Lone Ranger Gets December 2012 Release Date

Lone Ranger Gets December 2012 Release Date

When the Lone Ranger returns to movie screens, he may want to make sure that his silver bullets are lined with Kryptonite, because, according to Deadline, the masked man and his "faithful companion," Tonto, will be reaching theatres on December 21, 2012, right around the same time as Zack Snyder's Superman: Man of Steel.

By EdGross - Jun 08, 2011 08:06 AM EST
Filed Under: Action
Source: Deadline

The film will star Armie Hammer in the role of the Lone Ranger, with Johnny Depp — who's currently in England shooting Tim Burton's take on the Gothic horror soap opera Dark Shadows — as Tonto. Directing is Gore Verbinski, who, of course, collaborated with Depp on the first three Pirates of the Caribbean films as well as the CG film Rango. It will also be a reunion with Jerry Bruckheimer, who has produced all four Pirates films (among an incredibly long list of credits). The script is written by Justin Haythe.

Also expected for release towards the end of next year is Bond 23 and part one of Peter Jackson's adaptation of The Hobbit.


Describing the set up for the The Lone Ranger, Deadline writes that it "takes place in 1869. A Texas Ranger, left for dead, is saved by the Commanche Tonto, who gives his new partner the masked identity of Lone Ranger. Justin Haythe wrote the script and Jerry Bruckheimer is producing. The film begins production later this year.

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charbelelnasr
charbelelnasr - 6/8/2011, 8:42 AM
Wow, so the Man of Steel has to face off against both the Hobbit and The Lone Ranger.
GUNSMITH
GUNSMITH - 6/8/2011, 8:52 AM
HI HOE
charbelelnasr
charbelelnasr - 6/8/2011, 8:55 AM
@TheGODDAMNSUPERGUY
I forgot that Star Trek 2 might be released in Dec 2012.
I think that Man of Steel might not do well, with The Hobbit, The Lone Ranger, possibly Star Trek 2 and with the other holiday movies being released.
JayTopStix
JayTopStix - 6/8/2011, 8:58 AM
"TONTO" means stupid in Spanish. They should definitely change that name.
marvel72
marvel72 - 6/8/2011, 9:00 AM
never really been into the lone ranger,i'll probably watch it.

@ thegoddamnsuperguy

i think superman will be able to beat two of them,the real challenge will be the hobbit.
charbelelnasr
charbelelnasr - 6/8/2011, 9:04 AM
@marvel72
The Hobbit shouldn't have to be a problem for Superman considering the fact that they are both released by Warner Brothers, but for some reason WB wants to released both movies in a span of 2 weeks.
marvel72
marvel72 - 6/8/2011, 9:14 AM
@ charbelelnasr

the challenge i was referring to was which would gross the most.

but yes you're right warner bros will be the outright winner.
ksmelley
ksmelley - 6/8/2011, 9:14 AM
All these movies coming out depends whether the world has ended or not...
emeraldprince
emeraldprince - 6/8/2011, 9:28 AM
More than likely a couple of them will change their release dates in order to not have to compete with so many of the others all at once.
CaptainPresley
CaptainPresley - 6/8/2011, 9:28 AM
I just hope it's not like "Green Hornet" where Tonto is the brains and star and The Lone Ranger is some buffoon that takes direction from Tonto.
jonedc
jonedc - 6/8/2011, 9:32 AM
THIS HAS GAY WRITTEN ALL OVER IT!!!!!
WarnerBrother
WarnerBrother - 6/8/2011, 9:33 AM
Since the holiday movie season goes from november through december,It makes sense to release The Man of Steel in november. An ideal weekend would be november 21st 2012, a weekend currently taken by 47 Ronin and The Guardians (an animated film about fairy tale characters)That weekend,which leads into thanksgiving week, is a prime release date.This also allows the WB to have there tent poles not directly competing with each other. Look at this summer,did WB release The Hangover part II a week ahead of Green Lantern? No way does 47 Ronin come out that weekend if TMOS is there.In fact It's kind of interesting WB has not locked down a release date for TMOS.The only reason that makes sense to me is that WB is waiting for Green Lantern to be released.If Green Lantern is the hit I believe it will be, then TMOS comes out in november 2012 and a GL sequel will be released in summer 2013. If GL flops,TMOS will be moved to summer 2013.This would be possible because the legal rulings regarding Superman require a movie be in production by the end of 2011.It does not state when such a movie is released.
Rango
Rango - 6/8/2011, 9:53 AM
doesn't the world ends on Dec 21??


aneways not interested in Supertrudman starring a midget as a Superman,an old had as Lois Lane,Zod again,no Braniac no Darksied and no Doomsday.FAIL written allover it .

Dark Shadows releases next week to Avengers and Jhonny depp+Tim burton are bigger than All Marvel combines,Marvel must ask them to shift a week or else Avengers shall end 60% what it deserves,
marvel72
marvel72 - 6/8/2011, 10:16 AM
@ rango

excellent,at least i get to see the avengers before i die.
LionPepsiJuice
LionPepsiJuice - 6/8/2011, 10:22 AM
how about a solo movie based around the Kingpin? :P
Chewtoy
Chewtoy - 6/8/2011, 10:28 AM
Yeah, not much room for a Star Trek sequel that hasn't gotten a script yet. It's going to be delayed a full year until 2013.
theBat81
theBat81 - 6/8/2011, 10:29 AM
So this is what's going to cause the apocalypse. Now I see.
LionPepsiJuice
LionPepsiJuice - 6/8/2011, 11:05 AM
@Intruder I dunno about that... if I were releasing any of those movies around the same time as a superman movie I'd be pretty worried
LionPepsiJuice
LionPepsiJuice - 6/8/2011, 12:25 PM
@Intruder no, the new Superman movie is going to get killed by the other films because it's a DC movie and DC is the absolute worst thing mankind has ever created.

come on, it's too early to tell at this point. All I'm saying is superman has a big chance because he too is an American icon, and more well known than all the others listed (he is, don't tell me any of those are more well known than superman). True, the last one didn't have BO spectaculous, but if general audiences are shown a new direction with superman movies their interests will have a good chance of getting sparked.
JohnnyKrypton
JohnnyKrypton - 6/8/2011, 12:55 PM
@JayTopStix

And f*ck is a vegetable in Thailand. Luckily, neither Tonto or the LR are Spanish so it doesn't matter.
Junito
Junito - 6/8/2011, 6:20 PM
Yeah and by the way good luck with that one. Most kids don't even have a clue, who the lone ranger is or was. And you thought selling the the green hornet and starsky and hutch was difficult.
JustinMSalvato
JustinMSalvato - 6/9/2011, 1:46 AM
Lone Ranger.

EFF YEAH!

I am going to have a busy winter in the theater!

GUNSMITH
GUNSMITH - 6/9/2011, 5:51 AM
blue18
blue18 - 6/9/2011, 1:06 PM
The Lone Ranger film sounds pretty good, but I'm not sure about Hammer as the title character, nor the concept of making it humorous and dramatic at the same time. But then again, it almost always worked with the Pirates films, so why not? I'm undecided! =/ Just as long as they don't make it campy and boring like the original series, I'll be OK with it.
jonedc
jonedc - 6/17/2011, 12:07 PM
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