![]() ![]() 1, 1993, shortly before work on the film was to begin, Ghazal bludgeoned to death his 13-year-old daughter and his estranged wife, the Times said. Depp took over as director from Aziz Ghazal, the manager of the USC film school stock room, who originally optioned the Gregory McDonald novel on which the movie is based, the Los Angeles Times reported. Depp’s first directorial effort was critically savaged, with Time Out calling it the actor’s “ folie de grandeur,” or an exercise in megalomania and delusions of greatness.Īs for the production’s backstory, it’s as horrific as it can get. In 1997, Depp decided to direct, co-write and star in “The Brave,” a neo-Western with an improbable and problematic premise, a tragic production backstory and a way-past-his prime Marlon Brando as co-star. Unfortunately, his history as a director doesn’t bode well. If Depp wants to restore his professional reputation by directing his second-ever feature film, he’ll have to manage multiple people, check his ego, minimize his flare for off-screen drama and deliver quality work. The project represents Depp’s latest effort at a career comeback, following his lurid but legally successful defamation trial against ex-wife, Amber Heard. So, Johnny Depp thinks he can direct? Apparently so, with news Monday that the questionably vindicated movie star has lined up his first directing gig in 25 years.Īccording t o the Hollywood Reporter, Depp will helm “Modigliani,” a biopic about Italian artist Amedeo Modigliani. ![]()
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