Based on the early novel by Hunter S. Thompson, "The Rum Diary" tells the increasingly unhinged story of itinerant journalist Paul Kemp (Johnny Depp). Tiring of the noise and madness of New York and the crushing conventions of late Eisenhower-era America, Kemp travels to the pristine island of Puerto Rico to write for a local newspaper, "The San Juan Star," run by downtrodden editor Lotterman (Richard Jenkins). Adopting the rum-soaked life of the island, Paul soon becomes obsessed with Chenault (Amber Heard), the wildly attractive Connecticut-born fiancée of Sanderson (Aaron Eckhart). Sanderson, a businessman involved in shady property development deals, is one of a growing number of American entrepreneurs who are determined to convert Puerto Rico into a capitalist paradise in service of the wealthy. When Kemp is recruited by Sanderson to write favorably about his latest unsavory scheme, the journalist is presented with a choice: to use his words for the corrupt businessmen's financial benefit, or use them to take the bastards down.

Paul Kemp is that rare breed of noble bohemian: he is an itinerant journalist. He's bopped around from paper to paper all over the world, until the only place he can get a steady paycheck is "The San Juan Star." But Kemp dreams of bigger things: he has a slew of unpublished novels to his name, and despairs that he can't find his own voice. Puerto Rico begins to inspire his muckraking sensibilities, as he gets embroiled in a property scam and witnesses the poverty that permeates all the darkened corners of this so-called "paradise," poverty that is conveniently absent from "Star"'s account of the island. Kemp is on the hunt for truth and he smells it in ink. Ink and rum.

JOHNNY DEPP (Paul Kemp). Johnny Depp began his career as a musician with the rock group 'The Kids', which took him to Los Angeles. When the band broke up, Depp turned to acting and earned his first major acting job in "A Nightmare on Elm Street." He followed that with roles in several films including Oliver Stone's Academy Award®-winning "Platoon" before landing the role that would prove to be his breakthrough, as undercover detective Tom Hanson on the popular Fox television show, "21 Jump Street." He starred on the series for four seasons before starring as the title character in John Waters' "Cry Baby."

It was Depp's compelling performance in the title role of Tim Burton's "Edward Scissorhands," that established him as one of Hollywood's most sought-after talents, and earned him his first Golden Globe® nomination for Best Actor. He was honored with another Golden Globe Award® nomination for his work in the offbeat love story "Benny and Joon," directed by Jeremiah S. Chechik.

Depp reunited with Burton for the critically acclaimed "Ed Wood," and his performance as the title role garnered him yet another Golden Globe Award® nomination for Best Actor.

Depp starred and made his feature directorial debut opposite Marlon Brando in "The Brave," a film based on the novel by Gregory McDonald. He co-wrote the screenplay with his brother D.P. Depp.

As Captain Jack Sparrow, Depp reprised the role for a fourth time in Rob Marshall's "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides." The other films include Gore Verbinski's "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End," "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest," which earned more than $1 billion, making it the third largest-grossing movie of all time and "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl." He received his first Academy Award® nomination, as well as a Golden Globe Award® nomination, a British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Award® nomination and a Screen Actors Guild Award® for his portrayal of Sparrow in "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl."

Depp received his second Academy Award® nomination, as well as a Golden Globe Award® nomination, Screen Actors Guild Award® nomination and BAFTA Award®nomination for his role as J. M. Barrie in Mark Forster's "Finding Neverland," in which he starred opposite Kate Winslet and Freddie Highmore. In 2004, Depp starred in "The Libertine," as 17th-century womanizing poet John Wilmot, the Earl of Rochester.

In 2005, Depp collaborated with Burton on "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory," for which he received a Golden Globe Award® nomination for Best Actor in a Comedy or Musical, and Tim Burton's "Corpse Bride," which received a 2005 Academy Award® nomination for Best Animated Film in 2006. In 2008, Johnny received his third Academy Award® nomination for Best Actor for Tim Burton's "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street," winning a Golden Globe Award® for the role.

In 2009 Depp starred as real-life criminal John Dillinger opposite Christian Bale and Academy Award® winner Marion Cotillard in Michael Mann's "Public Enemies," and in 2010, he starred as The Mad Hatter in Tim Burton's "Alice in Wonderland," for which he received a Golden Globe Award® nomination for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy or Musical.

