Yesterday Variety revealed that Johnny Depp had signed his soul over to Disney and had agreed to front some pretty big movies, including a return to the fourth installment of the “Pirates of the Caribbean” franchise and a starring role as Tonto in Jerry Bruckheimer’s “Lone Ranger”...

So, er, I guess this means Johnny Depp won’t be playing The Riddler in “Batman Begins 3″, huh? Probably not, unless Johnny Depp doesn’t need to eat or sleep, because the man currently has his hands full with three major projects in the coming years. The biggest one of all, of...

Uber producer Jerry Bruckheimer has been talking up his “Lone Ranger” remake for a while now, and it appears as if Disney is just now getting in on the act. The studio is currently in final negotiations with writers Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio, famous for the “Pirates of the Caribbean”...

In the canon of uber producers, Jerry Bruckheimer stands alone. Oh sure, Joel Silver may bump up against Bruckheimer’s glass ceiling every now and then, but with junk like “The Reaping” and “The Invasion”, the spread between the two producers are getting wider and wider....

Every decade or so someone tries to make the Lone Ranger work. It never does. The most recent stab at the masked man was a 2003 movie (a pilot for a potential series) starring Chad Michael Murray. And yes, there is a good reason you’ve never heard of it. And now rumor has it that Jerry Bruckheimer...