Thank you cousin madscntst for your encouraging post. I guess by now you know that DS fans have been let down many times through the years with rumors of DS revivals that never materialized outside of the 1991 mini-series and the 2004 pilot. My question is, if you know, is it common in past Johnny Depp's movies that there is no announcement that a screenwriter or director has been made and they wait to release all details all at once? I mean is it possible that the DS script has already been written and we don't know it? I have no frame of reference with Depp's movies. Any input from you would be greatly appreciated.
Uhhhh.... I dunno
Well, there's no established way that Johnny's people or now his production company update the Depp fan community. So we sometimes find out about things as they're happening, but more often we hear things in spurts. Occasionally (though not often) it's all at once, but usually there are *some* kinds of murmurs going on. We hear things in announcements in trades like Variety, or from remarks by actors, screenwriters, directors, producers etc. that happen to get reported. And even then, sometimes it's not completely accurate- for instance the Shantaram author Greg Roberts announced on his blog at one point that his screenplay for the film was done... but then we found out awhile later that Johnny was unsatisfied with it as is and had another screenwriter come in to revise it. But I didn't know about that until after it happened. I don't mean to scare you, but it's just to say that no matter how hard the fans go searching for news (and believe me, Depp fans will scour the net and other media quite thoroughly!! Just as I'm sure DS fans do!!) there's a lot going on that the public just never finds out about.
I've been rather hoping that the DS community may find out about some of the proceedings first! I've been hoping that the fest discussion will somehow have some kind of progress report, though maybe that is optimistic of me!
All this said, I seriously doubt that a script has been finished. Last we heard (and I think I posted this), a screenwriter had not yet been selected, and if I recall correctly, that was in the middle of the writers' strike, so no further progress could be made during that time, anyway. Perhaps one is being written now that the strike is over, but I just don't think a good quality script could be finished in such a short time. So... we may be in for the long haul. I wonder if we'll even get any feedback about what the movie is going to be *about*
Will it be basically the HODS story, or will it incorporate more of the characters from the show, or will it go off in a new direction?? Do we even know that much yet? I don't think we've heard anything about the plot from the Depp side, other than that it will include Barnabas!
Cathy