Johnny Depp in a snuff film in exchange for money for his family. Depp was a fan and friend of writer Hunter S. Thompson, and played his alter ego Raoul Duke in "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" (1998), Terry Gilliam's film adaptation of Thompson's pseudobiographical novel of the same name. Depp's next venture with Burton was the period film "Sleepy Hollow" (1999), in which he played Ichabod Crane opposite Christina Ricci and Christopher Walken. For his performance, Depp took inspiration from Angela Lansbury, Roddy McDowall and Basil Rathbone. He stated that he "always thought of Ichabod as a very delicate, fragile
Johnny Depp (returning as Will Turner). Depp co-starred in the mystery drama "Murder on the Orient Express" (2017), as Edward Ratchett. Principal photography began in November 2016 in the United Kingdom. Kenneth Branagh directed the film, an adaptation of the classic novel of the same name by Agatha Christie, and also played detective Hercule Poirot. Depp voiced the title character Sherlock Gnomes in the animated movie "Gnomeo & Juliet: Sherlock Gnomes", the sequel to "Gnomeo & Juliet", directed by John Stevenson. The film was released on January 12, 2018. He starred in "City of Lies", the film adaptation of the book "LAbyrinth"