Johnny Depp Cast in Burton’s Alice, The Lone Ranger and Pirates of the Caribbean 4 |
| Published: September 24, 2008, 7:54 pm |
| Tags: 3d, action adventure, adaptation, casting, disney pixar, fantasy, remakes, sequels, western, alice in wonderland, jerry bruckheimer, johnny depp, pirates of the caribbean 4, ted elliott, terry rossio, the lone ranger, tim burton |
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I just spent the last six and a half hours in the Kodak Theater in Hollywood watching Disney’s big keynote event. So the next few stories will be about the big announcements that came out of the presentation. Johnny Depp has been cast in the upcoming Jerry Bruckheimer produced adaptation of the classic old-time radio and early television show The Lone Ranger created by George W. Trendle. The series followed a masked Texas Ranger in the Old West who rights injustices with the aid of his native American assistant, Tonto. He gallops along on his white horse Silver. The character’s signature quote is “Hi-yo, Silver, away!” Depp will play Tonto. Pirates of the Caribbean writers Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio have been writing the script. No start or release dates have been announced. Depp must have signed a multi-picture deal with the studio, because it was also announced that the actor would play The Madd Hatter in Tim Burton’s 3D part live-action, part [ Full article ] |
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