Tim Burton's "Alice In Wonderland" Images
Hey GeekSpeakers! If you’re anything like me, you’ve been looking forward to Tim Burton’s latest and greatest…Alice in Wonderland, with both anticipation and trepidation. After all, his work can be very hit of miss some of the times (anyone remember Planet of the Apes????)
Well, based on the first images coming out, I’m thinking it might be even better than I hoped!
The film star’s the quirky directors perrenially favorite actors, Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter, while the beautiful and talented Anne Hathaway also has joined the cast. The three play, respectively, the Mad Hatter, The Red Queen and the White Queen. Check out the first look at their characters…
Johnny Depp as The Mad Hatter
Helena Bonham Carter as The Red Queen
Anne Hathaway as The White Queen
Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland is scheduled to open in March of 2010.
These are VERY Tim Burton and looks like it will be a fun, twisted, take on the classic story. But what do you all think? Will Burton work wonders in this fantasy land? Or is he just another madman looking for a tea party? Sound off below!
I love the look of these characters. I would like to see what Alice looks like.
Who would have guessed how many do-overs the Alice Franchise would get… It seems like only the Christmas Carol has had more movie versions (…with possibly the Wizard of OZ running a close second).
Walt Disney blamed the poor initial performance of his version on the fact that Alice is such an unsympathetic character. To me, Alice was the Paris Hilton of her day. These days, most of us don’t mind seeing a “Paris” getting a dose of reality…. so when Alice’s nightmare of a World where she is just another victim, does not inspire any sympathy from me…
I have read that the original story was a political satire of the British Ruling class. Maybe if the Burton Version could bring this into a modern context, it could be a classic. Imagine Dick Chaney as the Walrus…