Rum Diary by Hunter S. Thompson movie?!?

I did a search and couldn't find a thread on this subject, so if one already exists, I apologize in advance and just post the link to the existing thread. I heard a rumor that "the powers that be" were planning on turning Hunter S. Thompson's book "The Rum Diary" into a movie, and that Johnny Depp would once again be playing the lead role (just like he did in "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas"). I was just wondering if anyone else had heard anything about this and if there was any truth to this or if it is just as I stated: a rumor. I figured if any group of people would know, it would be the good fellows on the SHH boards. Most of us seem to always be informed on stuff of this nature.

 

Hey, I'd rather them take their time and do it right than **** it up by bringing on a ****ty director like they did with X3 and Brett Ratner...if I could kill any two people in the world, it would be Joel Shoumacher and Brett Ratner for being possibly the two worst things to ever happen to cinemetography. I'm glad to hear that the project is more than a rumor, and that just gives me another movie to look forward to in the next two years. Including The Rum Diary, I'm waiting on "Watchmen" and, of course, Batman: The Dark Night. I am such a Batman fanboy, as much as I try not to show it in public.