Hitting The Bottle

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.