Have a peek at the new poster for Disney’s THE LONE RANGER starring Armie Hammer and Johnny Depp.
As we can see, there’s been an explosion which Tonto (Depp) and The Lone Ranger (Hammer) either haven’t noticed or can’t be arsed to deal with. OR maybe they’ve caused it, we just don’t know at this stage.
The wonderfully named Armie Hammer (THE SOCIAL NETWORK, MIRROR MIRROR) has revealed some details about his eponymous hero;
‘It’s the rock ‘n’ roll Lone Ranger. We’re telling the genesis story. It’s very true to the original – a group of rangers get ambushed and they’re all killed except one, and he gets nursed back to health by an Indian scout.’
So far, so silly. One would imagine this film will be about as controversial as an episode of The Tweenies. But, like a puppet dressed as Jimmy Savile, controversy may loom…
‘He’s a lawyer who comes out West with this noble idea of what justice is, that you don’t just gun down wrongdoers, that everyone deserves a trial. At first he doesn’t believe in guns, but then he’s like, “Oh my God, I just got shot at! This doesn’t work at all!” It’s amazing what getting shot at will do to you.’
We can hear the pro-gun lobby getting behind that sentiment pretty loudly. In the current political climate of gun-ownership debates, THE LONE RANGER may end up being a surprisingly hot potato. With the troubled history of this particular project, Disney may want to avoid that kind of heat.
Still though, Johnny Depp doing a Native American accent with a bird on his head won’t bother anyone I’m sure.
THE LONE RANGER stars Armie Hammer, Johnny Depp, Tom Wilkinson, William Fichtner and Helena Bonham Carter. It is directed by Gore Verbinski (click here for a little more news on him) and will be released 3rd July in the US and 9th August here in the UK.
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Source: Empire
