Lionsgate has closed a deal for Johnny Depp and Penélope Cruz to re-team for a fourth time in “Day Drinker”, directed by Marc Webb (“The Amazing Spider-Man”, “The Amazing Spider-Man 2”, “500 Days of Summer”, and the upcoming “Snow White”). Depp and Cruz previously co-starred in the features “Blow”, “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides”, and “Murder on the Orient Express”.
Lionsgate is launching international sales at AFM.
The film is produced by Thunder Road’s Basil Iwanyk and Erica Lee, who produce the John Wick franchise for Lionsgate, and Adam Kolbrenner, producer of “The Tomorrow War”, “Free Guy”, and “Prisoners”, and Zach Dean, who also wrote the original spec screenplay. Dean previously penned “Fast X”, “The Tomorrow War”, “Deadfall”, and the upcoming film “The Gorge”. The film is executive produced by 30WEST. Lionsgate will present “Day Drinker” in association with 30WEST. The film is a Thunder Road / IN.2 production.
In “Day Drinker”, a cruise ship bartender meets a mysterious day drinker—only for both of them to find themselves entangled in a criminal underbelly, and connected in unexpected ways.
Commenting on the announcement, Adam Fogelson, chair, Lionsgate Motion Picture Group, said, “”Day Drinker” combines a highly commercial concept with wildly outrageous twists and turns all set in an incredible world, and there is no better filmmaker than Marc or two more perfectly cast actors than Johnny and Penélope to bring that world to life.”
Chelsea Kujawa is overseeing the project for Lionsgate. Dan Freedman negotiated the deals for the studio.
The film marks the second recent collaboration between Lionsgate and 30WEST, who are also teaming for Power Ballad, directed by John Carney, written by Carney and Peter McDonald, and starring Paul Rudd and Nick Jonas.
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