Academy Award nominee Johnny Depp has signed on to star in the upcoming film adaptation of The Master and Margarita. It serves as the first-ever English-language remake of Mikhail Bulgakov’s classic Russian novel of the same name. Production is expected to begin sometime in 2026.
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Per Variety, Depp is also attached as a producer through his IN.2 Film production banner. The movie will also be produced by Svetlana Dali, Grace Loh, Stephen Deuters, Stephen Malit, Natasha Rogal, and Robert MacLean. Executive producers are Nevin Shalit, Andrew Fourman, Konstantin Elkin of World Visions, Michael Paletta of Tribune Pictures, and the late Michael Lang. At the moment, the movie has no director or release date yet.
“Set between 1930s Moscow, where the devil returns with his talking cat to cause havoc amongst its corrupt citizens, and Jerusalem during the time of Pontius Pilate, The Master and Margarita tells a fantastical, satirical tale of love, artistic freedom and the eternal battle of good versus evil,” reads the movie’s official synopsis. “A third intertwined story follows a struggling writer and his lover, Margarita, who is willing to do anything to save him from the totalitarian system. What follows is a darkly comic, wildly imaginative tale of inexhaustible energy, philosophical depth, and spiritual rebellion — a work that remains ferociously relevant today and a timeless reminder of art’s power to challenge, illuminate, and endure.”
Besides The Master and Margarita, Depp will next be seen in Paramount Pictures’ fantasy movie Ebenezer: A Christmas Carol from Pearl director Ti West and in Marc Webb’s thriller movie Day Drinker. The latter will reunite Depp with Pirates of the Caribbean co-star Penélope Cruz.
(Source: Variety)
