Johnny Depp to play in another Pirates sequel and in Lone Ranger Film
You know it’s a good day when you’re blessed with three stories about projects dreamboat Johnny Depp has signed on for. The news came out earlier today that Depp, 45, had signed on to play the Mad Hatter in a 3D live action animated adaption of Alice in Wonderland, to be directed by Tim Burton. Now there’s news that Depp has signed on for another Pirates of the Caribbean sequel, something that seemed to inevitably be coming based on the enormous box office take of the last three episodes.

Johnny Depp Cast in Burton’s Alice, The Lone Ranger and Pirates of the Caribbean 4
Johnny Depp has been cast as The Lone Ranger in the upcoming Jerry Bruckheimer produced adaptation of the classic old-time radio and early television show created by George W. Trendle. Depp will play a masked Texas Ranger in the Old West who rights injustices with the aid of his native American assistant, Tonto. He gallops along on his white horse Silver. The character’s signature quote is “Hi-yo, Silver, away!” Pirates of the Caribbean writers Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio have been writin

Johnny Depp Cast in Tim Burton's Alice, Lone Ranger and Pirates of the Caribbean 4
Johnny Depp has been cast as The Lone Ranger in the upcoming Jerry Bruckheimer produced adaptation of the classic old-time radio and early television show created by George W. Trendle. Depp will play a masked Texas Ranger in the Old West who rights injustices with the aid of his native American assistant, Tonto. He gallops along on his white horse Silver. The character’s signature quote is “Hi-yo, Silver, away!” Pirates of the Caribbean writers Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio have been writing the script

Johnny Depp “Alice In Wonderland” “Mad Hatter” Directed By Tim Burton
The project marks the latest collaboration between the Golden Globe-winning actor and Burton, who have previously teamed up for feature films like Edward Scissorhands, Ed Wood, Sleepy Hollow, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and 2007’s Sweeney Todd, for which Johnny earned an Oscar nomination. The actor will be joined by Australian actress Mia Wasikowska, who has been cast as Alice. Related posts Neighborhood Still Hating on Lauren Conrad, The Hills “Dancing With The Stars 7? Contestant C

Depp Sails Back To The 'Caribbean'
The eccentric-yet-damn entertaining swashbuckler will set sail once again as Mr. Johnny Depp has signed on with Disney to do a fourth Pirates of the Caribbean film, reprising his role as Jack...sorry, Captain Jack Sparrow. According to the report by Variety, Depp has become the man of the house in Disney, as the actor has also agreed to become Tonto in an upcoming film adaptaton of The Lone Ranger, which will be also produced by Pirates and Prince of Persia maker Jerry Bruckheimer. Also, Depp wi

Johnny Depp will star in fourth 'Pirates'
Johnny Depp and Disney are setting sail for box office gold once again. The star is set to reprise his now-iconic role as Captain Jack Sparrow in a fourth installment of the "Pirates of the Caribbean" franchise. Depp took the stage dressed in full pirate garb for the announcement, which happened Wednesday during a Disney showcase event for media and industry insiders at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood. The new "Pirates" flick is one of three upcoming Depp-Disney projects. The actor is also slated to play

Johnny Depp to star in more Disney projects, including "Pirates 4"
Superstar actor Johnny Depp has signed on to three new Disney projects, including the fourth installment of the blockbuster "Pirates of the Caribbean" franchise, the entertainment industry newspaper Variety confirmed Thursday. Along with the reprisal of off-beat pirate Captain Jack Sparrow, Depp will star as the long-suffering Native American sidekick Tonto in a new version of the iconic "Lone Ranger," produced by hit producer Jerry Bruckheimer. If this wasn't enough for the 45-y

Johnny Depp Cast In Everything: “Pirates 4″, “The Lone Ranger”, “Alice In Wonderland”
Johnny Depp took center stage at Disney’s showcase for exhibitors Wednesday, as the studio announced three major casting deals for the Pirates star. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Depp’s agreed to reprise his role as Jack Sparrow for Pirates of the Caribbean 4 ($$$, y’all) and play the Mad Hatter in Tim Burton’s 3D performance-capture Alice in Wonderland (Johnny Depp in a Tim Burton movie? you don’t say). But here’s the shocker of the bunch: he’s also going t

