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Johnny Depp Movie ‘Minamata’ Is Finally Getting A U.S. Release, But Not With MGM

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EXCLUSIVE: Johnny Depp movie Minamata is finally getting a U.S. release, we can reveal, but not from MGM which had previously acquired the film.Iervolino and Lady Bacardi Entertainment (ILBE) are teaming up with Samuel Goldwyn Films to give the movie a North American release in theaters beginning December 15.

The platformed release is due to extend across U.S. and Canada into 2022 and the team are looking to position it for awards consideration.This update comes after the film’s director, Andrew Levitas, complained earlier this year that MGM was “burying” Minamata due to Depp’s well publicised off-screen issues.

You can read the filmmaker’s impassioned letter to the studio here. Depp also decried the non-release in an interview in August in

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