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Depp to star in 'Shantaram'

Published Saturday, Oct 9 2004, 15:53 BST | By Daniel Kilkelly
Depp to star in 'Shantaram'
Pirates of the Caribbean star Johnny Depp is heading down under for his next film project.

Depp is planning to produce and star in an adaptation of Gregory David Roberts' Shantaram: A Novel.

The film will tell the story of an Australian man who escapes from prison in the 1980s. The criminal tries to create a new life for himself in India, before joining a fight against the Russians in Afghanistan.
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