~Pirate's IV May Have A New Director~

Disney is on the verge of putting Rob Marshall in as director of a fourth installment of “Pirates of the Caribbean,” which is due to start filming 2010, with Johnny Depp back as Captain Jack Sparrow.

Producer Jerry Bruckheimer and Disney have been meeting with a number of directors in recent weeks, since Gore Verbinski stepped out to focus on a movie version of the vidgame “Bioshock” for Universal. Disney wants to pull the “Pirates” film together and have Depp star in it before he does “The Lone Ranger” for the producer and the studio. While Marshall’s involvement wasn’t immediately confirmed, sources said things look good enough that the studio has begun casting new characters that will appear in the picture.

~Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland: A Visual Companion ~

Tim Burton's cinematic adaptation of Lewis Carroll's classic fantasy: a visual companion by Mark Salisbury will take readers to the world behind Burton's camera, revealing the secrets of performance-capture technology, the marriage of live-action and CGI technology. The book promises to include notes on Mia performance as Alice and Johnny Depp's performance as The Mad Hatter, as well as other stars. The visual companion will be available on March 2nd but you can pre-order his now at Amazon.

Another book to be release in connection with the film is Alice in Wonderland Novelization by T.t. Sutherland available February 2, 2010 and is also available for Pre-order at Amazon. Neither book has any cover art yet.

~Two Alice In Wonderland Trailers~

There are two versions of the Alice In Wonderland Trailer from Walt Disney Studios see if you can spot the differences between the two of them.

~Disney's Alice In Wonderland Website Updated~

With The Release of Alice In Wonderland's Teaser Trailer Disney have updated their website with the new Trailer and Offcial Story.

~Pirates IV To Shoot April/May 2010~

Disney's Head of Production Oren Aviv confirmed today that they are definitely on board for Pirates IV and that they have plans to be rolling film on the movie as early in April/May next year.

We're going to shoot 'Pirates 4' in April and May of next year," Aviv told Coming Soon during an Interview. "We are going to release it hopefully in 2011 is the plan." He said that this time they would only be doing one movie. "It's important to get the story right and it's important to me to scale it down, because we can't get bigger," Aviv admitted. "The movies have subsequently gotten bigger and bigger and very complicated and they were satisfying on so many levels obviously, but I want to kind of reboot the whole thing and bring it down to its core, its essence, just characters." He agreed that there is a lot of Captain Jack Sparrow's back story that we haven't seen yet without confirming or denying that we might see some of that in the fourth movie. Still no word on whether Gore Verbinski might come back for the fourth movie.

~Johnny Makes An Appearance At Comic Con~

Rumor turned to reality today when Johnny Depp showed up at Comic Con with Tim Burton as part of Disney's 3D panel, which was moderated by comedian and Ratatouille star Patton Oswalt. Burton said the 3-D peek through the looking glass is his most challenging film yet.

"It's the first time we've done a lot of green screen," he said. "It starts to freak you out after a while."

After he showed the trailer for Alice Johnny appeared on stage and the crowd erupted in cheers. Johnny waved, then he and Tim Burton left the stage.

Oren Aviv, president of production for Walt Disney Studios, said Burton sketched the various costumes, characters and settings for years before taking on the project.
"To see this world come to life," Aviv said, "it's amazing."

Disney's traveling exhibit of props, costumes, sketches and set models from the movie is on display at the 40th annual Comic Con. The pop-culture convention is being held at the San Diego Convention Center through Sunday.Two misshapen wooden doors lead into the rabbit hole, where a giant Alice (in mural form) overlooks a glass case filled with bottles and boxes. Another case holds one of the 17 dresses Alice wears in Burton's (and costume designer Colleen Atwood's) Wonderland.A second pair of doors lead to the Mad Hatter's tea party. The table is set with cakes, scones and the original teapot from the movie, due in theaters next year. One of Johnny Depp's Mad Hatter costumes is on display, complete with a wild orange wig and famous hat.In the corner are two enormous flowers with human faces. Look closely and notice the faces move.