Johnny Depp goes Disney Crazy! Pirates 4, Alice in Wonderland, and The Lone Ranger!
Holy crap! Johnny Depp has set up camp over at Disney and it looks like he’s going to stay awhile. Johnny Depp had agreed to come back as Captain Jack Sparrow in ‘Pirates of the Caribbean part 4′, Tonto in Jerry Bruckheimer’s ‘The Lone Ranger’, and The Mad Hatter in Tim Burtons ‘Alice in Wonderland’. Amazing. He’s been made. I can see him in every one of those roles except Tonto. Shouldn’t an American Indian be playing Tonto? Hold on, I just found

JOHNNY DEPP - DEPP IS DISNEY'S TRIPLE TREAT
Johnny Depp has been unveiled as Disney Studios' main man, after film bosses announced plans for a trio of movies all starring the Hollywood actor. Disney chairman DICk Cook revealed the news during a press conference at Los Angeles' Kodak Theatre on Wednesday (24Sep08), detailing plans for upcoming films that would tie Depp to the studio for the next few years. Cook confirmed that a third sequel to the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise was in the works, and that he would star as The Mad Hatter in direct

Johnny Depp to star in 'Pirates 4'
Disney is keeping Johnny Depp busy with a fourth "Pirates of the Caribbean" film and co-starring turns in "The Lone Ranger" and "Alice in Wonderland." Since Depp's first three "Pirates of the Caribbean" films added $2.6 billion in worldwide box office to the Disney coffers, it was no surprise that the company made him its unofficial posterboy at its Wednesday (Sept. 24) presentation in Hollywood. Perhaps the most predictable piece of Depp-related casting announced at the event was that the Oscar nomin

Johnny Depp Headed Back to the Caribbean
Johnny Depp is signing on to don his wig and eye liner yet again for ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ part four. Depp has become famous for his portrayal of Jack Sparrow Captain of the Black Pearl for at least one more film. Lets face it you can not have a pirate movie without Johnny Depp. There is no confirmation on the script or even what it is about or if the rest of the cast will return. I guess if you have Captain Jack Sparrow who needs the rest. I would really miss Orlando Bloom but hey that is just me

Disney announces ‘boatload’ of new projects: Johnny Depp to star in 3 features!!
The Mickey Mouse empire had many exciting announcements but the Big Star, however, was Johnny Depp, who has proved to be Disney’s golden boy in the Pirates of the Carribean franchise that brought in a combined $2.6 billion at the box office. And staying with a good thing, Johnny is coming back for a fourth Pirates installment. It was also announced Depp will also be playing Tonto in a film adaptation of The Lone Ranger, another Jerry Bruckheimer production (he did all the Pirate installments as well)

Disney Gets Johnny Depp For ‘Alice In Wonderland,’ ‘Lone Ranger’ + ‘Pirates 4′
It was Disney day today and in an event held at the Kodak Theater, the company announced some of its gigantic upcoming projects including Cars 2, Alice in Wonderland, and The Lone Ranger, and what Johnny Depp has to do with most of them. In Tim Burton’s upcoming CGI/3D/live-action (I’m not sure if anyone really knows WHAT it will actually be) take on the classic Alice in Wonderland story, Johnny Depp was long-rumored to be playing the Mad Hatter. Considering that he is now to Tim Burton what J

Johnny Depp in Pirates 4, Lone Ranger
From the same Disney showcase that brought us news of Cars 2, comes news of three new roles for Johnny Depp. He will be in a Lone Ranger film, will star in another Pirates of the Caribbean and he's in Alice in Wonderland. Not so much a Disney showcase as a Johnny Depp showcase. The Lone Ranger one came out if the blue... Johnny Depp will be a busy man, having just announced three new films at the Disney showcase. Apparently he took to the stage in a Jack Sparrow outfit, and

Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter
According to Reuters, Johnny Depp has been confirmed to play the Mad Hatter in the upcoming Tim Burton project of “Alice in Wonderland.”  Read more. This is right up Depp’s alley of strange and weird characters.  And there really shouldn’t have been much doubt that Tim Burton was going to cast Depp.  I can’t recall the last Burton wilm that didn’t have JD in it.  But with this news, I am completely pumped for this adaptation. Possibly related posts: (automatically g

Johnny Depp Is Busy
Don't expect Johnny Depp to return your phone calls anytime soon, because he's going to be tied up for a while. And not tied up in the way you've fantasized about over and over again. The pimps at Disney have announced that Johnny will star in 3 films for them. Depp is officially a Disney whore! He's also the only Disney whore I want to see half-naked on MySpace. Johnny is currently shooting Disney's "Alice in Wonderland" for Tim Burton. He plays the Mad Hatter opposite Mia Wasikowska as Alice and Matt Luc

Disney Pulls Out Big Guns with 3-D, Johnny Depp
Perusing through IMDB, you might start to notice a trend for upcoming films: 3-D is back in a big way. The once-gimmicky (well, it's still gimmicky) trend is the latest move by theaters in the wake of lagging sales to cash in on some of that super-lucrative nostalgia bucks. Disney has at least five films slated to come out in 3-D in the upcoming year or so, and another 16 in development, including a Tim Burton adaptation of Alice in Wonderland starring Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter. Depp will also st

Johnny Depp to star as Bruckheimer’s ‘Lone Ranger’
So…what do we think about this?  The news has broken out of the Kodak Theater during a Disney event this afternoon and is slowly trickling its way through the web.  Before long, it’ll likely be the biggest entertainment story of the week, maybe the month, because these things get inflated when a guy like Depp and a property like “The Lone Ranger” come together, so let’s dig into it now. Personally, it doesn’t click.  Not immediately, anyway.  I’m long on the re

Johnny Depp to star in The Lone Ranger
Johnny Depp has been cast in the upcoming Jerry Bruckheimer produced adaptation of the classic old time radio and early television show The Lone Ranger created by George W Trendle. The series follows a masked Texas Ranger in the Old West who rights injustices with the aid of his native America assistant, Tonto. Johnny Depp is said to have been signed on to play Tonto. The writers of the hugely successful Pirates series Ted Elliot and Terry Rossio will write the script for this film. No release date has been

Disney, Johnny Depp return to ‘Caribbean,’‘Ranger,’‘Wonderland’
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. “

Johnny Depp “Alice In Wonderland” “Mad Hatter” Directed By Tim Burton
The project marks the latest collaboration between the Golden Globe-winning actor and Burton, who have previously teamed up for feature films like Edward Scissorhands, Ed Wood, Sleepy Hollow, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and 2007’s Sweeney Todd, for which Johnny earned an Oscar nomination. The actor will be joined by Australian actress Mia Wasikowska, who has been cast as Alice.

Johnny Depp Signs On For Pirates 2
All Johnny Depp sees are Disney dollars! The mega star who has helped Disney make over 2.6 BILLION by playing a drunk gay pirate is sailing the seas yet again. YAWN, another Pirates movie, what the hell happened in the last one? We fell asleep. 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

Disney Gives Johnny Depp Another Free Trip to the Caribbean
Photo: Getty ImagesKids Go Crazy for Depp: Yesterday, Johnny Depp dressed up in costume and took to the stage during a Disney showcase to tout some upcoming projects, revealing he's nothing if not busy. He's bringing back Jack Sparrow for a fourth Pirates of the Caribbean, playing Tonto in a feature adaptation of The Lone Ranger (also produced by Jerry Bruckheimer), and starring as the Mad Hatter in Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland. Furthermore, Mickey Mouse Will be replace by Johnny Mouse and the citi

Depp’s Captain Jack Sparrow will return in ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ and more…
Depp has agreed to take on two more roles for  Disney since he has help the company earn a combined $2.6 billion at the box office with the three pics in the “Pirates” franchise, also produced by Bruckheimer. The other two roles he has also agreed to, are Tonto in a big screen adaptation of “The Lone Ranger.” He will also star as the Mad Hatter in Tim Burton’s version of “Alice in Wonderland.” “Alice in Wonderland,” scheduled for 2010, will be shot using