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So If Depp Is Tonto, Who Might Be THE LONE RANGER??


Merrick here...


Electric Dreams has been an AICN source for some time, and has provided some substantive/impressive material in the past.

He dropped us a line to follow-up on his report from yesterday's Disney pep rally at the Kodak theater in L.A. (find it HERE).

Following the reveal that Johnny Depp would play Tonto (THE LONE RANGER's faithful Native American cohort), it was natural to ask who might portray the titular masked rider against injustice in the Old West.

Here's what Electric Dreams had to say:

Word as of now is that George Clooney has shown a lot of interest in the role of the Lone Ranger, and the studio's been talking to him about it. Previously it was rumored that Nic Cage was up for the role, but that rumor died a long time ago. Clooney's name has come up quite a number of times since.

Electric Dreams


Keep in mind this means the matter's only in the talking stages at the moment & far from a "done deal". But a Clooney/Depp LONE RANGER movie...produced with Bruckheimer flair...could be pretty cool if you ask me (and no one has).







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Seth Rogan
by Hamtaro Hentai
Sep 25th, 2008
02:30:48 PM
FRENCH STEWART IS THE LONE RANGER
by the new transported man
Sep 25th, 2008
02:31:05 PM
i can see it now....
by Bouncy X
Sep 25th, 2008
02:31:44 PM
Lone Ranger actor does need charisma
by Rupee88
Sep 25th, 2008
02:32:14 PM
BTW that was sarcasm
by Hamtaro Hentai
Sep 25th, 2008
02:32:20 PM
Clooney could be great.
by Rando Calrisian
Sep 25th, 2008
02:34:25 PM
Seth Rogen and Kumar please (he is Indian right?)
by DANNYGLOVERS_DICKBLOOD
Sep 25th, 2008
02:35:18 PM
Der, Der, Der
by DennisMM
Sep 25th, 2008
02:35:27 PM
You've got to be kidding me...
by Mr. Wayne
Sep 25th, 2008
02:39:31 PM
NATHAN FILLION
by PCMODEMTCG
Sep 25th, 2008
02:40:15 PM
Some leftfield casting needed:
by wowsah156
Sep 25th, 2008
02:40:54 PM
Nathan Fillion: Agreed.
by wowsah156
Sep 25th, 2008
02:41:34 PM
NATHAN FILLION! BRUCE CAMPBELL! CHRISTIAN BALE!
by Nosferatu Jones
Sep 25th, 2008
02:43:34 PM
Adam Beach as Tonto
by ElGiante
Sep 25th, 2008
02:43:53 PM
NATHAN FILLION
by WISEBLOOD
Sep 25th, 2008
02:44:25 PM
A Lone Ranger movie could be great.
by Bubba Gillman
Sep 25th, 2008
02:45:13 PM
Just how bad (or good) is THE LEGEND OF THE LONE RANGER?
by Nosferatu Jones
Sep 25th, 2008
02:47:03 PM
ACTUALLY
by WISEBLOOD
Sep 25th, 2008
02:47:44 PM
What, no Whedon?
by SirLoin
Sep 25th, 2008
02:49:02 PM
Nosferatu
by PCMODEMTCG
Sep 25th, 2008
02:49:39 PM
this is gonna suck......
by dingleberryjerry
Sep 25th, 2008
02:50:07 PM
Heh
by Aeghast
Sep 25th, 2008
02:52:54 PM
Jonah Hill!!!
by Roketopunch
Sep 25th, 2008
02:56:05 PM
and no btw to Bale or Campbell...
by PCMODEMTCG
Sep 25th, 2008
02:56:08 PM
I'll take Seth Rogen over Nicolas Cage any day.
by Wolfman Nards
Sep 25th, 2008
02:58:23 PM
Clooney would be a horrible miscast
by BigSteve03
Sep 25th, 2008
02:58:43 PM
KurtLockwood
by Wolfman Nards
Sep 25th, 2008
02:59:13 PM
He is Dingle Burton and Depp in Wonderland
by nerosday
Sep 25th, 2008
02:59:17 PM
Thomas Jane, Aaron Eckhart or Josh Holloway as Lone Ranger!
by RobertBaron
Sep 25th, 2008
02:59:26 PM
BigSteve03
by Wolfman Nards
Sep 25th, 2008
03:00:16 PM
Christopher Walken IS The Lone Ranger
by Stuntcock Mike
Sep 25th, 2008
03:01:08 PM
This reeks of WILD WILD WEST
by Spacesheik
Sep 25th, 2008
03:02:20 PM
Hey Mike,
by nerosday
Sep 25th, 2008
03:03:19 PM

