Johnny Depp and Edgar Wright to Adapt Neil Gaiman's 'Fortunately, the Milk'

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The story of 'time travel and breakfast cereal' by 'Sandman' author is going to be tackled by FOX for the big screen.

October 24, 2015

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Johnny Depp and Edgar Wright team up for FOX's live-action/animation hybrid "Fortunately, the Milk". The film is scripted by Bret McKenzie based on an illustrated children's book of the same name penned by "Sandman" author Neil Gaiman.

Coming out in 2014, the book is described as "a story of time travel and breakfast cereal." The story starts out with a father going to the store to buy some milk. He then returns with wild tales involving aliens, space-time travel, pirates and more for his son.

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According to The Hollywood Reporter, Depp will star in the movie and serve as a producer. Wright is expected to sit behind the lens. The news was confirmed by Gaiman himself on Twitter. "Ah, Hollywood leaks. In this case, accurately... #fortunately," so he wrote.

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