Olivia Colman has revealed that her co-stars in The Favourite - Rachel Weisz and Emma Stone - secretly gave up the opportunity to win the lead actress Oscar in 2019.
Johnny Depp (Getty Images)
Depp plays the lead role of W Eugene Smith in the movie. Depp is a globally acclaimed actor who needs no introduction for film enthusiasts. Often considered one of the most versatile actors in modern-day Hollywood, Depp has been nominated thrice for Academy Awards for Best Actor. He won the 2008 Golden Globe Award for best actor for his brilliant performance in âSweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Streetâ and also has ten Golden Globe Best Actor nominations to his name.
Depp made a remarkable debut in 1984 with âA Nightmare on Elm Streetâ. He has mesmerized audiences ever since with extraordinary performances in movies like âEdward Scissorhandsâ, âCharlie and the Chocolate Factoryâ, âAlice in Wonderlandâ, âThe Touristâ, âInto The Woodsâ, âFantastic Beasts and Where to Find Themâ. He became a worldwide sensation after essaying the role of Jack Sparrow in the âPirate
Radio presenter and actor Maqbul Mohammed. PHOTO | COURTESY
A new gritty police procedural and legal show set in Nairobi is set to premiere later in the month.
‘Crime & Justice’ will premiere on February 22.
The show will feature a heavy-weight cast with Sarah Hassan (Plan B, How to Find a Husband) and Alfred Munyua (Poacher, The First Grader, Sense8) starring as Makena and Silas curtesy of Showmax and CANAL+ who are behind the production.
The gritty police procedural and legal show will have Makena and Silas play two detectives who follow and investigate one ripped-from-the-headlines case per episode, all the way through to the courtroom verdict.
Release date
‘Minamata’ will release in theatres across the US on February 5, 2021. It will be distributed by American International Pictures. The UK release of the film is scheduled for February 12, 2021, by Vertigo Releasing. It will also be released on VOD on February 5.
Akiko Iwase, Hiroyuki Sanada, Johnny Depp, Minami and director Andrew Levitas pose at the Minamata premiere (Getty Images)
Plot
The movie has been adapted from the book ‘Minamata: The Story of the Poisoning of a City, and of the People Who Chose to Carry the Burden of Courage’, written by W Eugene Smith and Aileen M Smith. The book is a semi-autobiographical account by American war photographer Eugene Smith who visited the Japanese coastal city of Minamata. He was sent on a secret commission from Life Magazine to document the adverse effects of mercury poisoning among the local residents, owing to industrial negligence for decades by Chisso Corporation.