Gore Verbinski has been extremely busy promoting his new movie 'Rango', starring Johnny Depp.
However, that hasn't stopped him for giving us some brand new information on his planned film adaption of the Lone Ranger. To most people Johnny Depp has been a fan favorite for the film adaption and Verbinski has offered us some insight on the direction he'll be going with the character of Tonto, as well as what stage the film is currently in.
“It’s just at the primordial stage. We’re working on the screenplay, but if we can pull that off — find that story I want to tell — then it will be worth doing.”
Gore then went on to compare Depp's role as Tonto and the story of Don Quixote saying that Sancho Panza is the new inspiration for the new Tonto:
“The only version of The Lone Ranger I’m interested in doing is Don Quixote told from Sancho Panza’s point of view. And hence I was honest early on with Johnny that Tonto is the part. We’re not going to do it [straight], everyone knows that story. I don’t want to tell that story… I want the version from the untrustworthy narrator who might be a little crazy — but somehow the question is, is he crazy or is the world crazy? That, I find fascinating.”
Hero Complex mentioned the Verbinski the Far Side comic (pictured below) that poked fun at the duo of the Lone Ranger and Tonto, and Verbinski said he liked the sound of it:
“Well, that’s kind of the world we want to be in. It’s an odd couple, the two of them together. Getting that tone right is going to be a blast.”