Infinitum Nihil

The Rum Diary, based on the novel by Hunter S. Thompson, was released on October 28, 2011, starring Depp as Paul Kemp in a screenplay adapted and directed by Bruce Robinson.{{cite news|author=Anthony D'Alessandro |title = Tracey Jacobs Boasts A-list Roster | date = September 23, 2009 | url = https://variety.com/2009/film/markets-festivals/tracey-jacobs-boasts-a-list-roster-1118009068/|work =Variety|access-date = November 4, 2009}}

Dark Shadows was released on May 11, 2012. Depp starred in and produced this gothic film based on the Dark Shadows TV series and directed by Tim Burton.

In 2011, it was announced that The Walt Disney Company had picked up The Night Stalker and a biopic of Paul Revere, both as possible starring vehicles for Depp. He will produce both films with Christi Dembrowski.{{cite news| url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/johnny-depp-does-kolchak-night-209813 | work=The Hollywood Reporter | first=Borys | last=Kit | title=Johnny Depp's Infinitum Nihil and Disney Pick Up Two Features | date=July 11, 2011}} It was also announced that the company and Illumination Entertainment will co-produce a biopic of Dr. Seuss, with Depp slated to produce and possibly star.{{cite news| url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/risky-business/johnny-depp-dr-seuss-universal-illumination-245072 | work=The Hollywood Reporter | first=Borys | last=Kit | title=Johnny Depp to Become Dr. Seuss for Illumination and Universal (Exclusive) | date=October 6, 2011}}

On February 7, 2012, it was announced that the company will produce a film based on the memoir of the West Memphis Three's Damien Echols. The book (and subsequently, the film) will focus on Echols' experience on death row after being wrongfully convicted for three murders with two friends in 1993. Depp, who is a big supporter of the Memphis Three and proving their innocence, will co-produce the film with Christi Dembrowski, Echols, and his wife, Lorri Davis.{{cite web|url=https://www.slashfilm.com/johnny-depps-comapny-options-west-memphis-memoir-damien-echols/ |title=Johnny Depp's Company Options Death Row Memoir From Damien Echols of the West Memphis Three | /Film |publisher=Slashfilm.com |date=February 7, 2012 |access-date=August 11, 2013}}{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2012/02/johnny-depps-infinitum-nihil-options-forthcoming-memoir-by-west-memphis-threes-damien-echols-227193/ |title=Johnny Depp's Infinitum Nihil Options Forthcoming Memoir By West Memphis Three's Damien Echols |website=Deadline Hollywood |date=February 7, 2012 |access-date=August 11, 2013}}

In October 2012, it was announced that Depp will start a publishing company sharing the name "Infinitum Nihil" with the production company. It will be part of HarperCollins, and according to Depp will "deliver publications worthy of peoples' time, of peoples' concern, publications that might ordinarily never have breached the parapet."{{cite news |last=Italie |first=Hillel |url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/apnewsbreak-johnny-depp-starting-book-230304713.html |title=APNewsBreak: Johnny Depp starting publishing imprint, releasing Bob Dylan, Woody Guthrie books |agency=Associated Press |date=October 16, 2012 |access-date=February 14, 2015 }}

In January 2013, the imprint company released its first book, House of Earth, written by folk singer Woody Guthrie in 1947.{{cite web|last=Guthrie |first=Woody |url=https://www.npr.org/2013/02/05/170496691/woodie-guthries-house-of-earth-calls-this-land-home?ft=3&f=100876926&sc=nl&cc=bn-20130207 |title=Woody Guthrie's 'House Of Earth' Calls 'This Land' Home |publisher=NPR |date=February 5, 2013 |access-date=August 11, 2013}} 2015 saw the release of The Unraveled Tales of Bob Dylan by Douglas Brinkley,{{cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/16/johnny-depp-book-publishing_n_1969850.html |title=Johnny Depp Is Launching A Book Publishing Imprint |publisher=Huffingtonpost.com |date=October 16, 2012 |access-date=August 11, 2013}} as well as Narcisa by Jonathan Shaw.{{citation needed|date=May 2023}}

In August 2017, it was announced that Infinitum Nihil would produce a television series based on Funcom's The Secret World IP.{{Cite news|url=https://secretworldlegends.com/news/secret-world-tv-series/|title=Johnny Depp's Infinitum Nihil To Produce The Secret World TV Series – Secret World Legends|date=August 15, 2017|work=Secret World Legends|access-date=August 15, 2017|language=en-US}} In 2017, his production company signed a deal with IM Global.{{Cite web|last=McNary|first=Dave|date=June 14, 2017|title=Johnny Depp Signs First-Look Deal With IM Global|url=https://variety.com/2017/film/news/johnny-depp-first-look-deal-im-global-1202465295/|access-date=December 26, 2020|website=Variety|language=en-US}}

In September 2021, at the San Sebastián International Film Festival, Depp announced the launch of IN.2 Film, a sister company to Infinitum Nihil, which is courting original, stage and literature-based scripts for film, stage and television productions. Depp explained: "From the student to the maestro, from the aspiring artists to the yet-knowns, to the well-established great masters across all forms of modern media, IN.2 will build a space where artists can be artists, where they will be free to create those unexpected moments, those happy accidents that contain the propensity to constitute great art and so bring their unique vision to life."{{Cite web |last1=Lang|first1=Jamie |last2=de la Fuente |first2=Anna Marie |date=2021-09-23 |title=Johnny Depp Launches London-Based IN.2, Unveils Development Fund With Spain's A Contracorriente Films |url=https://variety.com/2021/film/festivals/johnny-depp-san-sebastian-development-fund-1235072265/ |access-date=2023-05-31 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}

Depp expressed the motivation behind IN.2 Film, stating that after years in Hollywood he realised that "not every outing needs to be a blockbuster, that they don't need to be formulaic, commercial driven", asserting that "It's ludicrous to play everything safe, cinema audiences are getting bored." By late 2021, IN.2 Film was planning new projects, including some with Julien Temple, slated to be released in 2022 and 2023.

The Infinitum Nihil-produced Minamata was presented as a template for what IN.2 Film was trying to achieve. Asked whether he would act in some of the new companies' projects, Depp answered: ""If there's something that they feel or I feel that I can add to the character, I'd be more than happy. So the answer is 'no,' but 'yes.' I would like to say 'yes' without saying 'no' but agree to both."

In May 2023, the film Jeanne du Barry, co-produced by IN.2 Film and starring French actress and filmmaker Maïwenn and Depp in the leading roles, premiered at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival as the opening film, and was released in France on the same day.{{Cite web |last=Leffler |first=Rebecca |date=2023-04-05 |title=Maïwenn's 'Jeanne du Barry' starring Johnny Depp to open 2023 Cannes Film Festival |url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/maiwenns-jeanne-du-barry-starring-johnny-depp-to-open-2023-cannes-film-festival/5180885.article |access-date=2023-05-31 |website=Screen |language=en}}

Depp directed his second film, the IN.2 Film- produced Modì, Three Days on the Wing of Madness, in September 2023. Riccardo Scamarcio, Bruno Gouery and Al Pacino starred in the biopic.{{Cite web |first=Melanie |last=Goodfellow |date=2023-09-27 |title= Johnny Depp's 'Modi' Adds New Cast As Shoot Gets Underway In Hungary |url=https://deadline.com/2023/09/johnny-depp-modi-luisa-ranieri-shoot-begins-in-hungary-1235557352/ |access-date=2023-09-27 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}

• House of Earth (2013)
• See Hear Yoko (2015)
• Narcisa (2015)
• The Unraveled Tales of Bob Dylan (2015)

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