Disney Pushes ‘The Lone Ranger’ Start To February 13

COMMENTS (5)

• $215 million? For the Lone Ranger? Seriously? Mmmmkay. At least it’s not a quarter billion for Battleship.

  Comment by Ma'at — Wednesday October 19, 2011 @ 3:57pm PDT  Reply to this post

• When the team that brought in a franchise that grossed over 3 billion dollars, you make this kind of investment.

  Comment by Lane — Wednesday October 19, 2011 @ 4:36pm PDT  Reply to this post

• I can just see the script pitch…

  Executive – “This is kinda boring, can we get some monsters – weren’t there werewolves in those Twilight movies? Can we get some of those?”

  Writer(s) – “Sure, you know the Lone Ranger uses SILVER bullets after all..!”

  Executive(s) – (crickets)(blank faces)(few minutes elapses) “What about this Tonto character, can we make him a sassy kid, or maybe a hooker with a heart of gold? What’s with this Native stuff – can he be a funny Mexican instead – Cheech Marin could be his dad or something….we got a holding deal with Cheech?”

  Writer(s) – “What about…..Jack Sparrow in buckstitch leggings – we’ll just take some of the Captain Jack jokes we cut form POTC and write them for Tonto. Johnny’s gonna play him like that anyways.”

  Executive(s) – “Are they funny jokes?”

  Writer(s) – “Does it matter?”

  Comment by Purcell MacDonald — Wednesday October 19, 2011 @ 5:03pm PDT  Reply to this post

• so who’s playing the lone ranger?

  Comment by lo — Wednesday October 19, 2011 @ 11:05pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Agreed. They might as well call it “The Loan Ranger!”

  Comment by Comment Sense — Friday October 21, 2011 @ 1:22am PDT  Reply to this post