This year, in addition to "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides," Depp also starred in Gore Verbinski's "Rango," and just completed filming Tim Burton's "Dark Shadows." in which he also produced through his production company Infinitum Nihil.

Other screen credits include Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck's "The Tourist," David Koepp's "Secret Window," Robert Rodriguez's "Once Upon a Time in Mexico," Albert and Allen Hughes' "From Hell," Ted Demme's "Blow," Lasse Hallström's "Chocolat," Julian Schnabel's "Before Night Falls," Sally Potter's "The Man Who Cried," Burton's "Sleepy Hollow,"Roman Polanski's "The Ninth Gate," Terry Gilliam's "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" as well as his "The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus," Mike Newell's "Donnie Brasco" with Al Pacino, Jim Jarmusch's "Dead Man" and in Jeremy Leven's "Don Juan DeMarco," in which he starred opposite actors Marlon Brando and Faye Dunaway, as well as Lasse Hallström's "What's Eating Gilbert Grape?," Emir Kusturica's "Arizona Dream," and John Badham's "Nick of Time."

Sleazy to the bone, Sanderson is an ex-"Star" employee whose life's goal is to sell Puerto Rico to the American Dream. He's got his hands in every pocket, from high-powered lawyers to copper investment to illegal land deals. He wants to package the good life to the rest of the world, while making millions in the process. You'll rarely see Sanderson without a big, lethal grin on his face—all the quicker to draw you into his web.

AARON ECKHART (Sanderson). With numerous credits to his name, Aaron Eckhart is positioned among the industry's finest. He has earned considerable acclaim for his roles, including the love interest of Julia Roberts in "Erin Brockovich" for director Stephen Soderbergh. However, it was his portrayal of a love-scorned, vengeful man in Neil LaBute's controversial film, "In the Company of Men," which first drew him critical attention. Notably, this incendiary film became one of the highest grossing independent films of the year.

Eckhart earned both a Golden Globe® and Independent Spirit Award nomination for his starring role in Jason Reitman's directorial debut "Thank You for Smoking" for Fox Searchlight. He was most recently seen in "Battle: Los Angeles," "Rabbit Hole," opposite Nicole Kidman, and in director Christopher Nolan's "The Dark Knight" as Harvey Dent/Two Face.

Originally from Northern California, Eckhart studied theatre and film at Brigham Young University, where he met and appeared in many of Neil LaBute's plays. In addition to "In the Company of Men," he has starred in three other LaBute films including "Possession" with Gwyneth Paltrow, "Nurse Betty" opposite Renee Zellweger, and "Your Friends and Neighbors" with Ben Stiller and Catherine Keener.

Other film credits include Sean Penn's "The Pledge" opposite Jack Nicholson, the romantic dramedy "Love Happens" opposite Jennifer Aniston, Oliver Stone's "Any Given Sunday," the indie film "Meet Bill," and "Molly" opposite Elisabeth Shue. He also starred in the Alan Ball drama "Towelhead," and opposite Catherine Zeta-Jones in "No Reservations." In addition he has appeared in John Woo's adaptation of Phillip K. Dick's short story "Paycheck" opposite Ben Affleck and Uma Thurman, Ron Howard's "The Missing" opposite Tommy Lee Jones and Cate Blanchett, "The Core" opposite Hilary Swank, Brian De Palma's "The Black Dahlia," and "Conversations with Other Women" opposite Helena Bonham-Carter. His theater credits include Michael Cristofer's "Amazing Grace" opposite Marsha Mason.

Eckhart resides in Los Angeles.

Sala's been around the "Star" too long. Every day, he's convinced that his only option is to grab a ticket to Mexico and forget the whole mess. He's the "Star"'s staff photographer, but unlike Kemp, he doesn't use his gifts to go that extra mile and fight the system. He knows what people like Hal Sanderson really are, and he wants no part of it. He's just a happy-go-lucky guy who likes to raise cockerels for battle. Sala's loyalty to Kemp gets him caught in some sticky situations, but it eventually inspires him to shake off his own complacency and join Kemp's fight against the bastards of corruption and greed.

