The Lone Ranger and Tonto make their way onto the big screen in this new incarnation
Producer Jerry Bruckheimer and Gore Verbinski of Pirates of the Caribbean fame embark on a new adventure together: The Lone Ranger.
A thrilling adventure infused with tonnes of action and humour, this big screen remake of the classic television series has the masked hero brought back to life on the big screen.
Tonto Meets The Lone Ranger
Native American warrior Tonto (played by Johnny Depp) recounts the untold tales that transformed John Reid (played by Armie Hammer), a man of the law, into a legend of justice.
The audience is taken on a runaway train of epic surprises and humorous friction as the two unlikely heroes, the Lone Ranger and Tonto, learn to work together to fight greed and corruption.
A Legacy Reborn
The classic characters of the Lone Ranger and Tonto remain enduring fixtures of the American cultural landscape 80 years after they first rode into the public’s imagination.
“There’s something about these characters that have appealed to every generation since they were invented,” notes producer Jerry Bruckheimer.
“I grew up in Detroit, and The Lone Ranger radio and TV shows were part of my youth, and millions of others as well,”
he says.
He continues, “We knew that it was time for The Lone Ranger and Westerns to be reborn just as Gore and I knew that it was time for pirate movies to be resurrected when we first developed Pirates of the Caribbean for the screen a decade ago.”
Set for a Summer Hit
After more than seven months of long and arduous filming across the United States, the cast and crew went through a multitude of environmental and production challenges which they overcame to make this film.
Verbinski says, “You’re going to be surprised by the movie, because everybody knows that story, and that’s not the story we’re telling. We’re telling the story from Tonto’s perspective, kind of like Don Quixote, told from Sancho Panza’s point of view.”
“I would say that at its core, our version is a buddy story and an action-adventure film with a lot of irony and humour and enough odd singularity to make it distinct,” he says.
The Lone Ranger [PG13]
Director: Gore Verbinski
Starring: Johnny Depp, Armie Hammer, Ruth Wilson and Helena Bonham Carter
Genre: Action-Adventure
Run Time: 150min
Release: Jul 4
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