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Johnny Depp Is Tonto in The Lone Ranger and Will Return for Another Pirates of the Caribbean!

Source:  MovieWeb, Walt Disney Studios
Johnny Depp Is The Lone RangerThe excitement just doesn't seem to stop at the Walt Disney Showcase at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood today. Not too long ago, the USC Marching Band began playing the William Tell Overture and none other than Johnny Depp himself came walking out onto the stage, revealing two new projects with just his outfit alone.

He came strolling out onto the stage wearing his full Captain Jack Sparrow costume from Pirates of the Caribbean AND he was wearing the mask of The Lone Ranger as well!

Depp confirmed that he has indeed signed on for both Jerry Bruckheimer's The Lone Ranger and Pirates of the Caribbean 4 to boot.

UPDATE: Disney has just confirmed that Depp in fact is officially signed on to play Tonto in the The Lone Ranger film and not the The Lone Ranger himself.

We'll have more on these amazing developments as soon as more information comes through from this event.


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October 4th, 2008 12:13am
i would really like to see pirates 4 & 5....
but more in the tone of the first one...i don't want to see some captain with tentacles .. so lets hope for the best.
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September 30th, 2008 5:39am
This is awesome news. The Pirates trilogy was awesome (much better on DVD when you can watch them back to back).
As for the LR, they will probably have to cast an unknown actor for the role with a high profile star like depp as the "sidekick". Depp as clooney's sidekick sounds about as exciting as Clooney-O'Donnell. man i hope they're smart in casting TLR.
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September 28th, 2008 1:43pm
No, not thank god johnny depp
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September 28th, 2008 12:57pm
Or Mark Wahlberg...that would be awesomeness...lmao
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September 28th, 2008 12:56pm
Well I hope it doesn't become a final decision. For the Lone Ranger I would cast from Patrick Wilson, Hugh Jackman, Keanu Reeves, Colin Farrell, Christian Bale, or Matt Damon... Either way you look at it-Johnny Depp being in it is going to cause the film to gross a few hundred million dollars in the opening weekend.
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September 28th, 2008 12:31pm
thank god that we have a person like jhonny depp, he just knows how to pick movies and when to do that
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September 28th, 2008 10:16am
I guess i would go with depp as tonto over clooney as the lone ranger...i'd prefer neither, though ha
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September 28th, 2008 9:33am
Nope. I require an answer. LOL!
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September 28th, 2008 9:29am
It's not confirmed that clooney's the ranger...and that's a tough question vamp...do i get the option of passing? lol
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September 28th, 2008 9:27am
POTC3 had a lot of negative responses because it was different from the others and had too many plots. It was good, I bought all three dvds because this has to be one of my favorite film series-aside from The Matrix, Star Wars, and Indiana Jones and others. For the whole Lone Ranger flick, I'm not to happy with fact that Clooney is TLR or is possibly, I haven't been up to date but its cool that Depp, with all his Hollywood status is play a supporting role after POTC and Sweeney Todd thats admirable, but I'm still not big on Clooney as TLR
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September 28th, 2008 9:10am
I've got a question for you VIS, would you rather have Depp as Tonto, or Clooney as The Lone Ranger? -.^
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September 28th, 2008 4:19am
Dude, he's playing tonto, not the lone ranger, so it COULD still be clooney...i hope to hell it isn't
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September 27th, 2008 9:03pm
Thank YOU its him not clooney
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September 27th, 2008 3:39pm
POTC3 wasn't nearly as good as the 1 and 2, but it was still good, and epic. Just got weird.
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September 27th, 2008 10:10am
I don't know why everyone's always dissing on "Pirates of the Caribbean 3: At World's End." I loved that movie. It was awesome.
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September 27th, 2008 10:03am
Pirates of the Caribbean was a on/off thing since the release of "At World's End". Johnny is a weird guy...lo
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September 27th, 2008 9:30am
Well that's what I meant. LOL. I worded it wrong.
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September 27th, 2008 9:01am
SEE!I WAS RIGHT THE WHOLE TIME!
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September 27th, 2008 7:14am
of course there is going to be a pirates 4
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September 27th, 2008 5:14am
Hey hyperion25... Thanks I did not know that... shutting up now.
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September 27th, 2008 4:52am
I'll be seeing it cuz i'm into the lone ranger, not out of curiosity.
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September 26th, 2008 6:18pm
You might not know, but I do...
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September 26th, 2008 6:06pm
Don't know about The Lone Ranger.
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September 26th, 2008 6:03pm
I meant that about favorite actors, but I guarantee that if you're this into "The Lone Ranger," then you'll be seeing this out of curiosity.
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September 26th, 2008 5:58pm
Yea, even if you think he's not right for it you're still going to go and see it out of curiosity.....
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September 26th, 2008 5:56pm
Good. Johnny is a brilliant actor and another POTC sounds even more brilliant.
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September 26th, 2008 5:48pm
Awsome. Depps a mastere actor. looks like he gots a busy scheduele with this an Wonderland.
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September 26th, 2008 5:09pm
Cool.
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September 26th, 2008 3:57pm
U can have a fav actor and still know when he's not the perfect choice for a role. Twilight, and to anybody else who thinks this is a good idea but doesn't know how to spell, u can carry ur insults over to the clooney thread, cuz i'm going to spill my remaining guts and enthusiasm for this movie all over that RETARDED excuse for a rumor thread...see ya there
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September 26th, 2008 2:24pm
Ouch VIS, that hurt. I will see it because he's in it. That's the POINT in having a favorite actor. You'll see a movie BECAUSE they're in it. I admit, I don't know anything about "The Lone Ranger," so what? Just because someone doesn't know the source material, doesn't mean they're retarded for liking it. You people? That's not very nice, but I'm going to ignore it for now. I'm not looking to make fights, and you know that. I'm not going to like EVERYTHING that Johnny Depp was in, either. I didn't like him as Willy Wonka all that well. Also, Depp is a great actor, and as such, he gets looked at for roles. I think you're so angry that Depp is playing Tonto, that you're taking it out on everything else he's done. Also, I'll smile whenever the fuck I want to fucking smile. I was after all fucking joking. I couldn't care less what you think of a movie, it's none of my business that you have an opinion on something. I WILL smirk though, IF you are blown away. Which I don't see happening.

Also, I don't mean to be mean with anything, but there was enough venom in your last comment to spark a little of my OWN venom.
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