Jolie and Depp to remake some french crap that sounds like Mr & Mrs. Smith

// November 5th, 2009 // What's Poppin

Now this sounds like an interesting film in the making, not!!!

Johnny Depp is in talks to star with Angelina Jolie in The Tourist, a remake of a French thriller in which Depp would play an American abroad who gets swept up in an Interpol agent’s web of intrigue as she tracks down a fugitive who used to be her lover, according to Variety.

Is it me or is this just Mr & Mrs. Smith with Johnny Depp?

And we feel sorry for any guy who incurs Jolie’s wrath.

Sam Worthington, the Australian star of James Cameron’s upcoming 3-D spectacle, Avatar, had been slated to play the titular tourist, but recently dropped out, along with director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, who helmed the Oscar-winning The Lives of Others.

This isn’t The Tourist’s first casting shakeup, either. Tom Cruise and Charlize Theron were originally set to give chase in the lead roles before scheduling snafus got in the way. So now we’re left with Angie’s lips and Johnny’s chops to pull us through this one.