New Trailer & Photos Of 'The Tourist' With Depp & Jolie

It's not the most exciting things you'll see in your lifetime or even today, but some new photos and a second trailer for Florian Henckel Von Donnersmarck's "The Tourist" have arrived.

Truthfully, the new trailer isn't that much, different from the first one; it's a romantic spy drama that looks a little bit more thrilling and serious than it did on paper (various versions were a little fluffy). The picture stars Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie and well, at least the trailer and photos are more remarkable than the recent poster. But with A-list talent like that, the Sony-thinking is probably just put them up their front and center and who cares what the rest of the movie is about.
Directed by Von Donnersmarck (the German filmmaker behind "The Lives Of Others"), "The Tourist" is on the 2005 French film "Anthony Zimmer," that follows a bumbling American tourist (Depp) as he finds himself romantically involved with an international spy (Jolie) in this quasi-Hitchcock-ian tale of a man in the wrong place at the wrong time. While those that called this picture an awards season contender certainly now have egg on their face, this should still be a breezy antidote to that stuff-serious Academy-fare when it's released right in the thick of it on December 10, 2010. More below the jump.

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Johnny Depp Could Join Kathryn Bigelow's 'Sleeping Dogs' With Tom Hanks

Johnny Depp and Tom Hanks. Two actors we thought we'd probably never hear in the same casting sentence.

But it may happen. Filmmaker Kathryn Bigelow is ramping up her first, post-'Hurt Locker' film, a South American drug parable called "Sleeping Dogs" (previously known as "Triple Frontier"), and with Hanks reported to be in talks for the lead late yesterday, now Depp is also potentially joining the fold. Deadline says the director is courting the actor, he apparently likes the role and is down with the idea of working alongside Hanks, but as usual, it's all up to scheduling.

The film is set to shoot in South America in February, but that's also the same time when Tim Burton's "Dark Shadows" is looking to start production. Aside from his longtime allegiance to Burton and a project that has been on the table for a lot longer than "Sleeping Dogs" has, "Dark Shadows" is also a co-production with Depp's company and Graham King's who has worked closely on several Depp projects including the still unreleased, "The Rum Diary" which King's new company will probably release next fall.

Suffice to say, "Dark Shadows" is all in the family and the priority. Frankly, we'd love to see Depp ditch Burton and work on a real film for once — one that will have Academy and Awards-prestige written all over it — but we'll see. Apparently all companys involved are looking to make it happen, which may mean some tight rescheduling, but who knows if it's possible. We won't be surprised at all if Depp doesn't do it. His precious nth collaboration with Burton is just too important (someone kidnap that director, please).

We're mostly wondering what this means for Emir Kusturica's 'Pancho Villa' film which Depp was supposed to star in alongside Salma Hayek for a Feb 2011 shoot. It's probably been delayed, or worse, not happening, but it's nice to see Depp wanting to reteam with the director (they worked on "Arizona Dream" in 1993).

Written by Mark Boal (who won an Oscar for penning "The Hurt Locker"), the Paramount film's setting is 'la triple frontera,' where the Igazu and Parana rivers converge at the border of Paraguay, Argentina and Brazil making it a haven for criminal activity. Previously rumored/discussed actors include Sean Penn, Will Smith, Javier Bardem and Christian Bale, but there's only two major leads in the film so we assume all these other actors are out (what, Sean Penn's gonna take a supporting role?). Either way, anyone got a recent script? We'd love to get our hands on it.

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Danny Elfman's Scores For Tim Burton Get Lavish, Limited Box Set Treatment

While Danny Elfman can at times sound like a pale imitation of himself, when he's on top of his game, his scores are very exciting stuff and his early scores with longtime collaborator Tim Burton on films like "Beetlejuice," "Batman," and "Edward Scissorhands" were a breath of fresh air at the time and still remain excellent pieces of work.

In order to commemorate their 25 year history together, Warner Bros. is issuing the mother of all box sets. Spanning 16 discs, this limited edition set (there will only be 1,000 of them made) will not only give you Elfman's soundtracks to each of his films to date with Tim Burton, it will also include rarities such as additional masters, cut songs, song and score demos, work tapes, orchestra-only song mixes, and foreign-language songs. And that's not all, it will all come housed in the fancy pants box you see pictured above, which will also include a hardcover book "Danse Macabre: 25 Years of Danny Elfman and Tim Burton" with a foreword by Johnny Depp, an hour long DVD with Burton and Elfman discussing their history together and other various goodies.

The box will be made available starting in December but if you want to make sure you get one, place your pre-order now. The box will set you back $499. [Collider]

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No Brainer: 'The Tourist' Poster Features Johnny Depp & Angelina Jolie And Nothing Else

How do you sell a movie with Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie in it? You make a poster with Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie on it. Columbia Pictures aren't trying to reinvent the wheel here, and this first poster for "The Tourist" puts its two biggest assets right there for the world to see. Though we have to say, the airbrushing of their features is beginning to freak us out.

