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Tim Burton in Wonderland
By Allie Fernandes
Tim Burton is at it again. The famed director of The Nightmare Before Christmas and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory has begun work on his latest directing venture due out in March of 2010. If you could not guess from the title, his latest project is Alice in Wonderland, adapted from the 1865 novel Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. Alice in Wonderland (as it is often referred to despite the longer title) is one of a small girl who falls down a rabbit hole, finding a fantasy world full of interesting creatures.
Filming has already started on this film although the release date was pushed back from sometime in late 2009. It has been confirmed that Australian actress Mia Wasikowska has been chosen for Alice and that Matt Lucas shall play both Tweedledee and Tweedledum. As with most movies directed by Burton, his longtime "domestic partner" Helena Bonham Carter and Johnny Depp will both be starring. Depp is to play the Mad Hatter while Carter portrays a merged role between the Red Queen and the Queen of Hearts. Anne Hathaway has recently been reported as cast as the White Queen.
Alice is not new to audiences in that it has been remade for both the silver screen and the small screen many times, beginning with the original 1903 film by Cecil M Hepworth The new film however, which will be part live action and part CGI, is sure to live up to that of most of Burton's movies: amazingly shot with a dark atmosphere to it. Burton's filming style will likely work well with the story which is known to many as a fairly strange story but one that is loved by many due to its play on logic.
Alice in Wonderland may have had to be pushed back to a later opening day but it is still highly likely that Tim Burton's latest project will be one that we are talking about for years to come.