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Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :

Tim Burton is making a live action Alice In Wonderland movie.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1014759/

I'm getting stoked. There's Johnny Depp, of course, but Michael Sheen is going to be the Cheshire Cat. And everyone else...look at the cast!

[ January 29, 2009, 12:41 PM: Message edited by: katharina ]

Posted by Puffy Treat (Member # 7210) on :

I'm looking forward to it, though I wish they would stop acting like a "dark, twisted Alice" is somehow fresh and innovative. As with Oz, these days a Grim Wonderland seems to be the rule, not the exception. [Smile]

Posted by T:man (Member # 11614) on :

Sounds fun. [Smile]

Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :

The original Alice was a bit dark and twisty, so this just follows that. I hope it will be good. I have been vaguely unhappy with Burton and Depp since I saw Sweeney Todd. The colors and lighting weren't enough to compensate for destroying Sondheim's music.

But hope springs eternal, and I don't think anyone will be singing. So: yay!

Posted by Achilles (Member # 7741) on :

He's definitely the guy to do it.

Posted by Puffy Treat (Member # 7210) on :

quote:
Originally posted by katharina:

But hope springs eternal, and I don't think anyone will be singing. So: yay!

The Mock Turtle's song. I hope they keep it.

Posted by Traceria (Member # 11820) on :

Mia Wasikowska really looks the part for Alice, doesn't she?

It does look promising!

Posted by scifibum (Member # 7625) on :

haven't we had enough versions of this movie? http://www.alice-in-wonderland.fsnet.co.uk/film_tv_intro.htm

Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :

It's been six years! It's time again. [Razz]

Posted by Strider (Member # 1807) on :

Great cast. i'm excited.

Posted by Nighthawk (Member # 4176) on :

I don't remember Saruman in Alice in Wonderland...