There is to be a big budget remake of the Lone Ranger.
Walt Disney is the studio. Jerry Bruckhiemer is the producer.
Johnny Depp is supposed to be Tonto and the hero's role has not yet been cast but according to True West magazine, there are rumors of George Clooney.
Supposedly, the studio is gearing up for more than one movie.
The last motion picture of the Lone Ranger was in 1981 when Klinton Spillsbury played the Ranger and Michael Horse played Tonto. It was Spillsbury's first movie and it proved to be his last.
It was a huge flop and I recall the best part of the entire picture was a rider less Silver leading the Cavalry to the rescue.
Waldo it was hard to beat those old radio programs, and early television. I was so enamoured of Tonto when I was about 12 years old! LOL! :D :D
Clooney would be a great Lone Ranger. Depp as Tonto I don't know though he is a great actor. Jerry Bruckheimer good choice for bringing a comic book character to life on the big screen. Sounds promising, but how many times have these turned out to be disappointing? It is very hard to take these iconic stories and move them to today. I look forward to this and I would pay he $10 ticket price to see it.
David
I have heard there was a 2003 Lone Ranger TV movie that was a flop. It was a WB movie--I dont think that network exists any longer.
I have a feeling Bruckheimer is going to have to repackage these two somehow, someway to make them a multi- movie hit. No fancy blue body suit, no fancy saddle, more realistic Indian getup, etc. Maybe make them "in the dirt" kind of people.
The Lone Ranger movie has been pushed back to 2012.
Disney Studios have scrapped Johnny Depp and the Lone Ranger movie.
Johnny Depp is busy making a movie from the old Dark Shadows TV show. Tim Burton is directing.
Lisa
Barnabas Collins! Loved that very strange show.
Me too! Johnny is going to play Barnabas. I've been watching the old shows on Netflix steaming. It's been fun!
Lisa
EEK. Ya just reminded me of how old I am! I watched the originals back before we had any thing to record with. ;D ;D ;D
This is how old I am. My daughters hurried home from school to watch Barnabas Collins, played by Jonathan Frikes. Oldest daughter has an excellant memory.
Dark Shadows was very popular in 1962 - 63, I was expecting my first daughter and my sister would come to stay with me. Actually she was coming to watch Dark Shadows because she didn't have a tv.
As of today, September 23, 2011, the Lone Ranger is back on for filming.
Disney pulled the plug last month because of a $250m budget for the movie.
Johnny Depp, Jerry Bruckheimer, and the director Gore Verbinski have pared down that amount to an "acceptable level" of $215m.
Original filming was scheduled to begin fall 2011 but because of the recent delay is now scheduled to begin early next year.
Some fellow named Arnie Hammer is the Lone Ranger with Johnny Depp as Tonto. Dwight Yoakum was originally involved also.
Quote from: Wilma on September 23, 2011, 02:39:49 PM
This is how old I am. My daughters hurried home from school to watch Barnabas Collins, played by Jonathan Frikes. Oldest daughter has an excellant memory.
My mom told me that if I took my nap (I went to morning Kindergarten) after lunch I could watch Dark Shadows with her.
Lisa
PS: Jonathan Frid was Barnabas, Jonathan Frakes was on Star Trek the Next Generation (he was number one!)
You're right that it was Jonathan Frid. I knew that Frike didn't sound right, but couldn't remember. I know No. 1 quite well. Up till two weeks ago I could find an episode of Star Trek to watch, but they have changed their programming and I am not finding any Star Trek on my cable channels now.
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The Lone Ranger and Tonto, 2013 style.
Hope this does not become a "John Carter."
The Lone Ranger movie is not due out until July next year but previews are already running on the Western Channel.
It is heavy on unrealistic special effects and looks to me like it will be a stinker.
It is now estimated that the Lone Ranger will lose $175-200 million.
Cost of the movie was $225 million and the advertising was $125 million.
I've got it in my Netflix cue!!
Lisa
When you watch it, please share your comments. If it's bad I won't bother.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlOBqhlRtOI
For those who might be interested, the above is the original one hour plus 1949 TV movie--ENTER THE LONE RANGER--that introduced the Lone Ranger to all of us kids.
AWESOME!!! ;D
Lisa
Quote from: W. Gray on July 10, 2013, 07:42:13 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlOBqhlRtOI
For those who might be interested, the above is the original one hour plus 1949 TV movie--ENTER THE LONE RANGER--that introduced the Lone Ranger to all of us kids.
Most of us, probably, remember the TV Lone Ranger as played by Clayton Moore.
But there was another TV Lone Ranger played by John Hart.