MICHAEL RISPOLI (Sala) has amassed an impressive film and television career, by showing his range as an actor by appearing in dramas, comedies, and thrillers. His recent film credits include "The Taking of Pelham 123" opposite Denzel Washington and John Travolta and directed by Tony Scott, "Kick-Ass" opposite Nicolas Cage produced by Brad Pitt's Plan B, Disney's "Invincible" opposite Mark Wahlberg, "The Weather Man" opposite Nicolas Cage and Michael Caine, "Mr. 3000" opposite Bernie Mac, "Lonely Hearts" opposite John Travolta, Danny Devito's "Death to Smoochy," Spike Lee's "Summer of Sam," John Dahl's "Rounders," and Brian De Palma's "Snake Eyes." Rispoli played the lead in "Two Family House," opposite Kelly MacDonald, which won the Sundance Film Festival Audience Award in 2000. Some of his other feature credits include "See You in September," "Scar City," "Volcano," "To Die For," "Feeling Minnesota," "While You Were Sleeping," "Black Irish," "One Last Thing," "The Juror," and "One Tough Cop." Next up is "Union Square," which premiered at Sundance 2011 and the WWE film "The Reunion."

On the small screen, Rispoli is perhaps best known for his recurring role as Jackie Aprile in the HBO series "The Sopranos." He was also seen as Jimmy Breslin in ESPN miniseries "The Bronx is Burning," Dean Devlin's TNT series "Talk to Me," David Milch's CBS series "Big Apple,"the NBC pilot, "Fort Pit," and numerous other television series including, "Naked Hotel" and "Bram and Alice." His recurring roles for television are "The Black Donnellys," "Third Watch," and "10-8." He has also appeared as a guest lead in "E.R.," "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," and "Law & Order: Criminal Intent." He is currently recurring on the CBS hit drama "Blue Bloods" and will recur on the new STARZ series "Magic City" from Mitch Glazer.

Rispoli began his career on stage performing in the Circle Rep/Steppenwolf revival of "Balm in Gilead," directed by John Malkovich. He is a co-founder of the Willow Cabin Theatre Company (WCTC). The WCTC staged a production of "Wilder, Wilder, Wilder - Three by Thornton" that moved to off-Broadway and then to Broadway, earning a Tony nomination. In 2004, Michael starred and received glorious reviews in the off-Broadway production of the play "Magic Hands Freddy" opposite Ralph Macchio. Rispoli has appeared in New York and regional theatre in productions of "Macbeth," "Tartuffe," "A Midsummer Night's Dream," and O'Neill's "Sea Plays," among many others.

She is a beautiful siren, a mysterious, blonde temptress who makes Paul Kemp's heart sing. Chenault belongs to Sanderson, who seems to view her as a possession. She charms at his parties, but she'd rather go swimming in the nude than listen to one of his speeches. Chenault is impulsive and hungry for freedom, and her behavior, to Sanderson's annoyance, often draws the unwelcome attention of the islanders. But it also brings her closer to Kemp.

AMBER HEARD (Chenault). As stunning as she is talented, Amber Heard is making waves with her captivating performances on both the big and small screen.

Heard recently completed production on the independent film "Syrup" starring opposite Shiloh Fernandez. The film is a dark satire about the backstabbing and corporate ladder climbing of twenty-somethings, trying to make it to the top in the soda industry. She also starred in John Carpenter's "The Ward," which premiered at the 2010 Toronto Film Festival and the independent film, "And Soon the Darkness," in which she additionally served as a co-producer.

In 2009, Heard starred in the box office hit, "Zombieland" opposite Woody Harrelson, Bill Murray and Jesse Eisenberg. She also starred in the suspense thriller, "The Stepfather," with Sela Ward, Dylan Walsh, and Penn Badgley. In 2008, she garnered attention for her role in the comedic hit, "Pineapple Express" with Seth Rogan and James Franco. Heard received a 2008 Young Hollywood Award for her breakthrough performance in "Pineapple Express."

She was also seen in the Academy Award® nominated film, "North Country," in which she played Charlize Theron's character in flashbacks. Her other film credits include: "Drive Angry 3D," "The Joneses," "Never Back Down," "Alpha Dog," and "Friday Night Lights."

