FilmDistrict’s zany film is based on Hunter S. Thompson’s first novel. By Rebecca Ford Most fans of Johnny Depp probably hoped that he’d be present in the poster for his upcoming film, The Rum Diary.

Nobody would publish the book this film was based on when it was first written. And now, nobody would make this film except for who wrote it. Get the INDY Daily. Join 24,000 of your neighbors and stay ...

Aaron Eckhart, Michael Rispoli and Amber Heard star in director-screenwriter Bruce Robinson's big-screen adaptation of the novel. By Todd McCarthy Depp appears hard at work in front of his typewriter.

For a few years before he put the gun up to his head, Hunter Thompson wrote for ESPN’s Page 2. “Hey Rube” was a sports column, at least in name. But Hunter, never one to be tied down, used the space ...

Watching first “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas,” and now “The Rum Diary,” one wonders how Hunter S. Thompson managed to make it to 67. Both films star Johnny Depp as an alter-ego of the first gonzo ...

“I tend to avoid alcohol when I can,” says Kemp (Johnny Depp), a reporter who has just joined an English-language newspaper in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Actually, he tends to avoid not drinking.

The trailer for Johnny Depp's long-awaited Hunter S Thompson adaptation The Rum Diary has been released. The movie, directed by Withnail & I's Bruce Robinson, follows Depp's struggling writer Paul ...

Discover What’s Streaming On: Johnny Depp and Amber Heard‘s marriage was short-lived, and the pair are currently in the midst of a highly contentious civil trial where Depp is suing Heard for an op-ed ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The formerly married couple is currently embroiled in a multi-million ...

More than a decade after Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998), Johnny Depp takes another stab at playing his old pal Hunter S. Thompson—aka “Paul Kemp”—in this screen adaptation of the writer’s early ...

Based on the first novel by Hunter S. Thompson, the film stars Johnny Depp, who is joined by Aaron Eckhart, Amber Heard, Michael Rispoli, Richard Jenkins and Giovanni Ribisi. Bruce Robinson, who also ...