Aaron Eckhart and and Richard Jenkins are both in line for Bruce Robinson's "The Rum Diary says The Hollywood Reporter.
An adaptation of the Hunter S. Thompson book-- the story follows a washed-up, hard-drinking journalist named Paul Kemp (Johnny Depp) in 1950s Puerto Rico.
Eckhart would play Sanderson, a wealthy landowner who believes everything has a price and introduces Kemp to a different standard of living. The pair are soon caught up in a love triangle with a beautiful young woman (Amber Heard).
Jenkins is playing Lotterman, the man who oversees the rundown newspaper where Kemp works.
Depp is co producing,
Filming begins March 30th.
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