Now get ready for this, because it may come as a shock. Johnny Depp has officially signed on to play Tim Burton’s Mad Hatter. That just happened! No lie. Depp (right) was rumored to be up for the role of Mad Hatter almost immediately after Burton signed on… so this shouldn’t be much of a surprise.
Disney announced the deal with Depp recently, also saying how Depp has signed on to play Jack Sparrow for at least one more PIRATES movie. This is also a good sign in how dark we might expect Burton’s ALICE IN WONDERLAND to be. Granted, it’s for Disney, but the teaming of Depp and Burton usually means the opposite of PG.
At least I’m keeping my hopes up. A relative unknown as Alice in the form of Mia Wasikowska and Matt Lucas, star of HBO comedy show LITTLE BRITAIN USA, as the Tweedles. Now with Depp signing on as the Hatter… I don’t see anything about this being kid friendly… and I couldn’t be happier. Here’s hoping Burton’s ALICE IN WONDERLAND turns out to be as dark as we’re expecting.