The last room introduces the Red Queen (Helena Bonham Carter), with her heart-shaped scepter, eyeglasses and executioner's ax. Her heart-shaped throne anchors the room. A miniature model of her court sits beside it, near a display of her jewel-encrusted gown. A painting of the Red Queen with flaming red hair and tiny heart-shaped lips hangs nearby.The White Queen's gown is also on display, as is the armor Alice wears when she fights "the monstrous Jabberwocky."

~Alice In Wonderland Trailer Leaked~

It was everyones understanding that Disney would debut Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland teaser trailer on Facebook shortly after the Disney panel at Comic-Con. However it seems that IGN has released it earlier than anticipated or should I say allowed. The video is also showing at Firstshowing.net who still has it on their website. It seems that all the trailer releases are being taken down because of the facebook promo so don't forget to check in at Facebook. *Update we now have the trailer.

~Tim Burton Confirms Dark Shadows Filming 2010~

Tim Burton spoke to MTV confirming Johnny Depps comment said during the “Public Enemies” junket a few weeks ago that Dark Shadows and a fourth Pirates of the Caribbean film to start filming next year.

“That’s something that [Depp and I] both love and are excited about,” the director told MTV News. “When I’m done with this I’ll definitely focus on that.” “Shadows” will be based on the ‘60s soap opera of the same name, an ABC daytime TV show that incorporated elements of gothic romance, science fiction and supernatural phenomena like ghosts, zombies and vampires.

Depp will reportedly play vampire Barnabas Collins. “It’s another challenge because it was such a weird soap opera,” Burton explained. “Part of the energy of it was the tone and weirdness of it. That’s our challenge, to try to capture that vibe.” That vibe was part campy melodrama, part dead serious—and decidedly odd—storytelling. Which direction does Burton plan on going? “It’s always a fine line,” he said. “That remains to be seen. That’s a question and a challenge we talk about a lot. I haven’t arrived at the answer. That’s definitely a main issue, the tone and the vibe of it because as we all know melodrama can cross over. It’s one of the more interesting things about it.”

~See the ALICE IN WONDERLAND Teaser Trailer First~

The Loyal Subjects of the Red Queen, the Loyal Subjects of the White Queen, and the Disloyal Subjects of the Mad Hatter are all building armies on Facebook. The fan page with the biggest army at 4PM PDT on Thursday, July 24 will get to see an exclusive new trailer from Disney’s ALICE IN WONDERLAND before anyone else. So be sure to log onto Facebook and choose a side. So click on your favourite and Join in the fun.

~Tim Burton Art Gallery Revealed~

Tim Burton's official Website has been updated with his personal art gallery. you can view the gallery with the help of Stainboy as your guide! So if you haven't already signed up for updates visit TimBurton.com for more info.

Available fall 2009 visitors will get the chance to look at the Personal and Project Artwork of Tim Burton with over a 1000 Illustrations and 430 pages plus handouts.
Text Contributions from celebrities including Johnny Depp, Danny Elfman, Christopher Lee, Winona Ryder, Danny Devito & Helena Bottom Carter. For more info visit TimBurton.com

~Alice In Wonderland Sneak Peak At Comic Con~

We already know that Tim Burton will be attending Comic Con but we can now confirm that he will be showing a "Semi-Trailer" of his 3-D adaptation of “Alice in Wonderland with footage never shown in public.

“[It’s] a kind of a semi-trailer,” Burton said. “It’s where we’re at at the moment. There’s not a lot of footage to show.”

The reason is that the technological challenges of blurring the lines between live-action, motion-capture and animation have proved to be massive. “It’s a strange process we’re dealing with,” he explained. “We’re using a mix of techniques. If you picked them apart, each technique has been done before. We’re mixing them up, in a way.”

“I wish we had more footage to show,” Burton added. “It’s a real mysterious puzzle that’s frightening and exciting at the same time.”

Burton's "Alice" is being planned as a sort of sequel (our term, not theirs) to the story presented in Lewis Carroll's original works. Alice, now 17, follows the White Rabbit away from a high society party, once again landing herself in Wonderland. Only this is a changed Wonderland, a place now ruled over by the evil Red Queen. And since Alice can't remember her last visit, she'll have some hurdles to overcome before she can help her old friends reclaim their world.

