RocShemp

I was always intruiged by the look and style of that game but was never able to play it (crappy computer). I even remember the game was popular enough to initiate talks for a feature film. Sadly (or, given the track record of most game-to-movie adaptations, happily), the feature never came to be.

A-aron

Isn't that Marilyn Manson?

mikelowry

Same here, Burton never failed to impress me.

UAIOE

I also enjoyed the atmosphere and design of the game. The music in it was outstanding.

fryinpan1

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/...d5290665fa6854

Tim Burton finds his Alice
Australian actress in final negotiations for 'Wonderland'
By Gregg Goldstein

July 23, 2008, 10:28 PM ET

NEW YORK -- Tim Burton and Disney have found their new Alice -- not in Wonderland or down the rabbit hole but Down Under.

Australian actress Mia Wasikowska is in final negotiations to walk through the looking glass in Burton's take on Lewis Carroll's classic fantasy novel "Alice in Wonderland." The deal marks the end of a long search for the big-budget project's title character.

The film, based on a script by Linda Woolverton ("The Lion King"), will be produced by longtime Burton collaborator Richard Zanuck, former Disney chairman Joe Roth and Jennifer and Suzanne Todd. It will be shot with live-action and performance-capture footage and presented in Disney Digital 3-D. Disney creative executive Jason Reed will oversee the project, set to begin principal photography in November.

Wasikowska got her start on the Aussie series "All Saints" and is a regular on HBO's "In Treatment." She next will appear opposite Daniel Craig in Ed Zwick's war drama "Defiance" and just completed filming the role of a young Amelia Earhart fan in Mira Nair's biopic "Amelia," starring Hilary Swank.

Wasikowska is repped by Endeavor and RGM Associates.

Panda Phil

AiW pretty much screams for the Burton treatment. I'll see it.

Only slightly less of a no-brainer than a Burton Addams Family movie.

fryinpan1

Johnny Depp as the mad hatter is the current Internet rumor going around.

Matthew Ackerly

That's shocking. Depp in a Burton film? Come on.

NoirFan

On set photos:

RickWJ324

I can't wait to see this film!! I think the AiW story is perfect for Burton's storytelling style.

superdeluxe

In on this.

RyoHazuki

Seems like they're moving pretty fast with this one. Has it even finished casting yet?

NoirFan

I'm a bit leery about this one, especially after the way Burton botched Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. He's had a string of films that I haven't cared for - Sweeney Todd, Charlie, and Big Fish. I haven't seen Planet of the Apes, but it seems to be widely regarded as a major stinker.

ardathbey

Yeah if you didn't dig Todd, Fish, or Charlie I would not recommend seeking out Apes either. Especially if you are a fan of the original.

NoirFan

From slashfilm:

Solid Snake

Well wasn't Planet of the Apes screwed over by Fox I believe? Didn't they fuck with Burton's image on that thing?

fryinpan1

I wonder who Michael Sheen is playing?

http://www.movieweb.com/news/NEvoKxxwYVbczx

Michael Sheen Joins Alice in Wonderland

British thespian Michael Sheen has signed on to join Samuel L. Jackson in the thriller Unthinkable and also will make an appearance in Tim Burton's re-imagining of classic children's story Alice in Wonderland.

According to Variety, Unthinkable is directed by Gregor Jordan and looks at the ethics of torture after a terrorist threatening to detonate nuclear devices in the U.S. is questioned by a black-ops interrogator and an FBI agent (Carrie-Ann Moss).

The film starts shooting this month.

The actor will also have a role in Alice in Wonderland, in which Johnny Depp is playing the Mad Hatter.

Alice in Wonderland is currently in pre-production and slated for a March 5, 2010 release.

NoirFan

Anne Hathaway to play the White Queen.

RyoHazuki

This Helena Bonham Carter nonsense is getting really old. How do they take him seriously in a meeting when he's suggesting how his wife would be perfect for this role?

Daytripper

So, what production company will this be released under? Walt Disney Pictures? Touchstone? Just curious if they are going the "Enchanted" route or something darker?

Sean O'Hara

So this is going to have elements of Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass? Why not do a faithful adaptation of one, then if that's successful do the sequel?

NoirFan

From this interview with Burton:

NoirFan

Christopher Lee to join the cast.

Premise

Crispin Glover has signed on to play the Knave of Hearts.

theflicker

I don't think she's been miscast in any of his films so far . . .