LOS ANGELES, March 28 — Computer security magnate John McAfee will be played by Johnny Depp in King of the Jungle, an account of McAfee’s time in Belize which saw his compound raided and the billionaire software salesman accused of raising a militia and drug trafficking.

Based on an account that appeared in a 2012 edition of Wired magazine, King of the Jungle will be a "darkly comic” movie typified by "paranoia, machine guns, sex and murder”, according to Deadline.

Feature writer Joshua Davis had visited McAfee at his compound on the island of Belize that year; McAfee had been the target of a government raid, accused of raising a private army and of drug production. By the end of 2012 he was wanted for questioning after his neighbour was found dead.

Attached to direct are Glenn Ficarra and John Requa, who together have previously helmed I Love You Phillip Morris, Crazy. Stupid. Love, and Focus, and Whiskey Tango Foxtrot. — AFP-Relaxnews