The long–awaited first trailer for The Rum Diary starring Johnny Depp has finally made its way to the ‘net.

Depp plays Paul Kemp in the story, which is based on Thompson’s novel of the same name. Though the story and characters are fictional, as was the case with Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Depp once again plays a character whose path very much embodies the same paths Thompson himself once traveled.

Fans of both Thompson and Fear and Loathing have been itching to get their eyes on this one for a long time now, and it grows ever closer with a release currently set for October 28, 2011.

You can check out the trailer for The Rum Diary by heading below now!

Hulu is currently running a Johnny Depp marathon featuring some of his starring films — Benny and Joon, Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas, and Cry Baby — along with episodes of 21 Jump St, his first break-out television series.

Visit the Hulu movies page to locate the films and to the 21 Jump St page to watch 13 episodes of Season 1 of the TV series.

Benny and Joon, which also stars Aidan Quinn and Mary Stuart Masterson, is embedded here below.

All of Depp’s films up on Hulu are worth a viewing, though my favorite of the bunch is definitely Benny and Joon. Released in 1993, Depp plays Sam, the love interest of Joon (Masterson), a schizophrenic young woman who lives with her older brother Benny (Quinn) who’s given up his life to care for her.