Based on the beloved novels by Kyril Bonfiglioli - namely Don't Point That Thing At Me, After You With A Pistol, Something Nasty In The Woodshed and The Great Moustache Mystery - Johnny Depp's **Mortdecai **is a right royal romp of the highest order, with Depp playing an anarchic aristocratic art dealer named Charlie Mortdecai, and Paul Bettany his valet, Jock. Think Jeeves and Wooster, but with more sex, swearing and guns, and you've just about got the new trailer for Mortdecai.
brightcove.createExperiences();As you may have spotted from that very brief teaser, the quality of the books (and the characters, and Johnny Depp's moustache) has attracted some pretty starry stars in the shape of Gwyneth Paltrow, Jeff Goldblum, Olivia Munn and Ewan McGregor. The director is David Koepp, whose most recent writing credits include Men In Black 3, J****ack Ryan: Shadow Recruit and Premium Rush (which he wrote and directed). On writing duties in this instance is relative newcomer Eric Aronson.
It's difficult to judge a film from so little footage - and with such a domineering musical accompaniment - but it looks like the team behind the adaptation have gone gamely for the broader side of things, what with the shotguns to the chest, breast-grabbing mimes and 'tache comb. Fast Show, eat your heart out.
The plot involves Nazi gold, travelling the world, angry Russians, the MI5 and... well, it really doesn't matter. Look at that man's facial hair. It's just beautiful. Mortdecai is set for a February 6, 2015 release.