Johnny Depp’s Native American Heritage Informed His Tonto Role In The Lone...
Earlier this week, Johnny Depp appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman to promote The Lone Ranger, where he talked about his concerns over how Tonto was portrayed on The Lone Ranger TV series....
View ArticleThe Lone Ranger’s Johnny Depp Kisses Jimmy Kimmel
On Monday night’s Jimmy Kimmel Live, Johnny Depp appeared to promote The Lone Ranger. Jimmy Kimmel was impressed by the line of women waiting outside the theater for Johnny Depp to arrive. Kimmel said,...
View ArticleThe Lone Ranger’s Early Reviews Are Pretty Brutal
Disney’s The Lone Ranger will be in theaters tomorrow, and while screenings for the press have been happening for a couple of days, reviews are embargoed until later in the day. Still, as early as...
View ArticleThe Lone Ranger: Tonto Is Its Biggest Problem, But Definitely Not The Only One
When discussing why Lone Ranger is a bad film, I think it’s important to not let the problems with the film overshadow the biggest problem – a single casting choice. Tonto. I understand Johnny Depp has...
View ArticleLone Ranger Made Less Than Half of What Despicable Me 2 Did at Midnight Shows
Despicable Me 2, in spite of having to recast its villain at the last minute and frankly not a ton of awareness prior to the last few weeks, raked in $4.7 million from midnight showings last night,...
View ArticleThe Wolverine, The Lone Ranger Get Food-Themed Online Games
Remember how Man of Steel made most of its budget back through deals with sponsors, product tie-ins and product placement before the movie ever opened in theaters? Well, it seems some of our other...
View ArticleLone Ranger Opens Like a Dud; Despicable Me 2 Might Do Man of Steel Numbers...
While they’ve got a five-day “weekend” to work with, experts are projecting that Despicable Me 2 will make over $100 million and might end up around $125 million for the five days. That would make it...
View ArticleThe Lone Ranger and Tonto Get What’s Coming To Them in Thank You Mask Man
This is one of those things that probably couldn’t get made nowadays, for fear of Disney, who hold the movie rights to The Lone Ranger, getting litigious…but it’s a surreal classic of ’60s animation....
View ArticleBox Office: Despicable Me 2 Could Triple Beat The Lone Ranger
Everyone pretty much knew that Despicable Me 2 would beat The Lone Ranger at the box office over the July 4th holiday weekend, but few probably expected the severity of the beating. Despicable Me 2...
View ArticleDespicable Me 2 Drives Record Box Office Weekend as Lone Ranger Falters
The Lone Ranger is officially on pace to make less than $50 million for the five-day holiday weekend–that’s $15 million less that the usually-conservative studio estimates released on Tuesday and...
View ArticleDespicable Me 2 Leads Eight Movies With Over $10 Million This Weekend
You want to know how you set a record for the Fourth of July weekend at the box office? Well, having a broad base of successful films is a good start. Of course, “successful” might be a bit much for...
View ArticleThe Lone Ranger Could Lose Disney $190 Million
By the time all is said and done, a financial analyst estimates the Disney’s expensive reboot of The Lone Ranger, which opened this weekend to less than $50 million in its first five days, could lose...
View ArticleJohnny Depp Blames Bad Reviews For Lone Ranger’s Failure
Disney’s Lone Ranger producer Jerry Bruckheimer and stars Armie Hammer and Johnny Depp spoke out in an interview today, blaming the entertainment press for killing the film with bad reviews and stories...
View ArticleThe Lone Ranger Loss To Be $160-190 Million For Disney
It’s no secret that The Lone Ranger was not a success at the box office and that Disney was going to lose money on the film. The Lone Ranger had an estimated production budget of $215 million and has...
View ArticleTransformers 4 Star Blasts The Lone Ranger
Talk about kicking a movie when it’s down. After a week where The Lone Ranger was said to be a $150 million-plus writedown for Disney, and the film’s stars and producer went to the desperate “blame the...