by nerosday
Sep 25th, 2008
03:04:25 PM
HOw about Aaron Eckhart?
by hallmitchell
Sep 25th, 2008
03:05:03 PM
RobertBaron
by DarqueGuy
Sep 25th, 2008
03:05:58 PM
Well, I say....
by Half-Baked-Goggle-Box-Do-Goode r
Sep 25th, 2008
03:10:39 PM
So Tonto will be a half-breed outcast, right?
by MCVamp
Sep 25th, 2008
03:10:51 PM
Pirates 4?
by Rev. Slappy
Sep 25th, 2008
03:15:10 PM
I nominate Nick Cage's hair
by Garbageman33
Sep 25th, 2008
03:16:24 PM
Re: Half-Baked-Goggle-Box...
by MCVamp
Sep 25th, 2008
03:17:10 PM
holloway
by PCMODEMTCG
Sep 25th, 2008
03:17:22 PM
No...?
by PirateEmery
Sep 25th, 2008
03:18:15 PM
Will The Lone Ranger Costume Have Nipples?
by DrunkenBusboy
Sep 25th, 2008
03:19:28 PM
The Lone Ranger & Green Hornet Are Great Uncle/Great Nephew!
by DrunkenBusboy
Sep 25th, 2008
03:20:53 PM
William Tell Overture
by Grammaton Cleric Binks
Sep 25th, 2008
03:21:02 PM
I'd like to pose a serious question at this juncture.
by Mr. Nice Gaius
Sep 25th, 2008
03:21:03 PM
MCVamp
by Half-Baked-Goggle-Box-Do-Goode r
Sep 25th, 2008
03:22:36 PM
And it looks like BlackCrippler (aka BraneRobot - AnimalStructur
by Mr. Nice Gaius
Sep 25th, 2008
03:22:51 PM
Is this a joke?
by IamZardoz
Sep 25th, 2008
03:23:26 PM
Come to think of it....
by Half-Baked-Goggle-Box-Do-Goode r
Sep 25th, 2008
03:25:47 PM
After All....
by Half-Baked-Goggle-Box-Do-Goode r
Sep 25th, 2008
03:26:49 PM
Anyone younger than Clooney
by mara69
Sep 25th, 2008
03:27:12 PM
Sarah Jessica Parker as Silver
by Det. John Kimble
Sep 25th, 2008
03:27:54 PM
Um, hello? THE LONE RANGER can work.
by Nosferatu Jones
Sep 25th, 2008
03:28:39 PM
As long as they use Apache myth and legend
by zinc_chameleon
Sep 25th, 2008
03:30:36 PM
Lone Ranger WILL work...
by PirateEmery
Sep 25th, 2008
03:31:31 PM
Clooney as the villain instead.
by MCVamp
Sep 25th, 2008
03:34:34 PM
idiots
by RobotDevil007
Sep 25th, 2008
03:35:41 PM
Pitt
by PCMODEMTCG
Sep 25th, 2008
03:39:29 PM
Check out the Lone Ranger comics
by kayleefan
Sep 25th, 2008
03:40:04 PM
nerosday
by Stuntcock Mike
Sep 25th, 2008
03:40:20 PM
Gee Willikers, RobotDevil....
by Half-Baked-Goggle-Box-Do-Goode r
Sep 25th, 2008
03:41:06 PM
Have Depp play both roles.
by Huffy_Henry
Sep 25th, 2008
03:41:52 PM
This sounds...
by Admiral Akwelches
Sep 25th, 2008
03:42:09 PM
Don't screw with the music. Check it out
by Grammaton Cleric Binks
Sep 25th, 2008
03:43:17 PM
Get Will Smith!!!
by Banditmania
Sep 25th, 2008
03:43:41 PM
AICN Talkback: The Movie
by Hamtaro Hentai
Sep 25th, 2008
03:45:15 PM
I nominate...
by TurboPervo
Sep 25th, 2008
03:45:24 PM
Viggo and Adam!!!
by CENOBITE
Sep 25th, 2008
03:45:34 PM
