Johnny Depp-starring film “La Favorite,” Netflix will not finance

• ‘La Favorite’ is not a Netflix original but has been licensed to stream on Netflix in France.
• The movie will spend three months this summer on location, including the Versailles Palace.
• Depp’s performance in “La Favorite” will be his first significant one since Andrew Levitas’ “Minamata”.

Johnny Depp upcoming movie ‘La Favorite’ is not being financially backed by Netflix but it has been licensed to stream on Netflix in France.

Variety reports that the claim that Netflix is providing “financial backing” for the Johnny Depp-starring French film “La Favorite” is untrue. The film has a 15-month theatrical window in France, but Netflix has a permission to broadcast it there only after that window has expired. Not a Netflix original, the movie.

La Favorite is being directed by Maiwenn, the “Mon Roi” filmmaker. In the film, Depp will portray the role of Louis XV of France. The movie will spend three months this summer on location, including the Versailles Palace. According to reports, Maiwenn is also acting in the film as Jeanne du Barry, a countess who served as Louis XV’s final mistress.

Pascal Caucheteux and Gregoire Sorlat’s Why Not Productions (“A Prophet”), based in Paris, are in charge of producing the endeavour. World sales are handled by Wild Bunch International (“Titane”). Depp’s upcoming performance in “La Favorite” will be his first significant one since Andrew Levitas’ “Minamata” in 2020, a movie about W. Eugene Smith, a war photographer.

The “Pirates of the Caribbean” actor recently revealed information about his new single, “Death and resurrection show.”

The “Pirates of the Caribbean” actor, who recently prevailed in a well-publicized defamation lawsuit against his ex-wife Amber Heard, has already made available three more songs from the album 18: a cover of “Venus in Furs” by The Velvet Underground, the Depp original “This Is A Song For Miss Hedy Lamarr,” and a cover of “Isolation” by John Lennon. On July 15, the remaining 13 songs of the CD will be made available.

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The song was called after the connection that Beck and Depp have maintained since they first met in 2016. They have been working together on it since 2019.

On June 1, Depp prevailed in his defamation action against Heard. The “Aquaman” actor was found guilty of defaming Depp when she made references to her prior allegations of domestic abuse in a 2018 Washington Post op-ed, and she is now required to pay $10.35 million in damages to Depp ($10 million in compensatory damages and $350,000 in punitive damages), according to the jury’s verdict.

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“From the very beginning, the goal of bringing this case was to reveal the truth, regardless of the outcome,” Depp wrote in a statement following the verdict. “Speaking the truth was something that I owed to my children and to all those who have remained steadfast in their support of me. I feel at peace knowing I have finally accomplished that.”