On television, Heard starred on NBC's "The Playboy Club" The CW drama, "Hidden Palms" and had guest starring roles on Showtime's "Californication" and CBS's "Criminal Minds."

Heard is originally from Texas and currently resides in Los Angeles where she is actively involved with Amnesty International. She also serves as the face for the GUESS Fall 2011 advertising campaign.

Lotterman never breathes. He lives off of paranoia and desperation. As editor of the "Star," he puts out a paper that pleases no one, but he has no spine to engage in real journalism. His ties to the American business interests can't stop the "Star"'s ailing circulation and increasing financial woes. If the paper fails, Lotterman will blame it on the "drunks" who work for him, never on his own complacency and incompetence. One more thing: if you ever run across this ball of high blood pressure, don't notice the wig.

RICHARD JENKINS (Lotterman) is one of the most in-demand character actors in Hollywood, with almost seventy feature film credits on his resume.

Jenkins received an Oscar® nomination for Best Actor for his highly praised performance in director Tom McCarthy's "The Visitor." The film premiered to critical acclaim at the 2007 Toronto Film Festival and the 2008 Sundance Film Festival and won the Grand Prix at the 34th Deauville Festival of American Film. Richard's performance as Walter Vale, a disillusioned Connecticut economics professor whose life is transformed by a chance encounter in New York City, made "The Visitor" the independent film hit of 2008 and also earned him Independent Spirit Award and Screen Actors Guild Award nominations.

In 2012, he'll star with Bradley Whitford in Drew Goddard's highly-anticipated thriller "Cabin in the Woods," set for release on April 13; in Andrew Dominik's Cogan's "Trade" opposite Brad Pitt, Ray Liotta and James Gandolfini; and in Lawrence Kasdan's comedy/drama "Darling Companion," starring with Diane Keaton, Kevin Kline and Dianne Wiest.

Jenkins recently signed on to star alongside Shia LaBeouf, Robert Redford, Susan Sarandon, Nick Nolte and Julie Christie in Redford's "The Company You Keep." An adaptation of the Neil Gordon novel, it's the story of an ex-Weather Underground militant wanted by the FBI for 30 years who must go on the run when his true identity is exposed by a young, ambitious reporter. Jenkins plays a college professor who is a link to former radicals in hiding.

Jenkins most recently reteamed with the Farrelly Brothers for "Hall Pass," opposite Owen Wilson and Jason Sudeikis; and appeared in Will Gluck's "Friends with Benefits" with Justin Timberlake and Mila Kunis.

In 2010, he earned rave reviews when he starred alongside Julia Roberts in Ryan Murphy's "Eat, Pray, Love," based on the international bestseller by Elizabeth Gilbert, and in Overture's "Let Me In," written and directed by Matt Reeves.

In 1997 Jenkins received an Independent Spirit Award nomination as Best Supporting Male for his performance in David O. Russell's comedy "Flirting with Disaster," appearing with Ben Stiller, Tea Leoni, Josh Brolin and Lily Tomlin.

In 1986, Richard had his first starring film role in Oscar®-winning writer Horton Foote's "On Valentine's Day." Numerous film roles followed, including George Miller's "The Witches of Eastwick," opposite Jack Nicholson, Susan Sarandon, Cher and Michelle Pfeiffer; Richard Benjamin's "Little Nikita" opposite River Phoenix and Sidney Poitier; "Sea of Love" with Al Pacino and Ellen Barkin; Mike Nichols' "Wolf," appearing again with Jack Nicholson; with Charlize Theron in 2005's "North Country," opposite Jim Carrey, and again with Tea Leoni in the Judd Apatow comedy "Fun with Dick & Jane," and in Peter Berg's 2007 film "The Kingdom."

More recent credits include Lasse Hallstrom's "Dear John," based on the Nicholas Sparks novel; the Coen Brothers' "Burn After Reading," with George Clooney, Brad Pitt, John Malkovich and Frances McDormand (his third collaboration with the writing / directing duo); and Adam McKay's hit comedy "Step Brothers," alongside Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly and Mary Steenburgen.

