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It's Official: Depp is the Mad Hatter in Burton's Wonderland

Source:ComingSoon.net, Heather Newgen
September 23, 2008


Disney officially announced today that Johnny Depp will star as the Mad Hatter in Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland.

It was also revealed Burton is shooting the film in 3-D.

The film is based, naturally, on the Lewis Carroll classic "Alice in Wonderland," and will combine performance-capture imagery, similar to Robert Zemeckis' Beowulf, with live-action footage.

Depp is joining previously cast actors Mia Wasikowska (as Alice) and Matt Lucas. Disney has set a release date of March 5, 2010.

COMMENTS (55)

Posted by:
Nick
September 24, 2008
cool
Posted by:
Hughezy
September 24, 2008
can't he do a film based on original material anymore?
Posted by:
Braeden
September 24, 2008
I knew that would happen. Sigh. Am I the only one who doesn't like Burton?
Posted by:
popewithnohope
September 24, 2008
Should be interesting.
Posted by:
thajokerforealz
September 24, 2008
I came
Posted by:
Cicero
September 24, 2008
Wow.. what a surprise.......
Posted by:
chadwick
September 24, 2008
we shall see...but i did NOT like what Burton did with both Planet of the Apes and Willy Wonka at all. (Johnny's Wonka was lame compared to Gene Wilders.)
Posted by:
Dav
September 24, 2008
Depp's Wonka might not have been as good as Wilder's but Burton's film was infinitely better and more true to the book.

And for everyone bagging on Burton using Depp again.. where are the complaints against Scorsese always using DiCaprio or DeNiro. If they work well together, who cares if he works with him again?
Posted by:
soot
September 24, 2008
This is disappointing. I love Burton's sets...=/
Posted by:
collin
September 24, 2008
Now all we need is depp as the mad hatter in the batman series..

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