'The Lone Ranger' Back On

NewsNM: Swickard - some of this movie is said to be set to be shot in the Silver City New Mexico area - From the Hitlist Movie Blog - Johnny Depp's recently aborted "The Lone Ranger" will now look to follow the "Moneyball" path to success. According to Deadline, director Gore Verbinski and producer Jerry Bruckheimer have apparently done enough tinkering to the script to lower the film's production budget from a staggering $250 million to a more manageable $215 million. And that was all Disney wanted in the first place. An official announcement from Disney—clarifying that, yes, the film is back on, and that it will (ostensibly) start shooting sometime in the new year—would thus seem imminent, if not inevitable. "The Social Network" hunk Armie Hammer is still on board as the title character. Depp is still attached to play Tonto. The only question remains, will the film still make it's planned December 21, 2012 release date? Only time will tell. More details as they become available...

'The Lone Ranger' Back On