Johnny Depp: After 27 years, the first photos from his new film as a director!

Announced for August 2022, a new film directed by Johnny Depp has been revealed! He shared the first photos on the set Deadline.

The movie is called Modi will focus on the famous Italian painter and sculptor Amedeo Modigliani, played by Riccardo Scamarchio. Al Pacino will play wealthy art collector Maurice Gannett. This will be his second collaboration with Johnny Depp, 26 years after the gangster film Donnie Brasco.

For the record, Pierre Nin was originally supposed to play the artist Maurice Utrillo. It was actor Bruno Guerre who appeared in Emilie Paris as Luc.

“It is an incredible honor for me to bring the saga of Modigliani’s life to the screen, and I will do so with great humility. His life was full of great trials but ended in triumph, a universal human story that all viewers can relate to“, Johnny Depp told The Hollywood Reporter last August.

This is Depp’s second feature film after The Brave (1997). The release date has not been announced yet.

This is not the first time that the film is interested in Amedeo Modigliani. Gérard Philippe played her in Les Amants de Montparnasse by Jacques Becker in 1958. Andy Garcia then starred in Modigliani’s biopic, which focused on his rivalry with Picasso.