Lionsgate has revealed the first photo of three-time Oscar nominee Johnny Depp in Day Drinker, his reteam feature with Penélope Cruz. Cameras are rolling in Spain on the Marc Webb-directed movie, which has added four news actors to the cast: Manu Ríos, Arón Piper, Juan Diego Botto and Anika Boyle.
Day Drinker tells the story of a private-yacht bartender (Madelyn Cline) who encounters a mysterious, onboard guest (Depp). They soon find themselves entangled with a criminal figure (Cruz) and connected in ways no one saw coming. The project reps the fourth time Depp and Cruz have starred together in a movie after Blow, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides and Murder on the Orient Express.
Day Drinker is produced by Thunder Road’s Basil Iwanyk and Erica Lee, who produce the John Wick franchise for Lionsgate; Adam Kolbrenner, producer of The Tomorrow War, Free Guy and Prisoners; and Zach Dean, who wrote the film’s original screenplay. Kolbrenner and Dean’s film The Gorge was recently released by Apple TV+/Skydance.
Day Drinker is executive produced by 30West. Lionsgate will present Day Drinker in association with 30West. The film is a Thunder Road / IN.2 production.
Executive producers also include Dan Friedkin, Micah Green, Daniel Steinman, Stephen Deuters, Jason Forman, Sam Sarkar, Webb, Eric Sherman, Sarah Hong, Scott LaStaiti, Christopher Woodrow, Connor DiGregorio and Adrián Guerra.
“I’m excited to be starting production with Johnny, Madelyn, Penélope and this incredible cast,” said Webb. “We’re in a beautiful location with a fantastic crew and a thrilling, ferocious story to tell. This is gonna be fun.”
Chelsea Kujawa is overseeing the project for Lionsgate. The deals for Ríos, Piper, Botto and Boyle were overseen for the studio by Dan Freedman.
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.
(L-R) Manu Rios, Aron Piper, Juan Diego Botto and Anika Boyle
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Ríos recently starred opposite Piper in the hit Netflix series Elite. He also stars in Netflix’s Breathless, which will soon debut its second season. He also stars the film Mi querida señorita, a remake of the 1972 Spanish film directed by Fernando Gonzalez Molina, which will debut in the next months.
Piper has also starred in such series such as El Silencio and El Desorden Que Dejas. He recently starred in the feature film The Courier and plays a leading role in La Tregua.
Botto’s movie credits include The Room Next Door, En Los Margenes (On the Fringe) and The Suicide Squad; the television series Good Behavior, White Lines and I Don’t Like Driving; and his one-man play Una Noche Sin Luna (A Moonless Night).
Boyle played Alice Creel in the original cast of the West End production of Stranger Things: The First Shadow. She plays Violetta in the upcoming Channel 4 six-part drama Summerwater. Day Drinker reps her feature film debut.
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