It seems like it’s been 6 years since I first heard that The Rum Diary was coming to the big screen. As a matter of fact, it has been 6 years. The movie, based on the novel by Hunter S. Thompson, has been planned for many years, with all sorts of rumors regarding its cast. The driving force behind the project has been Hunter Thompson’s friend, Johnny Depp, who played Thompson alter-ego Raoul Duke in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. Depp is still rumored to be the star of The Rum Diary, and he might be luring Scarlett Johannson to play the lead female role of Chenault.
This project is still in casting, with filming expected either at the end of this year or sometime in 2010. Hopefully this will get done now that Depp has the Pirates of the Caribbean films out of the way.

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