Johnny Depp Confirms Pirates 4, Tonto in Lone Ranger, Mad Hatter
Alice in Wonderland (2010) Movie, Pirates of the Caribbean 4: On Stranger Tides (2011) Movie, The Lone Ranger Movie — By Nix on September 25, 2008
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 course, is the fourth installment in the “Pirates of the Caribbean” films, where Depp has confirmed that he will return as Captain Jack Sparrow. Meanwhile, Depp will also be playing Tonto in Jerry Bruckheimer’s sure-to-be-massively budgeted “Lone Ranger” movie. But wait! If you thought two mega Disney movies was more than one man can bear, Depp will also be playing the Mad Hatter in Tim Burton’s version of “Alice in Wonderland”. Seriously, where does Johnny Depp find time to see his kids and sleep with his wife?
Variety has all the Johnny Depp news you can use:
Depp has agreed to reprise his role as Captain Jack Sparrow in a fourth “Pirates of the Caribbean” pic and play Tonto in a bigscreen adaptation of “The Lone Ranger,” both produced by Jerry Bruckheimer. He will also star as the Mad Hatter in Tim Burton’s version of “Alice in Wonderland.”
The roles come after Depp helped Disney earn a combined $2.6 billion at the box office with the three pics in the “Pirates” franchise, also produced by Bruckheimer.
“Alice in Wonderland,” skedded for 2010, will be shot using 3-D and performance capture technology similar to that used for “Beowulf.”
Depp’s casting deals closed a full day Wednesday at the Kodak Theater, where Walt Disney Studios chairman Dick Cook touted the Mouse’s upcoming slate of pics during a showcase event for exhibitors, media and other industry insiders.
So if Johnny Depp is Tonto, who is the poor schmuck who has to play the Lone Ranger? Because let’s face it, if Depp is Tonto, then Tonto is going to get all the best lines here. Heck, is Tonto even still an Indian (ahem, excuse me, Native American) in this one? Knowing Jerry Bruckheimer, the answer is a little hazy.
But for all you Pirates fans out there, and I know there are a ton of you who reads this site on a regular basis, here’s your confirmation. Yes, Johnny Depp WILL return as Jack Sparrow in a fourth “Pirates of the Caribbean” movie.
Below: Upon hearing that he has essentially sold his soul to Disney for the next 20 years, Johnny Depp’s reaction was … unexpected.
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hahah…did you seriously just call it “batman begins 3″? wow…let’s review, shall we? First it was Batman Begins. The second was titled The Dark Knight. So why on earth would it be called Batman Begins 3. Hm…stupid people do amuse me.
Well we can’t all be a douche bag — er, I mean, as smart — as you “hannah”. Gosh, you’re so smart! I bet everyone who knows you goes around telling people they know, “Hey, you know who is the smartest one in, like, the whole universe? Duh! It’s Hannah!” For realzies.
They were calling The Dark Knight; Batman Begins 2 before people new the official title. The are just doing the same here. It’s just a mock title in place since we don’t know the offical title as of yet.
I don’t know what you’re talking about, Tripur. How dare you accuse Hannah of not being the smartest girl in the room!
How about an actual American Indian actor as Tonto, like the great Adam Beach? But, despite that, Depp can pull it off. I heard they’re looking at George Clooney to play the Ranger.
Ironic since Clooney was tapped to play the Green Hornet (with Jet Li as Kato) a while back. The Green Hornet, alias Britt Reid, was the son of Dan Reid, John Reid, AKA the Lone Ranger’s nephew.
Jonny Depp is in fact 1/4 Cherokee Indian, hence the narrow eyes and high cheek bones. His grandfather was Full bood Cherokee. Have you ever seen “the Brave” ? He pulls the Native thing off very well.
Thank you for mentioning Johnny Depp is America Indian. He makes us American Indians proud. I wouldn’t have anyone else playing this part. Yes, he did well in “Running Brave”, he played Billy Mills, Oglala Sioux.
Brad: Do your research. Johnny is part Cherokee.
Hannah: Obviously calling it “Batman Begins 3″ was a dig at the franchise. Learn sarcasm, it’ll help you in life.
