Pursuing his bombshell defamation demo, Johnny Depp’s next act will be in a docuseries.
Premiering July 22 on streaming web page Fandor, “Boston George” follows drug trafficker and smuggler George Jacob Jung, who Depp portrayed in the 2001 movie “Blow.”
The five-aspect docuseries will attribute interviews from Depp, 58, marking his first on-display articles since his courtroom battle with ex-husband or wife Amber Read — except you count his TikTok videos.
Jung, explained by Depp is “one of my favorite people instantly” and “a very charming outlaw,” who lived a prolific everyday living of “sex, prescription drugs, rock ‘n’ roll and lawbreaking,” per the series’ IMDb web page.
Whilst Jung filmed the series prior to passing absent final 12 months, characters from his lifetime came together to notify his tale, such as the writer of the New York Instances bestseller “Blow: How a Tiny Town Boy Created $100 Million with the Medellín Cocaine Cartel and Misplaced It All.”
Also showcased will be his lover Ronda Clay Spinello, mate Waino “Tuna” Tuominen and two DEA brokers, undercover agent Tom Tinnerington and Specific Agent Mike McManus, who caught Jung in 1994.
Jung — who was also known as Boston George or El Americano — played a crucial purpose in the US cocaine trade in the ’70s and ’80s, during which he and his spouse Carlos Leader smuggled the drug into the nation from Colombia’s Medellin Cartel. On becoming busted, Jung was sentenced to 70 years in jail but only served 20 in advance of staying launched in 2014.
Fandor options to premiere a new episode every Friday subsequent the docuseries’ premiere, although Cinedigm will make each and every episode out there on TVOD the next day.
Depp has much more documented gigs in the potential, including a musical stint with Jeff Beck and a possible part in the “Beetlejuice” sequel directed by Tim Burton. On Monday, a former Disney govt speculated Depp could even return as Jack Sparrow, inspite of not enjoying the character since 2017’s “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Males Explain to No Tales.”
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