It's not quite a throw-away comment, but in a recent interview with PopSugar Johnny Depp suggests that one of his next projects — whether to produce or star isn't clear — might be a film adaptation of The Great Mortdecai Moustache Mystery, the third and final (due to the author's death) book in this series by Kyril Bonfiglioli.
"It's a very funny series of books," Depp says, "and a very interesting character."
More about the book, which was first published in 1996 and long out of print, below.
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The Great Mortdecai Moustache Mystery
Kyril Bonfiglioli
Kyril Bonfiglioli's final novel follows the Hon. Charlie Mortdecai from adventure to misadventure via Jersey and Moscow to a final showdown in a Buckinghamshire bungalow of unparalleled hideousness.
Tackling en route an unhealthy sprinkling of well-seasoned academics, a cryptic monk, an aristocratic Chief Constable, and more spies than you could shoehorn into a black stretch limo, Mordecai finds himself embroiled in another mission of international insecurity.
Left unfinished at the time of the author's death, Craig Brown supplies the plot-resolving final chapter.
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