Johnny Depp is to produce and star in the film adaptation of Hunter S Thompson's autobiographical novel 'The Rum Diary'.
Thompson wrote the book - which is loosely based on his time in the 1950s working as a journalist in Puerto Rico - in 1959 but it was not published until 1998.
Oscar-winning producer Graham King's GK Films has acquired the rights to the book, which King will produce with Depp for Warner Independent Pictures.
Depp will also star as Paul Kemp, a journalist writing for a rundown newspaper in San Juan alongside a motley self-destructive crew.
Bruce Robinson ('Withnail & I') is writing the adapted screenplay and will direct.
Depp was most recently on Irish cinema screens in 'Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest'.
