Johnny Depp is poised to make his return to acting with a brand new film. The actor, who began his career in the 1984 Wes Craven horror classic A Nightmare on Elm Street, has had a career that spans nearly 100 titles, many of which were made in collaboration with director Tim Burton, including Edward ScissorhandsEd WoodAlice in WonderlandCharlie and the Chocolate Factory, and Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, which earned him one of his three Oscar nominations. He has also had experience with several major franchise, including playing the lead role of Captain Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean and portraying the dark wizard Grindelwald in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them and its sequel Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald.

His future in the industry became complicated when Depp was embroiled in a highly publicized and widely debated court battle with his ex-wife Amber Heard. After she accused him of domestic abuse, he accused her in turn of fabricating those allegations, saying that the abuse was actually performed by Heard. He later sued her for defamation in 2019 as the controversy around him lost him several important gigs, including the third Fantastic Beasts film, Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore, which recast Grindelwald with Hannibal actor Mads Mikkelsen. The trial ended in June of this year, with the judge ruling in Depp's favor.

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Per Bloomberg, Depp is now poised to begin work on his next big project. The film, which is titled La Favorite, is ready to begin shooting in France this Summer. The project is a historical drama that will feature Depp as King Louis XV, who had the second-longest reign of any French king in history. According to Bloomberg, the film will stream on Netflix in France after a theatrical run.

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It has been revealed that the film is due to premiere in theaters in 2023 with a streaming debut on French Netflix 15 months after that. The project will be directed by Maïwenn Le Besco, known mononymously as Maïwenn, an actress who has appeared in many French-backed films including Luc Besson's The Fifth Element and León the Professional, who has also directed several films including Polisse and Pardonnez-moi.

This project seems relatively minor compared to the previous output of Depp. However, the fate of this project will likely determine the trajectory his career will take following the end of his defamation trial. His future in big-budget blockbusters is still murky, so it will take some time to assess if the American public is ready to accept him back in theaters.

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Source: Bloomberg