Over the years Richard Jenkins has worked with such esteemed filmmakers as Clint Eastwood in "Absolute Power," the Farrelly Brothers in "There's Something About Mary," and "Me, Myself & Irene," opposite Jim Carrey, and Sydney Pollack in "Random Hearts" opposite Harrison Ford and Kristin Scott Thomas.

In 2001, Jenkins began a collaboration with Joel and Ethan Coen when he appeared with Billy Bob Thornton, James Gandolfini and Scarlett Johansson in "The Man Who Wasn't There." He went on to work again with the Coen Brothers in 2003's "Intolerable Cruelty" opposite George Clooney and Catherine Zeta-Jones.

On television, Jenkins is best remembered as Nathaniel Fisher, the deceased patriarch of the Fisher family on HBO's immensely successful drama, "Six Feet Under." His occasional appearances as the heart of this often dysfunctional family help earned the cast a Screen Actors Guild nomination in 2002 for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series. He also appeared in numerous made-for-television films, including "Sins of the Father" and the Emmy-winning HBO film, "And the Band Played On."

In theater, Richard has amassed an impressive list of credits as a company member for 14 years at Rhode Island's Trinity Repertory Company and served an additional 4 years as its Artistic Director.

Moberg is the "Star"'s crime and religious affairs correspondent in name only. He rarely appears at the office unless it's payday, and even then it seems like a struggle for him. Much of his sanity has been burned away by the copious amounts of rum consumed over the decades. He now gets his kicks from drinking straight ethanol from rum distillery filters. Yet Moberg is one of the few who can keep the upper hand on his arch nemesis, Lotterman. Underneath the disheveled chaos of his being, he makes for a surprising third musketeer to Kemp and Sala in their crusades.

GIOVANNI RIBISI (Moberg). Winner of the ShoWest Newcomer of the Year award in 1999, Giovanni Ribisi has since established himself as a popular screen presence capable of playing a wide variety of roles.

In January 2012 he can be seen opposite Mark Whalberg in the Universal drama "Contraband." The film is a remake of the Icelandic pic "Reykjavik-Rotterdam" and is directed by Baltasar Kormakur, who also co-wrote, produced and starred in the original. Pic follows a security guard (Wahlberg) who, after running into financial troubles, decides to go on one more smuggling run. He is currently shooting the ensemble feature "Gangster Squad opposite Sean Penn, Josh Brolin and Ryan Gosling. The film is set in the 50's chronicles the LAPD's fight to keep the East Coast Mafia out of Los Angeles

In Spring 2012 he stars in the Universal comedy "Ted" directed by Seth MacFarlane about a man who wishes his teddy bear to life.

He was most recently seen in the James Cameron feature "Avatar," which was nominated for an Academy Award® and a Golden Globe® and has gone on to be the highest-grossing film of all time.

Among his best-known films are Michael Mann's "Public Enemies," Steven Spielberg's "Saving Private Ryan,"Sofia Coppola's "The Virgin Suicides," and "Lost in Translation," Anthony Minghella's "Cold Mountain," and David Lynch's "Lost Highway." Other credits include "The Dead Girl," "Perfect Stranger," "Flight of the Phoenix," "Boiler Room," "Gone in Sixty Seconds," "The Other Sister," "Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow," "Suburbia," "Heaven," "First Love Last Rites," "That Thing You Do," "The Mod Squad," "Masked and Anonymous," and "The Big White." He received an Independent Spirit nomination for his performance in Sam Raimi's "The Gift."

In addition to his numerous film credits, Ribisi also has an impressive list of television guest starring roles on his resume. In 2007, he gained an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series for "My Name is Earl." Ribisi also made guest appearances on "The X-Files" and "Friends."

Ribisi and his twin sister Marissa were born and raised in Los Angeles where he still currently resides. Beginning his acting career at the age of nine, he studied theater under the prestigious acting coach Milton Katselas.

BRUCE ROBINSON (Writer/Director) was nominated for an Academy Award® as well as a Golden Globe® for his screenplay "The Killing Fields." The powerful story of the "New York Times" journalist, Sidney Schanberg, and his Cambodian translator Dith Pran. That script also won a WGA Award and a BAFTA Award, but cult success was to come a couple of years later when he wrote and directed "Withnail and I," the brilliant comedy of bad manners in late 1960s London which is now considered the gold standard of its genre. Robinson also directed and wrote the subversive satire "How to Get Ahead in Advertising." His other screenplay credits include "In Dreams," starring Annette Bening, Robert Downey Jr. and Aidan Quinn; and "Fat Man and Little Boy," starring Paul Newman.

