Johnny Depp is setting up his own record label, to be called Unison Music.
The star already has an A&R team scouting the UK for new talent and, according to reports, one was at London’s Monarch earlier this month.
An insider told The Sun: “Johnny has always been passionate about music. He’s taking a really hands-on approach to signing acts. Obviously he can’t get to as many gigs as he would like but he’s got a good team around him and will personally vet any signings that they make.”
The Pirates of the Caribbean star has long been a massive music fan – he played guitar on the 1997 Oasis track ‘Fade In-Out’ and appeared on the soundtrack to his 2003 film ‘Once Upon a Time in Mexico’.
More recently, Depp helped Sheffield band Babybird return to the limelight nearly 14 years after ‘You’re Gorgeous’ charted across the world. The movie star funded studio time for the band to record their latest album, ‘Ex-Maniac’, and also featured on the track ‘Unloveable’ and directed its music video.
I got an e-mail from Roxanne Miller of Nova FM this morning, informing me that Johnny is currently reading the 21 Jump Street script and is close to signing on!
Johnny Depp is seriously considering signing on to the 21 Jump Street movie and has asked to read the script next week.
Get Him To The Greek actor Jonah Hill is writing and producing the big-budget version of the show and confirmed Depp’s interest in the project.
Filming is due to start in January 2011.
“We wrote a Johnny Depp cameo and he’s the one who has expressed interest in doing it, so we’d be thrilled if Johnny would come and do it,” he told Ryan, Monty and Wippa.
“He’s going to read it in I think a week or something.”
The movie version of the hit television show will feature different characters to that on the small screen, so Depp would not be reprising his original role.
Johnny lent his mad guitar skills to a Haiti Relief charity single! Johnny, along with Chrissie Hynde, Nick Cave, Bobby Gillespie, Mick Jones, Paloma Faith, and Eliza Doolittle recorded a cover of “I Put a Spell on You” to benefit Concern Worldwide, a Dublin-based organization who have been helping in Haiti for 16 years.
The single will be released on March 8th, but you can go ahead and pre-order at the Concern Worldwide website!
Also, check out the video below! Johnny’s solo doesn’t start until the 3:47 mark.
Hollywood star Johnny Depp is being given VIP treatment in Serbia – the actor not only met the country’s prez but also witnessed the unveiling of his own statue.
Depp is Serbia to attend the Kustendorf International Film and Music Festival in Drvengrad, organised Serbian filmmaker Emir Kusturica.
The Pirates of the Caribbean star met President Boris Tadic in Belgrade before he attended the unveiling of his statue in Drvengrad, reports the Daily Star.
The statue was made in recognition of Depp’s contribution to cinema.
Depp will be playing the lead role in Kusturica’s upcoming flick, based on the life of 19th century Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa.
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