Directed by Florian Henckel Von Donnersmarck (the German helmer behind "The Lives Of Others"), "The Tourist" is a romantic spy drama based on the 2005 French film "Anthony Zimmer," that follows a bumbling American tourist (Depp) as he finds himself romantically involved with an international spy (Jolie) in this quasi-Hitchcockian tale of a man in the wrong place at the wrong time.

While we had minor issues with the trailer, it looks like breezy enough fun and it will surely be a nice antidote to the steady stream of serious, awards season fare when it's released right in the thick of it on December 10, 2010.

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FilmDistrict, The New Distributor From GK Films, May Release 'The Rum Diary' Next Fall; 'London Boulevard' As Well

By now you've hopefully heard that Graham King, the Academy Award-winning producer behind "The Departed" has formed a new acquisition, distribution, production, and financing company called FilmDistrict with Sony vet Peter Schlessel and former Apparition chief Bob Berney.

For those lamenting the loss of a mid-sized film distributor like Apparition, hopefully FilmDistrict will fill that gap.

More importantly, Film District will likely be distributing films that they have produced, such as Bruce Robinson’s long-awaited Hunter S. Thompson film adaptation, “The Rum Diary,” starring Johnny Depp, and William Monahan’s Keira Knightley/Colin Farrell vehicle, “London Boulevard,” that have yet to secure a distributor. While no official decision has been made if FilmDistrict will indeed release the pictures, King told Anne Thompson, that he hopes to release "The Rum Diary" next fall.

That's an incredibly long wait, but at least the picture is coming out at all. The film shot in the spring of 2009 and there's been little word on it since despite its rather fetching cast of Depp, Aaron Eckhart, Amber Heard, Giovanni Ribisi and Richard Jenkins. Rumored to appear at Cannes last year (which obviously didn't happen), perhaps a fall 2011 release could see the picture premiere at the Croisette next spring? Delayed or not, the fact that the film distributors are eyeing Oscar season as a release is never a bad sign.

Hopefully the long and equally delayed "London Boulevard" will gain some kind of release timetable soon as well (though there hasn't been good word of mouth so far). The picture centers on a South London criminal released from prison (Farrell) who tries to give up the gangster life by becoming a handyman for a reclusive young actress (Knightley). It also co-stars David Thewlis, Anna Friel, Ben Chaplin, Eddie Marsan, Sanjeev Baskhar, newcomer Jamie Campbell Bower and Ray Winstone.

Either way, King and co. want full authority over the films they're making so our guess is they will eventually release both. “I don’t want to spend three years making a movie and send it over to a distributor," King told Thompson. "I want to control my movies from production all the way to the end user. I’m not putting money at risk: with the right team, there’s success to be had. You never know what’s round the corner. We’re open for business. If I go down, I go down, and I don’t have to blame someone else for it.”

Not every GK Film will be a FilmDistrict picture though. For instance, the company is also producing Martin Scorsese's "Hugo Cabret" in 3D, but Sony and Paramount have been circling that one since day one and it feels like a studio film that will need that kind of marketing push and weight.

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Gore Verbinski In Talks To Direct Johnny Depp In 'The Lone Ranger'

When Johnny Depp finds a director he likes, he sticks with him — see the ongoing relationship with Tim Burton (and or the fact it seems Depp will likely never work with Micheal Mann again, having not really warmed to his methods on their first collaboration).

So it shouldn't be any surprise that Gore Verbinski — who has utilized Depp in four of his last five pictures including the upcoming animated film, "Rango" — is circling the director's chair for Disney's "Lone Ranger," produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and to star Depp as Tonto.

In fact, when we first read Deadline's report — stating that the filmmaker is in talks to helm this picture — we thought, isn't this information old? When in fact, it's not, but Disney/Bruckheimer/ "Lone Ranger" does conjure familiar visions and tone of the "Pirates of The Caribbean" franchise, so what better director to take on this new series (other than say Rob Marshall who danced his away into the helmer's seat for the 4th 'Pirates' film).

Either way, if Verbinski agrees, it seems like the project is still in the early stages and Depp still has a multitude of other projects to choose from or tackle first. He's still set to appear in Burton's "Dark Shadows" and Emir Kusturica's "Wild Roses, Tender Roses," a "Pancho" Villa picture co-starring Salma Hayek (he also has a Keith Richards documentary to direct).

Lest you think a "Lone Ranger" film will be too frivolous and trite, last we heard, Disney hired Justin Haythe, who adapted "Revolutionary Road" for Sam Mendes, wrote the Fox come-and-gone thriller, "The Clearing" and the "Jekyll" project for Keanu Reeves, was tapped to write the screenplay. Perhaps its in a place where Disney likes and now it's time to find a director to bring the vision to the screen. No word on who will play the Lone Ranger, but was you can see by our image above, it was once rumored — very early on — to be George Clooney. Somehow we doubt that one severely.

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