We don’t cover a ton of Disney stuff here at CHUD, but that’s probably going to be changing in the coming months and years. The new focus at Disney is boys, which means lots and lots of geeky and action-oriented properties are coming to the forefront. From Tron Legacy to John Carter of Mars and a whole bunch of stuff in between (including the new ownership of Marvel), Disney is fast becoming the geek studio.
Latest update: their version of The Lone Ranger is back on the fast track, it seems, and it has a brand new writer. One you might now expect: Revolutionary Road adapter Justin Haythe. Haythe was actually already working at Disney, writing the now-scrapped 20,000 Leagues Beneath the Sea movie.
Johnny Depp, the apparent raison d’etre of Alice in Wonderland, will be playing Tonto. It’s going to be weird that Depp will get billing way, way above whoever plays the Lone Ranger. It makes you wonder how this version is going to be set up – will it really be Tonto’s story?
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Everyone knows The Lone Ranger was gay so I don't see how he'd be getting a divorce unless he and Tonto had a civil union.
And do projects really only get coverage here if they're 'geek' and are aimed at boys? I thought we were supposed to be film lovers first, regardless of genre?
I guess we won't be seeing an 'R' rated John Carter of Mars 🙁
The fucking Lone Ranger? Fuck this.
Anyone else thinkin' that Johnny Depp as Tanto is gonna kind of be like the Gophers from Go Go Gophers mixed with a little Keith Moon?
Tonto as a peyote trippin' vision-quester would be awesome. If Josh Brolin hadn't just done Jonah Hex he would've been a good pick for The Ranger.
#2 did you ever think you would? Are you mad you won't get to see John Carter's dong flopping around on Mars?
I think Lou Diamond Philips should be Tonto, so he can trip on peyote and talk about white horses..
Seriously, this movie will be HERBERT "Lone Ranger" DASHWOOD through the eyes of his trusty stalwart ghoul manservant Argyle….. errr yeah
I am so sick of seeing Johnny Depp headlining shit. Seeing this aritcle reaffirms my rage towards Alice in Wonderland. See that? It's 'Alice in Wonderland', not 'The Mad Hatter in Wonderland'. Yet everything we've seen thus far of Wonderland has Depp or Bonham Carter plastered all over it. Maybe this will be 'The Legend of Tonto' and the Lone Ranger will just be a supporting character.
Just to nitpick, that should be "20,000 Leagues UNDER the Sea." If you went 20,000 leagues BENEATH the sea, you'd find yourself about a tenth of the way to the moon.
Rrorrrhhhh?!?
#8–I think they do this sort of thing because Depp and Carter are the bigger names than the girl playing Alice. It's like Brad Pitt in the Basterds. He was in their, but hardly the main focus. But the adds made it look like he was the main character. It's like Sir Alec Guiness in Star Wars. When that came out, no one knew anyone but him and maybe Cushing. But the unknowns would become famous because of the movie. I don't know who is playing the Lone Ranger, but maybe it's someone who is not a big star, but will be.
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