Born in London, Robinson got his start in acting after training at London's Central School of Speech and Drama. He worked extensively in theatre, making appearances in "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" at the Manhattan Theatre Club, "Valenti," and "Wonderful Town" at the Equity Library Theatre in New York, and "The Tenor's Suite" at the Theatre Centre in Philadelphia.

He has also appeared in a dozen films including Franco Zeffirelli's "Romeo and Juliet," Ken Russell's "The Music Lovers," and Francois Truffaut's "The Story of Adele H."

Other writing credits include the stage play "Byrd's Boy," produced at the Primary Stages Theatre, New York and the novel "The Pacukliar Memories of Thomas Penman." He is also a contributor to The New Statesman and Society.

GRAHAM KING (Producer) won a Best Picture Oscar as a producer on the ensemble crime drama "The Departed," directed by Martin Scorsese. King's projects have garnered a total of 38 Academy Award® nominations and made $2 billion in worldwide box office.

"The Departed" marked King's third collaboration with Scorsese. He previously produced the widely praised Howard Hughes biopic "The Aviator," for which he earned an Academy Award® nomination and won a BAFTA Award for Best Picture. He was also honored by the Producers Guild of America with a Golden Laurel Award for Producer of the Year. Mr. King was co-executive producer on Scorsese's Oscar-nominated epic drama "Gangs of New York."

In May 2007, King launched GK Films with business partner Tim Headington. The company is currently in post-production on several highly anticipated films including "The Rum Diary" starring Johnny Depp and produced with Depp's company, Infinitum Nihil to be released on October 28, 2011 by Film District; the 3D adventure film "Hugo" directed by Martin Scorsese set for release through Paramount Pictures on November 23, 2011; "In The Land of Blood and Honey," written and directed by Angelina Jolie which is set to be released December 23rd by FilmDistrict. Most recently, GK Films produced the animated tale "Rango," directed by Gore Verbinski and produced with his Blind Wink Productions for Paramount Pictures, "The Town," written and directed by Ben Affleck for Warner Bros. Pictures, and "The Tourist," directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck and starring Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp.

GK Films has announced several projects in development including the "Untitled Freddie Mercury Story" starring Sacha Baron Choen and being written by Peter Morgan, and a reboot of the successful action franchise "Tomb Raider." Previous GK Films releases include "Edge of Darkness," and the three-time Academy Award® nominated "The Young Victoria." Infinitum Nihil and Graham King are currently producing "Dark Shadows" for Warner Brothers with Johnny Depp starring and Tim Burton directing.

In 2010, Graham King and Tim Headington launched a new division, GK-tv. Run by President Craig Cegielski, GK-tv is dedicated to the development, production and worldwide distribution of television programming. GK-tv's miniseries "Camelot" set an all-time rating's record for the network.

GK Films, in partnership with Peter Schlessel, formed FilmDistrict, a multi-faceted studio that encompasses acquisitions, distribution, production and financing on wide release commercial pictures. The company will theatrically distribute several films per year.

A native of the United Kingdom, King moved to the United States in 1982 and was awarded an OBE (Officer of the British Empire) in 2009.

PATRICK McCORMICK (Executive Producer). "Rum Diary" marks Patrick McCormick's fourth occasion to serve as executive producer on films starring Johnny Depp-the first was "Donnie Brasco" directed by Mike Newell, and also starring Al Pacino. Two films directed by Tim Burton provided the other opportunities for McCormick to work as executive producer with Mr. Depp: "Charlie And The Chocolate Factory;" and "Sweeney Todd," also starring Helena Bonham Carter, Alan Rickman, and Sacha Baron Cohen.

