Exclusive: MGM has acquired the Johnny Depp-starrer Minamata, through its American International Pictures label.
The Andrew Levitas-directed drama has been set for a February 5 release, dropping into the extended awards season as a theatrical and day and date PVOD release.
The film made its world premiere during the Berlin International Film Festival last February.
In addition to U.S.
rights, MGM acquired Canada, Germany and Switzerland.While the recent focus on Depp has come for all the wrong reasons in a libel case he pressed against the Rupert Murdoch British tabloid The Sun for calling him a “wife beater” (a court ruling is expected Monday), this is a chance for the focus to swing back to his chameleonic screen work.In a drama inspired by a true story, Depp plays Eugene Smith, a famed photojournalist who has disconnected from the world but takes a final assignment from his
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