The Lone Ranger Will Be An Origin Story

The Lone Ranger Will Be An Origin Story

So says Jerry Bruckheimer.

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By DogsOfWar - Mar 24, 2010 10:03 PM EST
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Source: MTV News

The Lone Ranger is still a very active property and will come out after Pirates 4, according to producer Jerry Bruckheimer. The movie will be an origin story beginning with the title character's time as a Texas Ranger . It is still set to star Johnny Depp as Tonto.



"'The Lone Ranger' is another one that we're working on and Johnny [Depp]wants to play Tonto, so we're excited about that," said Bruckheimer. "That hopefully will get done in the next year or so. We're still working on the screenplay."

Now, in most incarnations, Lone Ranger and Tonto are of similar age. Bruckheimer was asked if this would be the case here since Depp is in his upper 40's.

"We don't know that yet, that's what we're working on," he explained. "Just trying to figure that all out. You find the right actor, and you'll make it work no matter what their age." He's clear on what he's looking for though, and confident about casting the right person. "A great actor who's handsome and charismatic, which we'll find."








Here is a quick Lone Ranger comic book history lesson:

  • King Features Syndicate distributed a newspaper strip of the Lone Ranger from September 1938 to December 1971.

  • In 1948 Dell Comics launched a comic book series which lasted 145 issues until 1962.

  • In 1994, Topps Comics produced a four issue mini-series

  • Dynamite Entertainment launched a new ongoing Lone Ranger series in 2006 which has received both critical success, as an Eisner winner, and backlash for its graphic depictions of violence.


Many thanks to Wikipedia for the background info.


DogsOfWar-If they are going to go origin story, I can't imagine putting an actor out there the same actual age as Depp. Maybe if they go with a range in the 30's, Depp could pull that off. Either that or just make Tonto the "Obi Wan Kenobi" type, as long as he isn't still doing a Keith Richards impersonation.
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NERO
NERO - 3/24/2010, 10:35 PM
HI HO SILVER, AWAY!!!
SkWiRlDaDdY
SkWiRlDaDdY - 3/24/2010, 10:39 PM
LONE RANGER!?!? MY GRANDPA WILL BE SOOO HAPPY!!!
Ranger14
Ranger14 - 3/24/2010, 10:41 PM
As much as I love Depp's acting, they really should cast a Native American for Tonto. Seems like a must to me. There are some good Native American actors that would work.
TheUnknown
TheUnknown - 3/24/2010, 10:41 PM
cool
Rosas
Rosas - 3/24/2010, 10:43 PM
yes a native american to b tonto i
wundr if thy will mention britt reid
thts the lone rangers great great
grandson or sumthin lyk tht jus a
lil fun fact lol
DogsOfWar
DogsOfWar - 3/24/2010, 10:47 PM
Yeah, never really saw Depp as Tonto in any way at all.
blacksock
blacksock - 3/24/2010, 10:55 PM
Jerry Bruckheimer is a part of everything. Its an invasion!
NubaX
NubaX - 3/24/2010, 10:58 PM
Tonto means STUPID, FOOL, or DUMB

Isn't that offensive to Real Indians?

I heard about the real Tonto never being happy with that role and how the Indians in that show use to crack on the White Actors in their actual language when it was thought they we're saying something else because of that Role/Situation.

I mean to be Offended Every Freaking Day and Knowing it must have been rough.

I just don't know about supporting this Movie.

Its kinda Jack up IMO!



NERO
NERO - 3/24/2010, 10:59 PM
Good God Rosas type, don't text.
lol, it may have taken you five seconds to type, but it took me two minutes to decipher.
SkWiRlDaDdY
SkWiRlDaDdY - 3/24/2010, 11:00 PM
@nero LMFAO i thought that looked weird glad it wasn't just me
blacksock
blacksock - 3/24/2010, 11:03 PM
Anybody else think Javier Bardem from no country for old men would be better than depp
NERO
NERO - 3/24/2010, 11:12 PM
This may have the same problems as the Legend of the Lone Ranger released in 1981, clips from it are in the embed above. The 1981 flick had bad press all around from Native American groups, original fans (who'd be pre Greatest Generation great grandparents now), and the fact the producers sued Clayton Moore the retiree who played the original Lone Ranger on television in the late 40's and 50's, forbidding him to appear as the Ranger at public events, which by then was the guys only real source of income... really shitty thing to do. The lead actor, Kilinton Spilsbury had to have all his lines dubbed over and has never acted again.

I think the problem this movie may have is just the fact that as a western superhero it just seem kind of outdated and out of place. The Ranger lacks the cool of Zorro and the fun of Pirates so I think it is going to have a hard time finding a place, remember the last Western TV series to receive a modern film update? Wild Wild West... Ouch.
jbender
jbender - 3/24/2010, 11:24 PM
Tired of formulaic origin stories. Take a hint from the first Blade and work around it.
Ranger14
Ranger14 - 3/25/2010, 12:56 AM
Tonto means fool in Spanish. The character Tonto is a Native American, not Spanish or Hispanic. That was a misnomer that has been associated with the Lone Ranger and Tonto, but never substantiated, because you can't relate a Spanish meaning to a Native American name.

