven Friends of Pancho Villa and the Woman with Six Fingers (dear God, I hope they change that) -- and he's out on the town, looking for talent. Luckily, he appears to have found some major talent in the likes of Johnny Depp and Salma Hayek. According to Variety, Depp is in "advanced negotiations" to star as Pancho Villa. He would join a legion of actors who have played the iconic revolutionary (who oddly, does not have his own t-shirt like Ché). The list includes Yul Brenner (Villa Rides, 1968) and Antonio Banderas (And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself, 2003). What's more interesting is that the Spanish-language biopic is to be shot partly in Mexico, where Villa -- an early 20th-century bandit who became a guerilla fighter and a hero to the poor -- is an »
- Neil Miller
Johnny Depp May Star in the Biopic Seven Friends Of Pancho Villa And The Woman With Six Fingers
3 December 2009 9:40 AM, PST | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
Variety reports that Johnny Depp is in advanced negotiations to star as the Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa in the bopic Seven Friends of Pancho Villa and the Woman with Six Fingers. Directed by Emir Kusturica, the film is based on James Carlos Blake’s biography of Villa where he described how Villa and his compadres enjoyed dancing, partying, screwing, fighting, and robbing. Not mentioned in any biographies, they also enjoyed needlepoint.
Salma Hayek is also in advanced negotiations to co-star, but due to Depp’s prior commitments, Pancho Villa wouldn’t start filming until 2011. The will be partially shot in Mexico, where Villa is a historical icon, and Depp will act the part in Spanish. In the meantime, Kusturica (who previously collaborated with Depp in the 1993 film Arizona Dream) will shoot Cool Water, which according to Variety is “about a Palestinian stripper working in Germany who returns to her homeland to bury her dead father. »
- Matt Goldberg
Lisa Loeb Welcomes Baby Girl
1 December 2009 12:06 PM, PST | Extra | See recent Extra news »
Singer/songwriter Lisa Loeb and her husband Roey Hershkovitz welcomed their first child last weekend.
People magazine reports Lyla Rose Loeb Hershkovitz was born Sunday morning at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.
Loeb, 41, and Hershkovitz, 31, first announced they were expecting in September.
The Grammy nominee and "The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien" music supervisor met in 2006 and married last January.
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Surfer dude Matthew McConaughey totes son Levi during a sandy walk in Malibu. »
Gwyneth Trades Moroccan Glamour For English Country
1 December 2009 11:15 AM, PST | Popsugar.com | See recent Popsugar news »
Gwyneth Paltrow is back in London after her Thanksgiving trip to Morocco, and she was up this morning checking on the construction going on at her house. She joined Jennifer Aniston and Salma Hayek for the bash at Marrakesh's recently re-opened La Mamounia hotel, looking every bit like a movie star in her salmon gown. Gwyneth was a little more ready for a building site today as she walked around her property in a pair of green Wellies. It looks like Gwyneth will have other reasons to get fancy in the coming months. On top of her work to promote Iron Man 2 - they just released a few new posters - she was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for her work in Two Lovers. Check out the full list of nominees! View 4 Photos › »
- PopSugar
Fox wants Matthew McConaughey’s Rooster Tales
30 November 2009 9:37 AM, PST | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
Variety is reporting that Matthew McConaughey, through his J.K. Livin’ Productions, will be producing an animated series for Fox based on the life and times of his brother. According to McConaughey, his brother, Michael, also known as “Rooster,” has had a life “so unbelievable, we had to animate it.” The story is set to start with the marriage of a rough, redneck sheriff to a young woman from Mexico. Hilarity ensues when he is welcomed into her family…of 114. After beating out TBS and Comedy Central for the rights to develop Rooster Tales, Fox now has the show in the script stage.
While the premise is somewhat reminiscent of Salma Hayek’s memorable appearance as Jack Donaghy’s girlfriend on 30 Rock I am unsure if there is really enough comedic potential for a quality series. Really, what I am most impressed with is the euphemism-friendly title.
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- David Corbin
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