The first image of Johnny Depp as the celebrated war photographer W Eugene Smith has been released.
Bill Nighy has also been cast in the film, alongside Hiroyuki Sanada (Westworld), Minami Hinase (Vision), Tadanobu Asano (Midway), Ryo Kase (Letters from Iwo Jima) and Jun Kunimura (Midway).
“Every one of the cast and crew is determined to make the people of Minamata’s voices heard as we begin shooting this film.”
The film will focus on Smith’s journey to Japan and has been billed as “a redemptive thriller” that pitts Smith against a powerful corporation responsible for poisoning the people of Minamata in 1971.