Tim Burton To Direct ‘Alice In Wonderland’
Scheduled for an early 2008 shoot, this will be filmed under the Disney banner and shot in that glorious new fangled 3D malarky. Mr Bonham-Carter said “I’ve never seen a version where I feel like they got it all. It’s a series of weird adventures, and to try to do it where it works as a movie will be interesting”
For me Burton’s been the sort of director whose movies I’d go and see regardless, although that’s been tested with the spectacular but ultimately poor Planet of the Apes and the more recent style over substance Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, but I still think he has enough juice left in him to make a really tripped out wander down the rabbit hole.
By: Twisted MangoCrispin Glover Cast In Burton’s Alice in Wonderland
By Anna Wilczek
Crispin Glover is the latest intriguing actor to be cast in Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland. The line-up already includes Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter, Helena Bonham-Carter as the Red Queen, Anne Hathaway as the White Queen and Mia Wasikowska as Alice.
Glover will play The Knave of Hearts, who, in the original book, is put on trial in front of the Queen for stealing jam tarts and then defended by Alice as the evidence becomes increasingly absurd.
Burton plans to combine live-action and motion capture to recreate the chaotic and bizarre world of Lewis Carroll’s novel, which is something that Glover will doubtlessly excel at having recently played Grendel in Beowulf.
One of the most underrated performers in the business, Glover hasn’t been given the parts he deserves since his signature role as George McFly in Back To The Future. In fact, he has been in some appalling movies recently (Epic Movie comes to mind). It’ll be nice to see him cut loose in something more credible.
Johnny Depp To Play Mad Hatter In Burton’s Alice In Wonderland
One of the movie industry’s most successful partnerships continues to go strong as Tim Burton teams up once again with Johnny Depp for the remake of Alice in Wonderland. Fresh from the success of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street, Burton has chosen Depp to play the Mad Hatter in the multi-million pound live action remake, which will be shot in 3D. The Lewis Carroll adaptation, which is to begin production next year, will be Depp’s seventh movie with Burton. He will be starring alongside Australian actress Mia Wasikowska, who has been cast as Alice.
The Burtonised Alice will be financed by Disney, and should hit our screens in Summer 2010.
Now, who is willing to bet money that Danny Elfman – film score composer frequently attached to Tim Burton’s movies, especially those which have starred Johnny Depp (except Ed Wood and Sweeney Todd) – will also be involved in the project?
Tim Burton’s Alice In Wonderland - Concept Art
Concept art and character portraits have been unveiled for Tim Burton’s Alice In Wonderland, including Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter, Anne Hathaway as The White Queen and Helena Bonham Carter as the Red Queen.
This re-imagining of the Lewis Carroll classic will feature characters from both Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass, while combining live action, motion capture technology and stop motion.
Johnny Depp’s role as the Hatter is his seventh collaboration with Burton in one of cinema’s most fruitful director/actor partnerships. It’s under Burton’s direction that Depp has been allowed to demonstrate what a versatile actor he is, from the shy awkwardness of Edward Scissorhands to the maniacal, bloody excess of Sweeney Todd.
And it looks as though this project will give Burton a chance to really explore his dark and wild imagination. That alone should make this film well worth seeing when it’s released on March 10th 2010. Although, haven’t we seen the Mad Hatter somewhere before?… -
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