Johnny Depp enthralls fans in new trailer of City of Lies
Entertainment
Wed, Mar 10, 2021
Oscar-winning actors Johnny Depp and Forest Whitaker will star in the upcoming movie City of Lies - a provocative thriller based on a true story about the most infamous murder of The Notorious B.I.G.
will be seen probing the murder of an iconic rap artist in his next thriller “City of Lies”. Saban Films has dropped a trailer for the long-delayed movie.
The Pirates of the Caribbean star plays Russell Poole, who is associated with LAPD as a detective. He keeps trying for nearly 20 years to solve the mysterious murder of Christopher Wallace, aka The Notorious B.I.G.
It’s the 24th anniversary of the death of hip-hop icon, The Notorious B.I.G., and it only makes sense that a new trailer for “City of Lies” dropped today. The movie is based on true events and follows LAPD detective Russell Poole, played by Johnny Depp, as he tries to figure out why Biggie’s case hasn’t. Read more »
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City of Lies, which was shot between 2016-2017, was originally given a release date of September 7, 2018, marking the 22nd anniversary of Tupac’s murder.
However, the movie was postponed and eventually premiered in 2019, out of competition, at the Italian Noir in Festival as the event’s closing film.
Depp’s movie then received a limited release in Italy including on Blu-ray in June later that year.
Now Saban Films have taken over the distribution rights, with City of Lies finally scheduled for a March 19, 2021 release followed by one on PVOD on April 9, 2021. While a UK release for the long-delayed crime thriller movie is yet to be announced.