Clayton Moore got into a contract dispute with the studio and refused to report to work.
The studio gave the role to John Hart and he lasted a couple years around 52-54, or thereabouts.
The public, meaning us kids I am guessing, did not fully accept John Hart and the studio brought Clayton Moore back.
Only four people in the entire world knew who the Lone Ranger actually was.
John Reid (the Lone Ranger)
Tonto
Dan Reid
Jim Blaine
John Reid was one of the rangers that were ambushed by the evil Cavendish gang.
The leader of the rangers was Daniel Reid, John Reid's brother. Daniel Reid and all the other rangers except John Reid were killed.
Tonto came along and found John Reid and instantly recognized him from their youth when John Reid had nursed him back to health after his village was raided. Tonto nursed Reid back to health.
Dan Reid was the son of Daniel Reid. Daniel Reid had asked John Reid to take care of his son if something should happen to him while working for the rangers. John Reid naturally agreed.
Jim Blaine was one third owner of a secret silver mine. The other two owners were John Reid and Daniel Reid.
Jim Blaine worked the silver mine and molded the silver bullets on site that were used by the Lone Ranger. Blaine kept all the profits from the silver mine except for the silver used to mold the bullets and occasional money needed by the Lone Ranger and Tonto to buy supplies and supposedly carouse some.
Tonto made the black mask out of Daniel Reid's vest.
Silver was found incapacitated after he was gored by a buffalo. John Reid nursed him back to health, etc.
I finally got to see this movie having watched it On Demand last night.
The movie runs 2.5 hours with 9 minutes of that devoted to the ending credits.
Frankly, I tired of the film and turned it off after 1.5 hours. Out of a morbid curiosity, I finished it this morning.
The movie starts out in 1933 when a small kid wearing a cowboy outfit and a Lone Ranger mask enters a side show museum in San Francisco and sees an Indian mannequin standing outside a Teepee. The mannequin represents an old and ancient Tonto and he comes to life and tells the kid the real story of the Lone Ranger via flashbacks. (The significance of 1933 is, I think, applicable to the time the radio series began playing in Detroit.)
The Lone Ranger is represented as a dim witted dummy, more or less, and Tonto is the intelligent one. All through the movie the two ride double on Silver. Tonto does not get his own horse until the ending.
The Lone Ranger music is played only twice. The first time is at the beginning of the movie when the Lone Ranger and Tonto rob a bank. The second time is during the climatic chase scene.
The movie has spectacular scenes, all shot in Utah, and is a mix of comedy, seriousness, and depravity. There is the US Cavalry in full force, Indians galore, and railroad greed rampant. Special effects are everywhere. We learn Tonto is a Comanche.
This movie version has the Lone Ranger in love with his brother's wife. This has apparently gone on for some time. And at one point the brother's kid (Dan Reid) calls the Lone Ranger "Dad."
The Lone Ranger always rides with his Ranger badge pinned on his shirt in plain view.
The movie features a rough, tough dance hall girl who has a wooden leg with wall to wall tattoos on it. The leg features a gun built in to the high heel of the wood leg shoe and she shoots by pointing her heel at someone and pulling a trigger mechanism located at her garter.
It was Tonto's idea for the mask and for the silver bullets. Silver, the horse, just shows up and takes a liking to the Lone Ranger. He does not even have to break the horse for riding. Tonto thinks Silver is a dumb horse.
The boy in the side show is eating peanuts from a white paper bag stamped in red, "Fresh Hot Peanuts." When Tonto buries the rangers killed as a result of the Butch Cavendish gang ambush, that bag somehow prominently winds up in the grave of one of the dead rangers. Go figure.
The climatic chase scene at the end of the movie runs 15 minutes and features two runaway trains and an assortment of sight gags meant to be funny. This chase scene is somewhat reminiscent of the mine ore car chase scene in the movie Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.
When the Lone Ranger yells "Hi Yo and away," Tonto thinks he is stupid and tells him to never say that again.
I am glad I did not pay good money to see this movie in the theater.
From your description I would not pay any money, good or bad, to see it. It is full of inaccuracies. And to cap it off, the Lone Ranger did not say "Hi Yo and away." What he said was, "Hi, ho, Silver, away." Take it from someone who grew up with the original version. Tonto always had his own horse. It was a paint and it's name was Scout. I am not sure of the name, but it sounds right.
I inadvertently left "Silver" out of the saying.
Every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 6:30 pm CST, our family was glued to our radio listening to the Lone Ranger. This was even after Kansas City got its lone TV station in 1949.
I forgot to say that Johnny Depp was actually good as Tonto.