Sasha's Story: The Life and Death of a Russian Spy

From Variety and Coming Soon;

Warner Bros. Pictures has scooped up film rights to a book on the mysterious death of former KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko for Johnny Depp's Infinitum Nihil to develop, reports Variety.

As with any Infinitum project, the film about Litvinenko could be a potential starring vehicle for Depp, who has been closely following the story.

Depp will produce with Infinitum prexy Christi Dembrowski and Initial Entertainment Group president Graham King. Infinitum is an Initial Entertainment company.

The unpublished novel "Sasha's Story: The Life and Death of a Russian Spy" will be penned by New York Times London bureau chief Alan Cowell, who has been covering the story since it first broke in November.

In London, the investigation continues into the death of Litvinenko, who was poisoned in late November by polonium-210. Just before his death, he blamed Russian President Vladimir Putin's regime for the murder.

Cowell will continue covering the story before taking a leave to write the book, which will be published by Doubleday in the U.S. and Transworld in the U.K. later this year.

Pirates Of The Caribbean - Dead Man's Chest DVD release

The release date for the R1 dvd of Dead Man's Chest will be December 5th. The movie will be available on two versions; a regular 1 disc edition and a 2-disc Collector's Edition with additional extras.

You can order the dvd from Amazon through these links (and when doing so you help support Indeppth!)

Pirates Of The Caribbean - Dead Man's Chest (Widescreen Edition)

Pirates of the Caribbean - Dead Man's Chest (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)

Helena Bonham Carter joins Depp in Sweeney Todd

No surprise there, Tim Burton's girlfriend Helena Bonham Carter will be playing Mrs. Lovett in the upcoming Sweeney Todd.

More interesting is the rumour that Sacha Baron Cohen would be playing the role of Signor Adolfo Pirelli, but this has not been confirmed yet.

The full article can be read at Variety: http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117952135.html?categoryid=13&cs=1

Sweeney Todd confirmed

The production on "Sweeney Todd" has officially started. Tim Burton will be directing Depp once again in this movie that will be produced by Warner Bros. Pictures and DreamWorks. Paramount will distribute for DreamWorks domestically, with Warner taking international rights.

The filming is scheduled to begin in February 2007, the release date being later that year. It is likely that the movie will be released in December.

Stay tuned for more news as the production of the movie progresses. As this is a Burton/Depp collaboration, you will find news about the movie both from Indeppth and its sister-site: Tim Burton Collective. The Tim Burton Collective blog can be accessed here: http://www.timburtoncollective.com/tbcnews.html

Pirates Continues Record-Breaking Trend

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest continues to swashbuckle its way into the record books with continued strong ticket sales nearly two weeks after the July 7 opening date. On its second weekend in theatres, Dead Man’s Chest pulled in $62,345,264, the third-highest second weekend box office of all time.

In addition to the distinctive honors of the highest opening weekend in history and the third-highest second opening weekend, Dead Man’s Chest boasts several other record-breaking figures…so raise your tankards of rum, drink a toast and sing a sea shanty while you have a look at the following:

#1 All-Time Single Day Gross with $55,830,600
#1 Opening Day Gross with $55,830,600
#2 Saturday Gross with $44,443,225
#1 Sunday Gross with #35,360,729
#1 Biggest Weekend for July 7-9
#1 Opening Week with $196,019,502
#1 Top Ten Day Gross with $258,364,766

Dead Man’s Chest also takes home the honors of #1 Top Nine, Eight, Six, and Three-Day Openings, and #2 Top Five and Four-Day Openings (behind Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith).

To date (Jul 19), Dead Man’s Chest has taken in $266,277,457 in the USA, with global box office hovering around the $400 million mark. Can Dead Man’s Chest plunder the box office for a third record-breaking weekend? Stay tuned…

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