The Rum Diary is in production (great news for Fear & Loathing fans)

[redqueen]

Starring Johnny Depp, Benicio del Toro, Josh Hartnett, and Nick Nolte. I can't wait to see Nick... this oughtta be hilarious.

"Begun in 1959 by a then-twenty-two-year-old Hunter S. Thompson, The Rum Diary is a brilliantly tangled love story of jealousy, treachery and violent alcoholic lust in the Caribbean boomtown that was San Juan, Puerto Rico, in the late 1950s."

Benicio is directing it.

I can't wait!

[Forkboy]

1. Wow...this should be interesting!

I loved the book...good to see the people involved in this.Del Toro is simply awesome.

[Mistra_Know_It_All]

2. I must state that, despite my love for all things Benicio...

Terry Gilliam is my favorite director. That being said, however, Benicio's performance in Fear and Loathing brought with it its terrible darkness.

I wonder if he is going to go throughthe weight-gaining process as he did for Fear and Loathing?

I fear for his cardiovascular system. And his renal system, for that matter. :)

[redqueen]

4. I hope he doesn't.

I want a buff Benicio in shirtless scenes.

[Mistra_Know_It_All]

5. That certainly doesn't fit the character, does it?

Though I imagine your desire is not based on accuracy. :)

[redqueen]

6. You're right, it's not.

I want more gratuitious male sexual exploitation in movies. Is that so wrong?

[indigobusiness]

3. I didn't realize HST was that old?

Time flies when you're having fun, I guess.

I'm stunned.

[Downtown Hound]

7. Oh I can't wait for that

Yeah!