As Walt Disney Pictures‘ Pirates of The Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales sails past the $600 million mark at the global box office, IM Global has today announced that they have signed a first look feature film deal with Johnny Depp’s Infinitum Nihil.
After shooting Richard Says Goodbye for IM Global, Depp will reprise his role as the Dark Wizard Grindelwald in JK Rowling’s Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them sequel.
The deal was negotiated shortly before the recent Cannes Film Festival, in tandem with IM Global’s commitment to finance and co-produce Depp’s next film, the previously announced Richard Says Goodbye.
The company will be run by an executive team of Depp, Christi Dembrowski, Sam Sakar and Stephen Deuters.