Currently, McCormick is producer on the Bryan Singer directed "Jack The Giant Killer" for New Line and Warner Brothers that has just completed filming. Preceding "Rum Diary," he was executive producer for director Mike Newell once again on "Prince of Persia" starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Ben Kingsley, and Gemma Arterton for Disney. McCormick also produced the Sony/Universal release of "Peter Pan" directed by P.J. Hogan that starred Jason Isaacs, Jeremy Sumpter, Rachel Hurd-Wood, and Lynn Redgrave. His many other credits as executive producer include three films directed by Barry Levinson: "Bandits," the comic caper starring Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton and Cate Blanchett; "Everlasting Piece," a comedy set in the 1980's Belfast starring Barry McEvoy, Brain F O'Byrne, Anna Friel and Billy Connolly; and "Liberty Heights," the fourth in the director's Baltimore series, starring Adrien Brody, Bebe Neuwirth and Joe Mantegna.

McCormick was also executive producer of "Stepmom," directed by Chris Columbus and starring Julia Roberts, Susan Sarandon and Ed Harris; "The Juror," starring Demi Moore, Alec Baldwin and James Gandolfini; and "Boys On The Side," starring Drew Barrymore, Whoopi Goldberg, Mary-Louise Parker and Matthew McConaughey. As producer, McCormick's previous credits include "Angie" starring Geena Davis and James Gandolfini; and "A Shock to the System" starring Michael Caine.

PETER KOHN (Co-producer/lst Assistant Director) reunites with director Bruce Robinson on "The Rum Diary." They first worked together on "Withnail and I," and again on "How To Get Ahead in Advertising." "The Rum Diary" marks his debut as a co-producer. Kohn has had a prolific career as lst assistant director and associate producer.

Most recently, he was assistant director on Ridley Scott's "Body of Lies," starring Leonardo DiCaprio, "Rendition" starring Reese Witherspoon, and acted as associate producer and assistant director on "Blades of Glory" starring Will Ferrell.

Kohn's association with Johnny Depp began on the first of Gore Verbinski's swashbuckling adventure films "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl." He went on to work with Depp on "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest," and "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End."

Kohn's other credits as lst assistant director/associate producer include "The Manchurian Candidate," "Air Force One," and as lst assistant director on "K-PAX," "The Devil's Own," "Beloved," "Outbreak," "The Road to Wellsville," "The Pelican Brief," and "In The Line of Fire."

TIM HEADINGTON (Producer). Tim Headington together with longtime friend and colleague Graham King, formed the Los Angeles-based production company GK Films in 2007. Under the GK banner, he and King produced the upcoming films, Martin Scorsese's 3-D adventure film "Hugo" and Angelina Jolie's directorial debut, "In The Land of Blood and Honey" (December 23, 2011). Their previous productions include "The Tourist" starring Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp, "Edge of Darkness" starring Mel Gibson and the three-time Academy Award®-nominated romantic drama "The Young Victoria." Outside of GK Films, Headington was also an executive producer on Gore Verbinski's animated adventure "Rango" and on the upcoming film "Dark Shadows," both starring Johnny Depp.

GK Films recently announced several new projects that Headington will produce including the untitled Freddie Mercury story; starring Sacha Baron Choen being written by Peter Morgan, and a reboot of the successful action franchise "Tomb Raider."

Headington and King are partners in two other subsidiaries of GK Films-GK-tv and FilmDistrict. GK-tv is their television division which recently produced the miniseries, "Camelot" and is developing the drama series, "Port Royal." FilmDistrict is a multi-faceted studio that encompasses acquisitions, distribution, production and financing on wide release commercial pictures. The company plans to theatrically distribute several films per year.

Headington first met King in 2004 when he invested in King's former production company, Initial Entertainment Group, as it was financing and producing the award-winning film "The Aviator" directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Leonardo DiCaprio.

Headington is also a partner in the music management company Wright Entertainment Group (WEG), looking after such notable stars as Justin Timberlake, The Jonas Brothers, Ciara, and Janet Jackson.

DARIUSZ WOLSKI, ASC (Director of Photography) Dariusz Wolski most recently completed Ridley Scott's upcoming sci-fi extravaganza "PROMETHEUS" in 3D. Wolski's previous experiences with the format include "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides" directed by Rob Marshall, and on the Disney smash hit "Alice in Wonderland." He lensed Tim Burton's "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" starring Johnny Depp, and all three of Gore Verbinski's swashbuckling adventure films "Pirates of