Mr. Depp has instantly become the most powerful guy in all the land. The Pirates opening shattered every record, and besides the spectacle of the movie, I am willing to bet most people went to see him return as Captain Jack. I found the film to be a little bombastic and overlong, but I have no complaints about his performance. This is all good news for a Depp fan like me. Now it seems he has the clout and creativity to bring some of those ideas he's been hiding under his perfectly chiseled cheeks to the big screen,
First up is Happy Days, which would be hysterical if it was a modern movie version of the classic sitcom. Most internet tongue-wags are having laughs about Depp playing the Fonz, but I see him more in the Richie Cunningham mold. Regardless, this Happy Days has nothing to do with comedy, and has everything to do with Depp, playing an eccentric, who leaves his family life and checks into an old folks home. There he engages in every kind of immoral and repugnant sex act known to man and Bonobo.
I made that last part up. Really, he will fall for an older woman who is terminally ill. And he also helps her achieve a dying wish or dream. Or something equally important and moving. The idea sounds a little predictable once you get past the younger fellow living in a retirement home, but Depp has convinced Bad Santa genius Terry Zwigoff to direct. With that in mind, perhaps we will see Depp terminally damaging the old broad's crapshoot.
Read all about it at Empire Online!
