Johnny Depp’s ‘Jeanne du Barry’ Will Launch in the U.S

Johnny Depp admirers will quickly have a chance to see his initially movie in a few a long time.

On Wednesday, Vertical declared it has acquired North American distribution legal rights to Jeanne Du Barry, the French-language film that opened the 2023 Cannes Movie Festival and manufactured for 59-12 months-old Depp’s to start with film due to the fact his controversial defamation trial with ex-wife Amber Read.

The film gained an original launch in France that coincided with its environment premiere at the festival on Might 17 and manufactured $2.56 million in its first 7 days at the French box place of work — a ten years-best for a film that opened the worldwide film pageant, in accordance to a push release.

The film, composed and directed by French filmmaker Maïwenn, stars Depp as Louis XV, the king of France who dominated from September 1715 right until his death in 1774. Maïwenn performs Jeanne Vaubernier, a operating-class lady who employs “her charms to escape her impoverished lifestyle” and ultimately charms the monarch, who “rediscovers his hunger for life and feels he can no for a longer period dwell devoid of her” immediately after their meeting, according to an formal synopsis.

“Creating Jeanne his past formal mistress, scandal erupts as no 1 at Court docket will acknowledge a girl from the streets into their rarified globe,” the synopsis reads.

The movie been given combined reviews from critics adhering to its premiere in Cannes previous thirty day period, following which Depp could be viewed tearing up during a 7-moment standing ovation from the group at the screening, a video from the party shared by Selection on Twitter showed.

At a push meeting for the film through the intercontinental film festival, the actor explained he “imagined it was very courageous of [director Maïwenn] to choose some hillbilly from Kentucky” to take on the royal job, which demanded him to understand all of his lines in French.

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“Like there was a awful misspelling someplace,” Depp reported, when asked by a reporter how he felt about his casting in the French-language film. “Maïwenn and I finished up in the erroneous area at the similar time. I failed to sense any hesitation with regard to the person, to character and all that, or the language essentially, I didn’t obtain specifically overwhelming.”

“It’s like jogging by the raindrops, but my concern to Maïwenn when we to start with satisfied was, ‘Maybe you want to try out a French guy as King Louis XV?’ ” Depp ongoing. “She considered about it for a 2nd. She stated, ‘I imagined about that far too. No, I want you to do it.’ “

“So yeah, I was instantly up for it, required to do it. Just wanted to make sure that I was not, I never know, stepping out of my box and into someone else’s,” Depp ongoing of the function. “Receiving into other people’s matters, tradition, feelings, weirdness. But I am glad she persisted and I am happy I persisted.”

Maïwenn cowrote the motion picture with screenwriters Teddy Lussi-Modeste and Nicolas Livecchi. Aside from her and Depp, the film also stars French actors Benjamin Lavernhe, Pierre Richard, Melvil Poupaud, and Pascal Greggory.

Jeanne du Barry does not but have a North American launch date.