Image Credit: Everett CollectionPirates of the Caribbean director Gore Verbinski will direct The Lone Ranger for Disney, according to a spokesperson for the studio. Deadline first reported the news that Verbinski would reunite with Pirates star Johnny Depp, who’s slated to play the Ranger’s sidekick, Tonto. Verbinski and Depp also collaborated on the upcoming animated film, Tango, in which Depp voices a desert lizard.
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The lizard movie is called Rango.
I am excited!! Anything that involves Johnny Depp and Disney is perfect for me!!
Tango!! LOL! Rango, dumbasses.. x)
Tonto? Wonderful. Deprive another Native American actor of work.
He is of Cherokee descent isnt he?
Yes, he is. Stupid bloggers go nuts before they fact check.
yo henry, lay off ! Depp’s prime focus is to give back respect to the natives and shed light on the mistreatment! my man has been hand picked to bring all the local native people, and get them on set so there is going to be plenty of air time for authentic cultural perspective!!! thank-you johnny depp & i will see you on set! aloha from raven star ~~ ajo matakwahska! (that word even if i spelled it wrong means all my relations!
Who’s playing the Lone Ranger? Is Clinton Spilsbury coming out of retirement?
C’mon, Disney! How about bringing Spin and Marty back?!!