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Take a look at the weird new images from Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland
If you thought Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland was trippy, wait until you see how Tim Burton has re-interpreted the fantasy classic in the new images that appear in USA Today, after the jump.
The newspaper is publishing concept art and new publicity images for Burton's Alice in Wonderland, which debuts on March 5, 2010. Here's how the newspaper reports it:
"It has been Burton-ized" is how producer Richard Zanuck describes the director's vision of the Lewis Carroll classic. Many elements are familiar, from the enigmatic Caterpillar (Alan Rickman) to the fierce Jabberwock (Christopher Lee). But none has been presented in this sort of visually surreal fashion. "We finished shooting in December after only 40 days," Zanuck says. Now the live action is being merged with CG animation and motion-capture creatures, and then transferred into 3-D.
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By bookwy12m at 3:38 AM ON 06/22/09
Look! It's Willy Wonka's evil twin!
Seriously though, I thought that was Elijah Wood as the Mad Hatter. Tricksy hobbitses ...
By foreverandaday at 4:07 AM ON 06/22/09
They were great together in Sweeney Todd so I can’t wait to see it!
By Bacon at 4:16 AM ON 06/22/09
Depp and Bonham-Carter in a Burton film. Who would have guessed? *//sarcasm. It looks surreal, and I'm excited for it, but I think Burton should branch out from casting his best friend and wife all the time.
By tati at 8:05 AM ON 06/22/09
Will someone please SHOOT that cougar?:P
Their makeup/costuming looks great!
By Walt at 8:31 AM ON 06/22/09
Yay!
By wulff at 9:44 AM ON 06/22/09
I want to know how the spammers are getting through the captcha when the rest of us have so much trouble.
By jamiekravitz at 9:52 AM ON 06/22/09
I love Alice in Wonderland the book but most of the big-screen interpretations I must say don't quite work. Not a fan of Burton as a director - he's all art direction and no skill at pacing... but i must say these costumes and visuals look wonderful.
By QWeRTy at 11:30 AM ON 06/22/09
That IS Elijah Wood as the Mad Hatter
By Solie at 12:42 PM ON 06/22/09
I love Tim Burton, Helena, and of course Johhny and Anna. Alice is one of my fave all time movies. Just looking at the pictures it looks like it's goi9ng to be a big hit. It's another side it.s dark and if it comes from Tim it's going to be wonderful. Can't wait to see it.
By fuzed at 2:11 PM ON 06/22/09
Much of the work could be derived from the Alice in Wonderland PC game. Weirdly good.
By spaceage whizkid at 3:30 PM ON 06/22/09
gotta admit, the hatter does look like Elijah Wood and not Johnny Depp, someone got it wrong. Hope it's not us.
By SCI FI Wire at 4:17 PM ON 06/22/09
It may look like Elijah Wood, but trust us, it's Johnny Depp
By Mandy at 5:20 PM ON 06/22/09
This is going to be great. It's very surreal, very askew, very true to Lewis Caroll.
By Donna at 8:05 PM ON 06/22/09
That is insane! Johnny Depp does look like Elijah Wood in that pic....lol. Cannot wait for this film!!!!
By Mog at 10:07 PM ON 06/22/09
Depp is a chameleon.
I'm slightly creeped out by this whole idea :-O
(which means I'll probably be watching it lol)
By stinkymcgee at 7:07 AM ON 06/23/09
This will be a classic just like The Wizard of Oz.
By mammaleenie at 9:29 AM ON 06/23/09
O M G This movie is gonna be a trip! Johnny and Helena will take it over the top! Both are amazing actors!
By antonio at 10:46 AM ON 06/23/09
Jamie, I couldn't agree more. Burton is a fantastic visual and conceptual artist whose movies are dramatically flat. He should come up with ideas for movies and design their sets and costumes and then hand them off to someone else to direct. One exception: Sweeney Todd, which was great.
By antonio at 10:48 AM ON 06/23/09
Jamie, I couldn't agree more. Burton is a fantastic visual and conceptual artist whose movies are dramatically flat. He should come up with ideas for movies and design their sets and costumes and then hand them off to someone else to direct. One exception: Sweeney Todd, which was great.
By misfit at 11:27 AM ON 06/23/09
who the hell is Elijah Wood?
By spaceage whizkid at 12:43 PM ON 06/23/09
Elijah was FRODO! ...among other roles he's played.
man, that make-up is awesome. Depp could be Wood's brother.
By Raed at 12:33 PM ON 06/28/09
wow loved the pictures makes me wanna see the movie now..
By Bill Bobaggins at 4:50 PM ON 07/22/09
Is it me, or does Depp look a bit cross-eyed in that pic?
By Ouroborus at 11:56 PM ON 07/22/09
I'm surprised nobody has brought up the game, "American Mcgee's Alice"
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