From the Access Genealogy website and Tonto Apache History page:

"The term Tontos was therefore applied by writers of the 19th century to practically all the Indians roaming between the White mountains of Arizona and the Rio Colorado, comprising parts of two linguistic families, but especially to the Yavapai, commonly known as Apache Mohave."

I grew up watching the Lone Ranger and for people to make such misguided statements based on rumor and people coming up with all sorts of theories to discredit something really is irritating. I will try to reach my friend who is a Native American Cultural Interpreter and get his two pennies worth on this one.
Betty
Betty - 3/25/2010, 1:04 AM
Isn't Johnny Depp native american?
Ranger14
Ranger14 - 3/25/2010, 1:14 AM
Betty@ Actually his great-grandmother was full blooded Cherokee. So was mine. We actually have the same mix. Here is part of an interview done with him on the subject from the JohnnyDepp-Zone website:

nterviewer: Indian origins?
Johnny Depp: Yeah, I'm a sort of --
Interviewer: Cherokee?
Johnny Depp: Yeah, I'm a mixture of all sorts of things.
Interviewer: German, Irish?
Johnny Depp: Yeah. Pu-pu platter, yeah. Combination of weird things. Indian, Irish, German and god knows what. Just a mutt, really.
Miltoc
Miltoc - 3/25/2010, 2:53 AM
No more origin stories!!!
Growler
Growler - 3/25/2010, 4:13 AM
Getting back on track and thinking about the age thing mentioned, wouldn't it be wiser to have the Tonto character to be slightly older anyway so that the character has more of a sense of the land for tracking, finding water and so forth?
If this is to be an origin story then it really doesn't matter if there's an age gap between the two principals, as long as it serves the story and makes some kind of sense and anyway, this will be a case of revisionism, no matter how you look at it and whoever ends up writing the script is bound to take liberties with the source material.
We'll just have to wait and see.
JoshWilding
JoshWilding - 3/25/2010, 5:22 AM
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Bandrews1
Bandrews1 - 3/25/2010, 8:09 AM
This could be good.
puremantra
puremantra - 3/25/2010, 8:11 AM
I understand the point in doing an Origin type film, but wouldn't be alittle better to just touch on the origin, than to waste everybody's time in doing the whole film in this fashion.
claybo4131
claybo4131 - 3/25/2010, 9:54 AM
Clayton Moore (whom my dad actually named me after cause The Lone Ranger was his favorite) Hated the 1981 movie. My dad had actually Met Clayton Moore and the actor who played Tonto (cant remember his name off the top of my head) long time ago as well. He said Moore would make apperances at Texas Rangers baseball games as the Lone Ranger, and when they were making the movie, he wore sunglasses because the movie makers wouldnt let him wear the Lone Ranger Mask.
Saemus13
Saemus13 - 3/25/2010, 10:30 AM
I heard Chris Evans just got cast as the lone ranger....not confirmed yet though
Timerider84
Timerider84 - 3/25/2010, 11:59 AM
I think Eric Bana would be a great Lone Ranger, would have to work on his accent though. But, he definitely has the look, build and stature for the masked man.
DasBoot
DasBoot - 3/25/2010, 1:11 PM
I wonder JD would be able to do this movie if he gets casted as the Riddler in the sequel to TDK...
AlexDeLarge87
AlexDeLarge87 - 3/25/2010, 2:39 PM
Ranger14@
Depp is a cool guy!:D
Betty
Betty - 3/25/2010, 2:39 PM
Timerider84-- He'd have to fix them ears though.
McLovin
McLovin - 3/25/2010, 3:55 PM
@Ranger14 - Way to go bud! I'm glad someone with knowledge on the name Tonto spoke up and clarified this misconception.

@Saemus13 - LMAO!!! Good one bud!

Personally I love the Lone Ranger. The recent series by Dynamite started out pretty good and then kind of fizzled out. I would love to see an updated version of this character and would prob get chills from hearing the words: "... who was that masked man?"
JustinMSalvato
JustinMSalvato - 3/25/2010, 6:13 PM
I will be first in line. Anything has to be better than that sh-tty Legend of the Lone Ranger from the 80's. Clayton Moore was awesome, kinda hard to live up to him.
r0r5ch4ch84
r0r5ch4ch84 - 3/26/2010, 3:59 AM
...they f*ckin' better get a real Native American to play Tonto. Being Native American by blood I don't wanna see some pale-boy depicting an Apache.
Dmon
Dmon - 3/26/2010, 11:18 AM
This is awesome I love The Lone Ranger, you know he was supposed to be the great uncle of the original Green Hornet. Yeah it was pretty Sh*tty what they did to Clayton Moore. I used to love watching the reruns as a kid and had a few cassette tapes of the old radio show. There was even a pilot/tv movie on the WB/CW a few years ago, the actors where kind of young though like everything on CW.

I wish they would also do a movie of the old western Have Gun - Will Travel.
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