Johnny Depp is getting behind the digital camera to direct Modi, a biopic about Italian artist and sculptor Amedeo Modigliani.
Earlier than returning to the silver display screen for Maïwenn’s Jeanne du Barry, Johnny Depp is able to announce his first directorial effort in 25 years for Modi, a biopic specializing in the Italian artist Amedeo Modigliani. Impressed by a play by Dennis McIntyre and tailored for Hollywood by Jerzy and Mary Kromolowski, Modi tells the story of the well-known painter and sculptor throughout his time in Paris in 1916.
Riccardo Scamarcio (John Wick: Chapter 2), Pierre Niney (Yves Saint Laurent), and Al Pacino (The Satan’s Advocate, The Godfather) lead the forged, with filming taking place in Budapest this fall. The Veterans will carry the challenge to Cannes for a possible sale.
In accordance with Deadline, Modi chronicles a harrowing 48 hours of Amedeo Modigliani’s life, depicting when he ran from police by way of the streets and watering holes of war-torn Paris. Bohemians suppose nothing of Modigliani ending his profession prematurely, together with French artist Maurice Utrillo, the Belarusian-born Chaim Soutine, and his English muse and lover, Beatrice Hastings. To kind out the confusion, Modigliani seeks recommendation from his Polish artwork supplier and pal Leopold Zborowski. Nevertheless, Modigliani’s spiral into chaos takes a depraved flip when he meets a collector who may change his life.
Scamarcio performs Amedeo Modigliani, Niney performs Utrillo, and Pacino performs worldwide artwork collector Gangnat.
“It is a snapshot of Modigliani’s life that offers us perception into his wrestle as an artist affected by lack of recognition, and a challenge Al and I’ve pursued for a few years,” stated Barry Navidi. “Our unimaginable forged, coupled with the imaginative and prescient, wit and sensitivity I do know Johnny will carry behind the digital camera, will make this a dream come true.”
Depp directs with Nicola Pecorini because the movie’s director of images. Andrew Sanders and John Beard lead the manufacturing design group, with Penny Rose accountable for costumes. Sharon Howard-Subject is managing the forged.
Modi is Depp’s first time within the director’s chair since 1997’s The Courageous, starring Depp, Marlon Brando, and Marshall Bell. The drama focuses on a down-on-his-luck Native American just lately launched from jail and supplied a job because the sufferer in a snuff movie.
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