Jerry Bruckheimer Updates on 'Lone Ranger' and 'POTC4'

Producer Jerry Bruckheimer (the guy on the far right in the above picture if you couldn't tell) has two Disney projects coming out in the next few years.

In an interview with Sci Fi Wire, he said Disney is moving forward with its planned movie based on "The Lone Ranger," with Johnny Depp cast as native American sidekick Tonto.

He said they were now aiming for a 2012 release. Mike Newell, whose credits include "Four Weddings and a Funeral," "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" and upcoming "Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time," is attached to direct.

Bruckheimer told Sci-Fi Wire that "Pirates of the Caribbean" writers Ted Elliot and Terry Rossio had worked with other writers and Johnny Depp on "The Lone Ranger" to create "something that has a kind of true-to-the-western [feel], but adding other additional elements like we did with Pirates so it won't be just a straight-ahead western."

As for the casting of the Ranger, he said: "We're still creating a pretty wide net and figuring it out. It comes down to who is available when we want to make it. We have a wish list."

Bruckheimer's other big project is "Pirates of the Caribbean 4," which he says will also be starring Johnny Depp.

In a separately separate interview with Collider, he said that they had received the script for "Pirates of the Caribbean 4" and believes they will be filming next year.

He added that the departure of former Disney chairman Dick Cook would not affect the production, despite Depp admitting it had dampened his enthusiasm to return to the franchise.

More news to come! Catch ya' later!
Source: The Geek Files

Jonny Depp And All His Disney Movies

During the press conferences for upcoming crime drama "Public Enemies," Johnny Depp has also been asked about his other film projects including "Pirates of the Caribbean 4," "Alice in Wonderland" and "The Lone Ranger."

In "Alice in Wonderland," he plays The Mad Hatter; in "The Lone Ranger" he is set to play Tonto; and in "Pirates of the Caribbean 4," he will of course reprise his role as Captain Jack Sparrow.

So what did Depp say about all these?

According to Latino Review, here's what the actor had to say on each of those projects.

On Pirates of the Caribbean 4:
"Call me a glutton. Honestly, if we can get the screenplay right to Pirates 4, because obviously virtually no cinema is perfect. Pirates 1 had its own thing, Pirates 2 and 3 had their own thing and you know it got a little confusing here and there in the story. Not that I've seen the movies, but I hear tales.

"I think for me, because I love the character so much, and I enjoy playing the character so much and people seem to like him, that if there's an opportunity to try again, it's like going up to bat. You wanna get back out there and try and try and I enjoy playing the character of Jack very much.

On The Lone Ranger:
"I think we're still in the sort of super beginning stages so there's all kinds of possibilities, but I feel like I have some good ideas for the character that I don't think have been done all that much before."

And on playing The Mad Hatter:
"Well, the Hatter was awfully fun, you know? After doing something like John Dillinger [in Public Enemies], it evolves where it's so overstrained because of the responsibility you have to that guy, that the Mad Hatter was like being fired out of a cannon.

"The Hatter was great fun, and it's one of things where you're just amazed you weren't fired, you know? All I've seen is bits and pieces but what I imagined it to look like is is how I feel I thought he should look, which is the first reason I was surprised I didn't get fired."

"Public Enemies" comes out July 1 and "Alice in Wonderland" March 5 next year.
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Source: The Geek Files

'Pirates of the Caribbean 4' is Moving Forward

ComingSoon.net had a chance to catch up with Jerry Bruckheimer this week and ask him about the status of "Pirates of the Caribbean 4" as well as "The Lone Ranger."

Currently, the producer is in the middle of filming "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" with Jon Turteltaub ("National Treasure") in New York City, while "Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time" is well into its post-production, with both movies scheduled for release in the summer of 2010.

Bruckheimer told the site that "Pirates 4" is the next big priority for both him and Disney.

"It's a great franchise for them and for us, too," he said. "A beloved character and Johnny's really excited about coming back to Captain Jack. He certainly is interested in Tonto, but Disney's priority is to get 'Pirates' made first. You never know what's going to happen, but they would like it."

Bruckheimer then goes on to say writers Terry Rossio and Ted Elliot are writing the fourth "Pirates of the Caribbean" right now and the new film will be a “whole new way of going” without giving any plot details.

Since Gore Verbinski recently announced that he may not direct a movie based on the video game "BioShock," ComingSoon asked Bruckheimer if there was a chance he might return for a fourth movie. "You never know," he admitted. "He created the franchise so we'd love to have him back, but it's kind of up to him."
As for "The Lone Ranger," rumors began to spread "Prince of Persia" helmer Mike Newell was going to take the reigns on that project, but Bruckheimer told ComingSoon, “We don’t have a director yet. He’s too busy on ‘Prince of Persia’ right now.”

More news to come! Catch ya' later!
Sources: ComingSoon, Rope of Silicon

POTC 4 details

This could all be more rumors (I loathe rumors) but I love Pirates of the Caribbean and can't wait to see the fourth one. So real news or rumors, I shall post!

Comingsoon.net got to sit down with Jerry Bruckheimer on the set of Prince of Persia and talk about some of of the films he is currently working on, which includes The Lone Ranger, National Treasure 3, and POTC 4.

As far as approaching the sequels for "National Treasure" and "Pirates of the Caribbean," Bruckheimer says that both are having scripts written. "We've sat with the writers and we're working up the story and plotlines right now. They're in the process of finishing 'The Lone Ranger' so they're working on both of those simultaneously, same set of writers, Elliot and Rossio, who did all three 'Pirates' and worked on 'National Treasure (2)'"

When asked whether they might consider gearing another "Pirates" movie to IMAX, based on the success Warner Bros. had with The Dark Knight, Bruckheimer responded, "Absolutely. I'd love to do it, so let's just see if we can work it through the production schedule with everything else."

"I think they're pushing towards 2012," Bruckheimer told us about the possible release date for this fourth "Pirates" movie. "Hopefully we can make it we'll see."

Those are the facts, but the rumors I mentioned deal with whether Jack Sparrow is going to get a brother in the next Pirates film.

According to The Daily Mail, "Russell Brand is reportedly thrashing out a deal to appear in the fourth Pirates Of The Caribbean film - as Captain Jack Sparrow's younger brother Jonathan. The deal to appear in the children's film could be worth as much as £5million and would catapult the 33-year-old into the Hollywood A-list."

Brand was recently seen in the comedy Forgetting Sarah Marshall as the British rock star Aldous Snow.

Mores new to come! Catch ya' later!

Disney plans out its next big hits

The Lone Ranger will be hitting theaters within the next two years. Anybody in the mood for a western? Rumors abound about who will play the Long Ranger and his sidekick Tonto (might be fact that Johnny Depp will play Tonto).

Pirates of the Caribbean 4 has been mentioned by Disney again....but still no real news on it.

National Treasure 3 is in the works and Nicholas Cage has signed back on.

Johnny Depp shall play the Mad Hatter in Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland. This won't be like the same Disney tale we are all used to.

Wild Hogs 2 will come out with all four of the same actors: John Travolta, Martin Lawrence, Tim Allen, and William H. Macy.

Pixar has announced they will be making a Cars 2, which will take place around the world.

EDIT: Johnny Depp has signed on to return has Jack Sparrow in POTC 4!
George Clooney is interested to play the Lone Ranger!

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