Mar 28, 2008 by Brian Gallagher

Ted Elliot and Terry Rossio to Write The Lone Ranger

Two of the hottest writers around will take on one lone horseman. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Pirates of the Caribbean writers Ted Elliot and Terry Rossio have signed on to write The Lone Ranger. The film will be a live-action adaptation and will be set up by Walt Disney Pictures and producer Jerry Bruckheimer.

The rights to the series, which started as a radio program in the 1930s, is owned by Classic Media. The origin of the story revolves around a group of Texas Rangers who are chasing down a band of outlaws led by Butch Cavendish, when the outlaws ambush them leaving only one Ranger alive, who, after being saved by a Native American, Tonto, goes back after the gang with Tonto and his trusty steed Silver.

No director has been named and a production schedule has been announced yet.


Sources: Hollywood Reporter

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Comments (32)

  1. Movieguru2

    cant we all just get along

    4 years agoby @movieguru2Flag

  2. They call me ITCHY BALLS

    *sniff* *sniff* oooooohh...I smell a fight going on here...and roughed up butholes too.

    4 years agoby @danbrchFlag

  3. Marcusx

    the lone ranger is just another masked rapist on a horse. its so overplayed. it sounds to me like a damn anime cartoon. stop being a sh*thead travis...bitch

    im sorry im not sorry

    4 years agoby @marcusxFlag

  4. Marcusx

    what the f*ck is your problem travis? jesus christ.

    4 years agoby @marcusxFlag

  5. T.Clark

    Speed racer and dragonball are gay. The lone ranger is a badass cowboy. Racer and db are corny japanese cartoons that r going to have sh*t movies. "sorry"=sarcasm

    Go out and buy the new comic from dynamite or even look it up. . .bitch

    sorry

    4 years agoby @insertusernamehereFlag

  6. Marcusx

    es una jefe` (hes the boss)
    padre greg taught me that
    and padre...it means father
    joto..means gay
    which is what this is gonna be lol
    sorry travis

    4 years agoby @marcusxFlag

  7. Phatlightning

    very mature of you marcus.. your father greg would be quite proud..

    4 years agoby @sxers2k1Flag

  8. Marcusx

    haha ya i think its gay based on what i have seen. but since i havent seen this (and i wont) i will just keep my opinion to myself
    gay

    4 years agoby @marcusxFlag

  9. SaintCharles

    i'll give this a chance if its not anything like the old tv show, needs to be darker

    4 years agoby @saintcharlesFlag

  10. They call me ITCHY BALLS

    Apparently this site isn't watching too closely as for Cora the spammer's account hasn't been suspended. It's so laxed that I can say sh*t f*ck goddamn mother f*cker and can get away with it. You read that right? See? I'm still here.

    4 years agoby @danbrchFlag

  11. CelluloidDreams

    ...It will definitely need all the help it can get. The last time the character was revived on the big screen was 1981 in The Legend of the Lone Ranger. It was such a failure that the film's star, Klinton Spilsbury, never worked in Hollywood again. There was a WB television movie in 2003, with the idea of launching a weekly series, but it too failed.

    4 years agoby @2movieguysFlag

  12. CelluloidDreams

    cora1984 needs to date a mayor or something!??

    4 years agoby @2movieguysFlag

  13. The Narrator: The Better Man

    haha. it's funny thou. she talks like an android. can't even advertise right. lol. anyways. yeah pirates lost a bit of it's originality in the 2nd but i loved the third and 2nd wasn't that bad. but thats me. and on my comment back there i meant writers, not directors. my bad.

    4 years agoby @narratorFlag

  14. -comrade-

    Mark "her" as spam. "She's" been at this for about a week, I can't believe "her" account hasn't been suspended.

    4 years agoby @taberjohnson18Flag

  15. RingWraither

    Whoa..Cora's comment is weird....weirdo

    4 years agoby @ringwraitherFlag

  16. T.Clark

    Shut the f*ck up cora, god damn. And i think this'll be good.

    4 years agoby @insertusernamehereFlag

  17. -comrade-

    Pirates turned to sh*t in the latter half of the second movie. The third was drivel. Now they'll be a bunch of teeny-bopper fangirls getting stupid over cowboys. Is nothing sacred?

    4 years agoby @taberjohnson18Flag

  18. LeoNiDas' Lover

    ?

    4 years agoby @thejokerrulesFlag

  19. The Narrator: The Better Man

    well look at pirates. Disney's made that an awesome tril. this i think will be good too. jerry bruckheimer has "the midas touch" remember. plus they have good directors.

    4 years agoby @narratorFlag

  20. PatCourtney

    it'll probably be too disnified to be exceptional. but itll be good. not great.

    4 years agoby @patcourtneyFlag

  21. CelluloidDreams

    Yes brew1701, back in the Early 80's there was a film called: "The Legend of the Lone Ranger" Klinton Spilsbury played the Lone Ranger who has never appeared in another film!

    4 years agoby @2movieguysFlag

  22. brew1701

    sounds good i wonder who they will get to be the lone ranger?? wasn't there a movie in the 80's or something as well?? And he is most def not gay!

    4 years agoby @brew1701Flag

  23. T.Clark

    Excuse me, marc? Ur my friend, but the lone ranger is not gay. U prolly just don't like him cuz of the old tv series. The new comic is badass though, and the movie will most likely be like that and make them badass.

    4 years agoby @insertusernamehereFlag

  24. Marcusx

    gay

    4 years agoby @marcusxFlag

  25. VooDoo77

    Great!I liked the TV series but the movie wasn't that good.Anything Jerry Bruckheimer touches turns into a Hit!I can't Wait for this one.

    4 years agoby @deathstardestroyerFlag

  26. T.Clark

    I hope they include the theme song of the original tv series in there. Oh, and if not james mangold for director, then reteam the writers with pirates director gore verbinski

    4 years agoby @insertusernamehereFlag

  27. T.Clark

    It's not a remake. If anything it'll be an adaptation of the new comic. Besides, it's about time the lone ranger got an updated movie. I knew it was only a matter of time when the new comic was released. I can't wait, and i have confidence that the writers can make him work for the next generation.

    4 years agoby @insertusernamehereFlag

  28. ed_wood

    Very cool. I've been a fan for years.

    4 years agoby @ed-woodFlag

  29. CelluloidDreams

    Interesting....but this sounds like another Re-Make....I still remember the film "The Legend of the Lone Ranger" from back in the 80's!!!

    4 years agoby @2movieguysFlag

  30. T.Clark

    My choice for director right now would have to be james mangold. 3:10 to yuma was great.

    4 years agoby @insertusernamehereFlag

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