Another Pirates? God, Disney doesn’t know when to stop. I swear I will go and *ahem* ‘debate’ this problem with the manager of the corporation, because they’re making another National Treasure, another High School Musical (which wasn’t even good to begin with), and another PotC makes it lucky number three.
I miss the 90s, when Disney was actually good =(
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OK for starters who cares about “the lone ranger” that is going to suck no matter who is Tonto. 2endly Johnny Depp should skip that movie because “batman….3″ or what ever the hell u wana call it will be a million times better.
Pirates 4 is either going to be really really good or its going to suck, I don’t see much middle ground. Alice in Wonderland is going to be awesome, and I hope the Lone Ranger is too.
The fourth pirates will be absolutely awesome!!! Alice in wonderland will be great (providing the march hair is someone really good who can live up to johnny depp) don’t rly care about lone ranger. wouldn’t mind seeing him as the riddler though
is he really serious throwing away batman 4 tile such as alice in wonderland and lone ranger, we all know they wont make as much money as the new batman combined
If you look at Depp’s career it isn’t about the money, it’s about the parts and characters he plays. He never said no to Batman 3, but that’s still a long ways off. Alice in WOlderland is a chance to work with his buddy Tim Burton again, and Lone Ranger, well that’s just a classic, and I’m sure the kid in him is just happy to be a part of it. I’m sure he’s gonna be a bad ass tonto.
Johnny Depp is amazing! The plot of any movie can be complete and utter twaddle-speak and it would still be good because of his wondrous acting. Alice in Wonderland is going to be amazing; Tim Burton/Johnny Depp pairing always makes a wonderful film. Also the fact that they are sticking rigidly to the book means it will be fanatastic – Lewis Carroll was an amazing writer!
I have never heard of The Lone Ranger but if they get good enough talent it should be a hit.
I will never grow tired of seeing Captain Jack Sparrow on my television screen, even if the plot withers away into nothing.
Probably going to cause some people to keel over in shock because of my next comment but who cares?!:
I don’t think the new Batman movies (Batman Begins; The Dark Knight) are anywhere near as good as the original – played by Michael Keaton and directed by Tim Burton. Therefore I am glad Johnny Depp is not going for the role. I think he would have been superb teamed with Tim Burton. Also the original gave me more nightmares – just watch Danny DeVito as the Penguin…scary as hell! Even though it wasn’t directed by Tim Burton I would have to say Batman Forever is also better than the new Batman movies. Jim Carrey as the Riddler and Tommy Lee Jones as Two-Face were amazing.
Stay away from the Batman movies Johnny!
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“I don’t think the new Batman movies (Batman Begins; The Dark Knight) are anywhere near as good as the original – played by Michael Keaton and directed by Tim Burton. Therefore I am glad Johnny Depp is not going for the role. I think he would have been superb teamed with Tim Burton. Also the original gave me more nightmares – just watch Danny DeVito as the Penguin…scary as hell! Even though it wasn’t directed by Tim Burton I would have to say Batman Forever is also better than the new Batman movies. Jim Carrey as the Riddler and Tommy Lee Jones as Two-Face were amazing.”
Are you serious? Sure as campy fun comic movies they were good, but by no means better than today’s franchise. Looking back Nicholson was the best thing about the original, and the other villains were the only good thing woth watching in those movies, except for Mr. Freeze, Bane, and Poison Ivy, from Batman and Robin. Keaton was better at “VOICING” Batman, but his Bruce Wayne and even his Batman was lacking in the development department, therewasn’t much time spent on his personal issues, excpet in Batman Forever. The new franchise does a remarkable job at grounding it in reality, but still having a sense of the fantastic. I think Depp would make a great Riddler. Someone who’s ego just won’t allow them to commit a crime, but HAS to leave a clue behind for the sake of the chase. Burton and Depp make an amazing team, and I’m a great fan of Burton’s work (which is why I like Batman and Batman Returns to this day, as he brought that dark noir feel to the franchise, when all we had before was the campy 60’s show, but even his Joker and Penguin, though distrubing were campy, and more comicy), but I prefer the Nolan Batmanverse to the Burton Batmanverse, and I’d like to forget all about what Schumacher did to Gotham with it’s neon and over abundance of statues.