A lot of money was put into Gore Verbinski‘s The Lone Ranger, in fact, it inflated to $250 million. That astronomical number – for a western, no less – made a few fans and number-crunchers worried. But even after the budget inflation, script rewrites, and weather delays, Verbinski calmed some nerves by presenting a surprising teaser trailer at Comic-Con.
But for those who didn’t get a chance to see the footage, USA Today has released new images of Johnny Depp and Armie Hammer, as Tonto and the Lone Ranger respectively, the Southwest landscape, and the infamous locomotive that caused the budget to go up so high.
Check out the images below.
To think that the budget for this film could have exceeded far above the reported $250 million if those reported CGI wolves were kept in the script. Thankfully Disney did not want to risk it. But one of the main reasons why the budget for this film is so high is because of that locomotive you see in these photos. That locomotive was built from the ground up, and as you can imagine, it’s not cheap to build and transport that kind of machinery.
There’s no denying that these pictures look great. Verbinski looks like he was able to capture the spirit of the Old West without having to resort to green or blue screens.
The Lone Ranger opens in theaters on July 3rd, 2013.
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[Source: USA Today]
No the Lone Ranger does not look great and I don’t even know why you would say he does. He looks pathetically unimpressive the way he is dressed in a baggy BLACK suit (at least his hat is white), and the crow on top of Tonto’s head with it’s own dead head overhanging in front, frozen in a silent yet mocking mid ‘caw’, looks like a not so subtle joke on all of us extremely loyal and diehard fans, who have wished so long for a movie of the Lone Ranger that would stay fairly true to Clayton Moore’s character and styled Lone Ranger. Though, understandably less silver bling perhaps, with a tastefully updated and styled Jay Silverheels type character beside him as his ‘Kemo Sabe’…closest trusted friend, blood brother, irreplaceable ally, and equally important partner. Why was that too much to want and hope for? You’d think after taking all these years to revive the Lone Ranger and Tonto they would’ve finally gotten them right…doesn’t look like it.
Comment by Christian Lohr — October 2, 2012 @ 1:53 pm
I should have clarified, I was admiring the set pieces and the grand landscape. But I am holding off on making an opinion until i see the trailer tomorrow.
Comment by Michael Lee — October 2, 2012 @ 7:30 pm