~Alice Looking Frazzled In Wonderland~

Here we have a new Image of Mia as Alice looking a little frazzled. Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland tells tells the story of Alice, 17, attends a party at a Victorian estate only to find she is about to be proposed to in front of hundreds of snooty society types. Off she runs, following a white rabbit into a hole and ending up in Wonderland, a place she visited 10 years before yet doesn't remember.

Hopefully we will get to see a trailer soon rumored to be shown at Comic Con.

~Bruckheimer To Set Sail With Pirates 2010~

In an Interview with Access Hollywood Jerry Brucheimer was asked about some of his future films starring Johnny Depp. When asked about an update on “Pirates of the Caribbean 4,” Bruchemier confirmed Johnny's involvement saying “He’s there,” and “We’re working on it,” Bruckheimer continued regarding the film’s progress. “We’re very excited about it and we hope to start filming it next year.

“The writers are working on it. Same writers who wrote the first three, so it has the same kind of adventure, fun, and humor that we’ve given you in the past,” he added.

Bruckheimer also confirmed news regarding his update on the classic serial “The Lone Ranger,” specifically as to who will be saddling up as the title character’s loyal Indian sidekick. “Johnny is going to play ‘Tonto,’” he revealed, “So we’re excited about that.”

~Alice In Wonderlands White Queen & The Doormouse~

We have another look at The White Queen in Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland. The image includes a little furry friend, the doormouse named Malymkun.

~Vanity Fair Spotlight Mad About The Hatter~

If you have not yet purchased your copy of Vanity Fair then you are in luck because Vanity Fair spotlight Tim Burtons Alice In Wonderland with Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter and Helena Bonham Carter as the Red Queen, photographed at Culver Studios, in Culver City, California.

After the huge success of Batman (1989), Tim Burton might have gone the route of Hollywood action director, churning through every iconic American superhero. Instead, he has spent the last 20 years on his own candy-colored, cobwebby path, inventing heartbreakingly peculiar heroes (Edward Scissorhands) and giving a macabre edge to children’s classics (Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory). It would seem inevitable that one day he’d take on Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland, last seen on film in the bland animated Disney version of 1951. Fifty-eight years later, the Cheshire Cat and the Red Queen were begging to be reimagined by the living master of cheeky Goth.

It’s inevitable, also, that it would star, as the Mad Hatter, Johnny Depp, whose real-life passion for haberdashery could hardly be better documented. Now on their seventh collaboration, Depp and Burton both grew up as suburban outcasts and admit to speaking a language on set that no one else understands. The film also stars Anne Hathaway as the White Queen, Burton’s partner, Helena Bonham Carter, as the Red Queen, Crispin Glover as the Knave of Hearts, and Mia Wasikowska (In Treatment, Defiance) as Alice. The director has employed “performance capture” technology and 3-D—two more reasons it seems destined to be of a rare breed: the auteur’s blockbuster.

~San Diego Comic-Con Summer Slate Announced~

Comic Con has announced their schedule for Thursday 23rd July. here is a couple of important programmes to watch out for if your are attending this years Comic-Con in San Diego.

Disney: 3D Panel 11:00-12:30 Walt Disney Pictures presents key filmmakers, select cast members and previously unseen footage from its upcoming slate, including Disney's A Christmas Carol, Alice In Wonderland and Tron. Special guests include Robert Zemeckis, Tim Burton, Sean Bailey, Steve Lisberger, and moderator Patton Oswalt. Hall H

Terry Gilliam's The Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus 4:45-5:15 Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of both Comic-Con and Monty Python, we welcome the sole American Python, the great animator and director Terry Gilliam (Time Bandits, Brazil, 12 Monkeys) to introduce you to his new film starring Christopher Plummer, Johnny Depp, Heath Ledger, Colin Farrell, Jude Law, Verne Troyer, Tom Waits, and Lily Cole. Dr. Parnassus is a fabulous anachronism, touring the streets of modern-day London in a horse-drawn carnival wagon accompanied by his beautiful daughter, devoted dwarf, and neophyte barker. On stage Parnassus plays a holy man whose Imaginarium can realize the innermost fantasies of all who dare to enter. Backstage, he is a drunkard, a gambler who centuries ago lost a wager with the Devil and must now pony up with his daughter once she turns sixteen. Tomorrow. Yet, there may still be hope for the Doctor and Valentina in the person of Tony, a well-dressed amnesic they rescue from a perilous fate and invite into their world of unrelenting magic and possibility. Hall H

