Depp News!

In case you've not heard...Johnny Depp along with Universal Pictures and the production company behind Despicable Me Illumination Entertainment, as well as Infintium Nihil (Johnny Depp's film company that he has done with Disney), are in the process of making the life of Dr.Suess into a live action film.

This will be produced by Infintium Nihil, and will maybe give the opportunity for Johnny Depp to star as Dr.Seuss.

Keith Bunin will write the screenplay for this. The Lorax, another of the infamous illustrator books has already been developed into a animated kids film with the likes of Zac Efron, Taylor Swift, Betty White, Ed Helms and Willow Smith adding their voices to this movie adaption that is all set for release in March 2012.

In case your like me and only a few names from the above list instantly pop out at you like Zac Efron, Taylor Swift and Willow Smith, well I'll help fill in the blanks for you on the other names:

• Ed Helms is now I've checked up who he is courtesy of Google...he is the dentist from The Hangover who in the first Hangover pulled out his own tooth in a drunken dare. I think for me that was the only funny thing in the first Hangover as I didn't see the first at the cinema but got it on DVD and watched this with my sisters...lets just say this was a very big mistake as I didn't even laugh at one point apart from when Zack Galifanakos (I think that's how you spell his name) screamed like a girl at the tiger in the bathroom.
• Betty White has been in if I can remember correctly she was in one of the California adverts that was done in the happy times of Arnold Schwarzernegger, before his governor term was over and definitly before his wife found out about the many, many, many, many affairs he had and the many other illegitimate children he has running round the world. I just thought that you know how Dave Law (oh sorry Jude) has the running joke of  being a tart with a heart, well I just thought that now I guess Arnie  is the international Austrian tart with the heart now. lol!

Anyhew...there isn't a release date for this but there is other news from the Depp camp. This being that Johnny's production company will produce The Thin Man which is now a priority project for Warner Bros. Studios. Johnny Depp is also set to star in this according to The Hollywood Reporter. And The Reporter also says that the former executive at Warner Bros. Kevin McCormick will also be producing this picture from his studio based Langley-Park.

But Rob Marshall has also been reported by The Hollywood Reporter as directing this film, but I guess with how indecisive Warner Bros. have been over who will write this I think this is why The Thin Man has become a priority project for them. Originally they had Jerry Stahl to write this adaption of a Dashielle Hammett novel, but then they got David Koepp to write but he left after his vision for what the story should be went against the vision of Rob Marshall's.

If your like me and don't really know what the story is that their adapting then here it is:

Nick Charles a former private detective now turned drunked and socialite wife Nora along with their schnauzer dog Asta investigate a murder of an eccentric inventor and his bizarre family, this was first adapted in 1934 and went on to have five more films and a TV series. 

And in case you haven't realised yet Rob Marshall has been rumoured on this very long list of roumoured to be involved in this production.

These under the radar projects have come coutesy of The Hollywood Reporter, Empire Magazine and Access Hollywood.