View ArticleDisney’s Lone Ranger Begins Filming
Walt Disney Studios announced today that principal photography has begun on their new film adaptation of The Lone Ranger, directed by Pirates of the Carribbean helmer Gore Verbinski and starring Johnny...
View ArticleJohnny Depp and Arnie Hammer’s First Image as Tonto and the Lone Ranger
Shooting has just begun on Gore Verbinski’s adaptation of The Lone Ranger for Disney, but the studio has already made the first image of Arnie Hammer in the title role and Johnny Depp as his faithful...
View ArticleJack White to Score The Lone Ranger
According to a press release just made available by Walt Disney Pictures, singer-songwriter Jack White will write, produce and perform the score for their upcoming adaptation of The Lone Ranger,...
View ArticleThe Lone Ranger Trailer Debuts, Focuses on Tonto
It’s probably no surprise to anyone who’s paying attention that the first trailer for The Lone Ranger, which debuted last night on The Tonight Show, features Johnny Depp’s Native American guide Tonto...
View ArticleThe Lone Ranger Trailer Details
‘Tis the season for blockbuster movie trailers. This past week has seen the first trailer for Oblivion and a teaser trailer for Star Trek Into Darkness. Later this week will bring the release of the...
View ArticleThe Lone Ranger’s Second Trailer Debuts
“If we ride together, we ride for justice,” tells a man who crawls, disoriented, out of a grave to the stoic, wryly comic man who buried him in the second trailer for Disney’s The Lone Ranger starring...
View ArticleThe Lone Ranger: Disney Debunks Reshoot Rumors
UPDATE: A representative for Walt Disney Studios has reached out to ComicBook.com to deny allegations that The Lone Ranger is headed back for reshoots, calling the original report “absolutely untrue,”...
View ArticleThe Lone Ranger Super Bowl Trailer Teaser Now Online
After releasing a teaser trailer for their Oz The Great And Powerful Super Bowl ad yesterday, Disney has now released a teaser trailer for their Lone Ranger Super Bowl spot. The new teaser trailer is...
View ArticleThe Lone Ranger Super Bowl Movie Trailer Now Online
Disney will air a ninety second movie trailer for The Lone Ranger during the CBS Pregame Show for Super Bowl XLVII. From producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Gore Verbinski, the filmmaking team...
View ArticleWho Won The Super Bowl Of Movie Trailers?
During last night’s Super Bowl, three movie studios squared off in an epic game trying to build the most buzz for their respective movies. Disney put the most players on the field, promoting three of...
View ArticleJohnny Depp Was Nearly Killed On The Lone Ranger Set
In an appearance on The Late Show With David Letterman on Thursday night, Johnny Depp relayed a story about nearly getting killed on the set of The Lone Ranger. As one would expect, Johnny Depp’s role...
View ArticleNew The Lone Ranger Trailer Debuts Via Livestream
A new trailer has been released for Disney’s The Lone Ranger via Livestream, which you can see embedded below. Below that, you can see a livestream and Q&A on Yahoo!, featuring stars Johnny Depp,...
View ArticleThe Lone Ranger – New Trailer Now Online
Walt Disney Pictures have released a new trailer for The Lone Ranger, starring Armie Hammer and Johnny Depp. You can see it at the embed below. The studio describes The Lone Ranger as “a thrilling...
View ArticleThe Lone Ranger: Johnny Depp Wants To Make Native American Kids Proud Of...
On Thursday night, Johnny Depp paid a visit to the Late Show with David Letterman to talk about The Lone Ranger movie. Johnny Depp opened up to Letterman about the past portrayal of Native Americans in...
View ArticleThe Lone Ranger’s Johnny Depp “Not Officially” Signed for Sequels
While the titular star of Disney’s The Lone Ranger, Armie Hammer, is signed to a three-picture deal for the franchise, the man on all the movie posters–sidekick Johnny Depp–is committed only in...
View ArticleQuentin Tarantino Lists The Lone Ranger Among His Ten Favorite Films This...
Quentin Tarantino has released a list of his ten favorite films so far in 2013 through The Quentin Tarantino Archives. It’s something he also did in 2010 and 2011, but something he skipped in 2012,...
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