Weird but true: “21 Jump Street” heartthrob...
Weird but true: “21 Jump Street” heartthrob Johnny Depp will team with quirky film maker John Waters (“Pink Flamingos,” “Hairspray”)--for the musical love story “Cry Baby.”
A spoof of ‘50s-era JD (that’s juvenile delinquent) flicks, it’s for Imagine Entertainment/Universal. Waters will write and direct with Rachel Talalay producing.
Depp will play a gang member who gets his “Cry Baby” nickname when he’s spotted shedding a single tear. The pic boasts more than 30 tunes, but Depp may or may not sing. His spokesman reminded, “Johnny broke in as a singer-musician,” playing clubs on the Sunset Strip.
Filming is set for Waters’ Baltimore stomping ground in mid-April. That’s hiatus time for Depp from his work as a sexy undercover cop on “Jump Street,” where he’s emerged as the hot star at age 25.
But some film offers will have to wait.
“When this season ends,” said a Fox TV spokesman, “Johnny Depp’s contract continues for three more years.”
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