~Is Johnny Depp Your Choice Summer Movie Star ~

Public Enemies has been nominated for a chance to win the Choice Summer Movie Award along with Johnny Depp in the Choice Summer Movie Star Categories? so here is your chance to vote if you are between the ages of 13-19. However your only as young as you feel... Here are the nomination for the Choice Summer Movie Categories:

Choice Summer Movie Star: Male Bradley Cooper - The Hangover Adam Sandler -Funny People Johnny Depp - Public Enemies Shia LaBeouf - Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Sacha Baron Cohen - Brüno Ryan Reynolds - The Proposal

Choice Summer Movie: Drama"Angels & Demons" "My Sister's Keeper" "Orphan" "Public Enemies" "Taking of Pelham 1 2 3"

~Deana Martin Wants Johnny For Dean Martin Biopic~

During a recent radio interview Deana Martin revealed that Johnny Depp would be her top choice to play her father in a movie biopic. she said, "[Depp] is a tremendous actor, he has that charm, that swagger, and the resemblance of my father is there. I’m sure he would do the role justice!”

Deana acknowledged that a film is in the works, and will be directed by Joe Mantegna and written by comedian and actress Bonnie Hunt. Deana recently released a book called Memories Are Made of This, Dean Martin Through His Daughter’s Eyes and is a singer in her own right with a CD titled "Volare."

~Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus World Campaign~

Parnassus Support Site has some exciting news to share. BGFun Magazine is doing an exclusive cover story of the Parnassus Support Site and the Campaign to tell the world about Terry Gilliam’s Imaginarium Of Dr. Parnassus which also stars Johnny Depp as a transformation of Tony played by the late Heath ledger.

The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus Support Site and Forums is a website for fans and film lovers by fans and film lovers whose mission is to increase public awareness of the upcoming Terry Gilliam movie and Heath Ledgers last film, The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus, and to help build a solid fanbase for the film, with the ultimate goal of seeing its wide release in theaters around the globe.

Visit The Parnassus Support Site for country release dates and Join the campaign, send your photo and see The Fan Photo Category for more details! and tell the World that Dr. Parnassus is COMING SOON!

~Vanity Fair Mad About The Hatter~

Tim Burtons Alice In Wonderland spotlight by Mary Ellen Mark and Evgenia Peretz features in the August Issue of Vanity Fair. The photos inside are of Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter, Helena Bonham Carter as the Red Queen, and Mia Wasikowska as Alice with The White Rabbit

~Public Enemies Paris Premiere~

Johnny Depp, Marion Cotillard and Michael Mann attend the “Public Enemies” film premiere at Cinema Gaumont Marignan today in Paris, France.

~Johnny' s Back As Captian Jack~

According to Wenn Johnny thrilled children at a to visit Great Ormond Street Hospital to cheer up young patients. Johnny was in the UK promoting his new movie Public Enemies and dropped in unannounced, dressed as Captian jack Sparrow. He is said to have visited several wards - including the one his daughter Lily-Rose stayed in when she was treated for kidney failure.

A source tells WENN, "Johnny was so friendly with all the children on the ward and they absolutely loved his pirate outfit. "He spoke to lots of the youngsters and staff - and made their day by posing for pictures with them all."

~Dillinger's Pistol Up For Auction~

John Dillinger's Pistol goes up for auction after Johnny's new movie about his life, 'Public Enemies,' brings in millions at the box office. Dillinger's derringer, a miniature pistol was found in the his sock when he was arrested in Tuscan Arizona 1934, the pistol which goes up for auction on July 25 and is expected to fetch $45,000.

The pistol bears serial #L97255 and retains most of the original blue on screws, hammer, and trigger, the balance with the original blue gray matte finish mixing with gray patina. The hammer exhibits the late, circa 1930, detail of being grooved rather than knurled. The pistol is being offered by Heritage Auction Galleries.