Source: Variety

The Tourist has become one of the more fickle major projects in Hollywood as, following the entrance of Angelina Jolie and the subsequent exiting of Sam Worthington and director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, another A-lister has entered into negotiations to star in the thriller--Johnny Depp. The project, with no director yet attached, is still moving forward toward a February start date.

Though Depp isn't quite at the status he used to be, the idea of a Depp-and-Jolie toplined film could mean the biggest blockbuster this side of Dark Knight. No word yet how this possible casting would effect Depp's other projects, like the fourth installment of the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise.

Next year, Depp is set to star as the Mad Hatter in Tim Burton's Alice In Wonderland in March, as well as a reprise of his Fear and Loathing Hunter S. Thompson role in The Rum Diary.