Tom Wilkinson Will Play Railroad Tycoon In THE LONE RANGER

Names like Tom Wilkinson, Helena Bonham Carter, James Badge Dale, Barry Pepper and Dwight Yoakam were once attached to Disney’s THE LONE RANGER movie alongside Armie Hammer and Johnny Depp but as you recall, the project went through some budget problems. But now that that’s over with, Deadline said Wilkinson has officially rejoined the gang and you can expect Carter, Dale, Pepper and Yoakam to return as well..

THE LONE RANGER

Starring Armie Hammer as the masked hero and Johnny Depp as the sidekick Tonto.
Tom Wilkinson will play Latham Cole, the villainous railroad tycoon in the oldwest who plays a prominent role in the story.
Ruth Wilson will play Rebecca.
Dwight Yoakam will play play Butch Cavendish, leader of the Cavendish gang and the pic’s primary villain.
Barry Pepper would play Captain J. Fuller, the leader of the seventh cavalry.
James Badge Dale will play Dan Reid, the Lone Ranger’s older brother and leader of the Texas Rangers.
Helena Bonham Carter, (who’s worked with Depp countless times before) is in talks to play the colorful madam of a local brothel.
To be directed by Gore Verbinski.
Production will start this fall.
THE LONE RANGER will open in theaters on May 31st, 2013

Gore Verbinski will direct from a script by Justin Haythe, Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio.
The project is brought to you by super producer Jerry Bruckheimer and production will start February 2012

Based on the 1933 radio show and the 50s popular TV series, THE LONE RANGER. Depp previously implied that his character, though a sidekick, would be as significant as the lead in the movie, just like The Green Hornet movie this past January that showed us that Kato was as much a lead star as Britt Reid. In a separate interview, Depp also emphasized once again that this movie will reinvent the relationship between Lone Ranger and Tonto..

to take some of the ugliness thrown on the Native Americans, not only in The Lone Ranger, but the way Indians were treated throughout history of cinema, and turn it on its head.”