Johnny Depp is all set to star in a dark comedy King of the Jungle` which chronicles the fast life of McAfee antivirus founder John McAfee in the jungles of Belize.

"King of the Jungle," directed by Glenn Ficarra and John Requa will have another big star in the role of an investigative journalist who tours McAfee`s jungle fortress for a routine interview but gets sucked into the tech magnate`s escalating paranoia , slippery reality and murder. John McAfee made fortunes after pioneering the antivirus software industry and then after cashing in his wealth settled in Belize where he lived in a fortress guarded by gunmen and indulged in bizarre experiments in biology, sex and excesses before returning to the US as a wanted man in that country.