Gore Verbinski

Check out first look image of Johnny Depp as Tonto in the upcoming Lone Ranger movie

Walt Disney Pictures and Jerry Bruckheimer Films have revealed an early look at The Lone Ranger, which features Johnny Depp in full make-up as Tonto, and Armie Hammer as the namesake masked lawman. From producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Gore Verbinski (the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise), comes Disney/Jerry Bruckheimer Films’ The Lone Ranger, an ….

Pirates 4, Transformers 3, Captain America and more Super Bowl trailers coming to the big game

Super Bowl XLV is just over two weeks away, and THR has reported on the blockbuster movie trailers that will pepper this year’s event. Paramount will have a huge studio presence during the February 6 telecast, buying ad time to showcase five movies, including J.J. Abrams’ alien-invasion film Super 8, Transformers: Dark of the Moon, ….

Cars 2, Mars Needs Moms and Pirates of the Caribbean 4 coming to IMAX in 3D next year

IMAX and Walt Disney Studios are teaming up to release three more 3D pictures in IMAX theatres in 2011. The titles included are Mars Needs Moms, starring Seth Green and Joan Cusack, slated for release on March 11, 2011 and executive produced by Robert Zemeckis; Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, starring Johnny Depp ….

Hasbro lining up top talent for film adaptations including Brian Grazer producing Stretch Armstrong, Gore Verbinski directing Clue, Michal Bay helming Ouija and Ridley Scott directing Monopoly

Universal and Hasbro jointly announced that the first feature film to be released under Universal and Hasbro’s six-year partnership, Stretch Armstrong, has been dated for theatrical release on April 15, 2011. They also announced Academy Award winning producer Brian Grazer (A Beautiful Mind, American Gangster) will team with Hasbro to bring the iconic action figure ….

New scenes revealed in UK trailer for Watchmen and other Zack Snyder project updates

Ain’t It Cool posted this Uk version of the Watchmen trailer, and it has some additional footage for fanboys to salivate over, including Rorschach as a child, and the original Silk Spectre, along with assorted action sequences. That cool Smashing Pumpkins song is still attached, but it clearly has more stuff in it. What’s also ….

Johnny Depp keeping busy with Dante’s Inferno-based adaptation, Dark Shadows update and much more

Variety reports that Johnny Depp’s production company Infinitum Nihil has nabbed film rights to the 2002 novel In the Hand of Dante by Nick Tosches. Depp will potentially star in the new project. “Dante” revolves around Dante’s masterwork The Divine Comedy, and tells parallel storylines involving Dante in 14th-century Italy, as he tries to complete ….