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Tom Wilkinson looking for 'The Lone Ranger'
By Adnan Tezer Jun 24, 2011, 18:32 GMT
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Tom Wilkinson is in talks to join Disney’s bigscreen version of the iconic "The Lone Ranger."
According to Variety, Armie Hammer is starring as the Lone Ranger opposite Johnny Depp as Tonto.
Gore Verbinski is directing from a script by Justin Haythe, Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio.
Jerry Bruckheimer is producing.
Shooting is expected to begin after Depp wraps Warner's “Dark Shadows.”
Disney has set a December 21, 2012 release date.
"The Lone Ranger" was created by George W. Trendle and developed by Fran Striker.
The title character is a masked Texas Ranger in the American Old West who rights the injustices he encounters with the aid of his wise Native American companion, Tonto.
"The Lone Ranger" premiered on radio in 1933, leading to nearly 3,000 radio shows, while the TV series with Clayton Moore ran for five seasons beginning in 1949.
Many of the sayings on the show, ("Kemo Sabe," "Hi-ho, Silver, away," "Who was that masked man, anyway?") have become embedded in pop culture as well as the theme music from the William Tell Overture.
Reruns of the original TV show are still broadcast today, sixty-two years after their initial broadcast.
Wilkinson was recently in "The Conspirator" and "The Green Hornet."
