Johnny Depp is to play John McAfee in King of the Jungle, a dark comedy exploring the life of the McAfee Antivirus software creator, who moved to Belize after making his fortune and set-up a “Colonel Kurtz-like compound of guns, sex and madness.”
The film is being directed by Glenn Ficarra and John Requa from a script by Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski, and is based upon the Wired article ‘John McAfee’s Last Stand‘. The film will followed a Wired reporter who “accepts what he thinks is a run-of-the-mill assignment to interview McAfee, but once he arrives in Belize, he finds himself pulled into McAfee’s escalating paranoia, slippery reality, and murder.”
Depp will next be seen reprising the role of Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, which he’ll follow up with Fox’s Murder on the Orient Express. He’s also set to star in Labyrinth and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2, and has recently signed on to headline Richard Says Goodbye.
Originally published May 14, 2017. Updated April 16, 2018.
