So what led to the realization that it's a sequel? My interest might now have been elevated from none to slightly more than none.

the realization it's a sequel comes from watching the trailer and actually paying attention, Depp says "Alice, it's good to see you again." "your smaller than i remember." or something….

Three Oranges, read the article and/or click on the link. Reading just the first few sentences of any article anywhere is generally not recommended.

I can't really blame Devin for not noticing. The trailers are as awful to watch as they are to listen to. I have BEYOND zero / zilch / nada interest in this.

You think it would have a title that informs people it is a sequel. Kinda like how Rambo is a sequel to Rambo III. Oh Hollywood.

Well, Devin doesn't explain it in the article. And I'm not going to watch a four-minute video from a site I don't read giving me a tour of a press kit. I thought perhaps some actual reporting might occur. A single extra clause in the sentence would've been sufficient. Not that I can't get behind laziness in all its forms.

duuuuude, if you followed my Twitter, you'd see that I called that RETURN TO OZ reference when that latest trailer came out, brotha! LOL

So basically Devin's bragging about free shit he got from Disney.

I like the fact that marketing has gone to huge trouble and expense to create and ship these detailed press kits, and yet somehow manage to fuck up the name of the main character.

If all of you people hate Devin so much, why do you continue to come here and read his articles? Jealous much? Keyboard warriors and arm-chair critics unite!

The movie looks interesting but of course until we see it, whats the point in speculation. In the meantime hots off to the production values and the work gone into this teaser. I'm not a plant, nothing to do with this but I think it's worth noting that this is an exceptionally beautiful piece to be sent. Hats off, I would love to have a promotional piece like this. A testament to the artistic endevour thats gone into the film regardless of it's quality. If the film matches this, well, that would be nice.

YAWN Burton hasn't done a film I'm actually interested in seeing since sleepy hollow some 12 years ago. All his stuff nowadays looks like an LSD trip and ugly. I'll pass

"Essentially it's Return to Oz, but with much less Fairuza Balk." — Damn, I thought they'd be able to use James Cameron's amazing technology to overcome her uncanny valley problem.

As far as I remember, Alice Through the Looking Glass is the sequel to Alice in Wonderland, both written by Carroll. So my guess is Burton's adapted the two simultaneously.

Is this in any way related to that old computer game 'Alice'?

Devin, quit the internet please. You are an embarrassment to hairy fat monkeys the world over…they have enough to worry about, like lice.

First of all, awful article title. Second, HOW IS IT A SEQUEL?! Great, you got some swag…now can you fill us in? Geez.

Why go to all that trouble to share already gleaned information?

It was my understanding that the film is set around 10 years after the events of Alice in Wonderland/Through the Looking Glass. The Queen of Hearts (who has been combined with the character of the Red Queen from Through the Looking Glass) has extended her power over Wonderland in that time. But I could be totally wrong — I've thought of the movie as a curiosity more than anything else. The trailers haven't done much to improve my opinion. Though they look nice on some of the 3-D tvs they were showing off at CES this year.

Here is another cool video of the Alice In Wonderland book

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZNz0wxLT-w