Depp could play both roles
by sapno_krei
Sep 25th, 2008
03:48:10 PM
Huffy Henry beats me to it...
by sapno_krei
Sep 25th, 2008
03:48:42 PM
"Buckwheats Tonto, they all get Buckwheats"
by Stuntcock Mike
Sep 25th, 2008
03:50:15 PM
Nathan Fillion as the Lone Ranger!!!
by fanboy71
Sep 25th, 2008
03:54:13 PM
Thought Will Smith had a lock on Green Lantern...
by Half-Baked-Goggle-Box-Do-Goode r
Sep 25th, 2008
03:57:44 PM
The Lone Star Ranger
by wintocha67
Sep 25th, 2008
04:00:29 PM
Billy Zane as The Lone Ranger. Kathy Bates as Tonto.
by Stuntcock Mike
Sep 25th, 2008
04:03:40 PM
..."...buffalo cum"......"how do you know?"....
by FlickaPoo
Sep 25th, 2008
04:09:39 PM
Really...not yet?
by Thrillho77
Sep 25th, 2008
04:11:54 PM
That's a great story
by DennisMM
Sep 25th, 2008
04:14:10 PM
The only way this will work is as a comedy...
by Pdorwick
Sep 25th, 2008
04:14:21 PM
Pardon me, 75 years
by DennisMM
Sep 25th, 2008
04:14:54 PM
Um...no. He's too old.
by Anna Valerious
Sep 25th, 2008
04:25:24 PM
Old ass joke...
by Outlaw
Sep 25th, 2008
04:26:15 PM
Bruce Cambell, John Tuturo, Elvis Presley!
by FILMFUNK
Sep 25th, 2008
04:26:53 PM
Kathy Bates should play Silver
by RobertBaron
Sep 25th, 2008
04:31:09 PM
Meanwhile back at the ranch...
by Banditmania
Sep 25th, 2008
04:36:37 PM
Kathy Bates as a rabid buffalo
by finky089
Sep 25th, 2008
04:38:56 PM
KELSEY GRAMMER! KELSEY GRAMMER! KELSEY GRAMMER!
by lord_zedd
Sep 25th, 2008
04:43:51 PM
robert downey jr is....
by ReEkOs_RoUgHnEcKs
Sep 25th, 2008
04:51:36 PM
Sandra Oh as Silver
by Hamtaro Hentai
Sep 25th, 2008
04:57:09 PM
JIM CAVIEZEL Dammit!!!
by DarthBakpao
Sep 25th, 2008
04:57:35 PM
Depp as a Native American??????
by Thot
Sep 25th, 2008
05:03:38 PM
Finally...
by Embeedeuce
Sep 25th, 2008
05:12:36 PM
The Lone Ranger
by Ted Brautigan
Sep 25th, 2008
05:13:26 PM
Sandler, Fraiser and Buscemi as The Lone Rangers
by Heckles
Sep 25th, 2008
05:17:30 PM
Ok, I can see Clooney if it has to be a 'name' actor
by br1947
Sep 25th, 2008
05:18:22 PM
Lone Ranger Casting
by paralyser-pro
Sep 25th, 2008
05:19:09 PM
Luke Perry!
by paralyser-pro
Sep 25th, 2008
05:21:18 PM
.. just keep Nic Cage away at all costs
by br1947
Sep 25th, 2008
05:21:58 PM
Viggo Mortensen would also be good
by br1947
Sep 25th, 2008
05:23:04 PM
Meanwhile back at the ranch...
by kravmaguffin
Sep 25th, 2008
05:24:55 PM
You know some studio exec cant wait for a sequel...
by kravmaguffin
Sep 25th, 2008
05:32:59 PM
Oh come on, hire Patrick Warburton
by Spyhunter
Sep 25th, 2008
05:36:49 PM
na, the sequel will be "The Lone Ranger vs Zorro"
by br1947
Sep 25th, 2008
05:39:39 PM
Clooney,.. The Old Ranger
by picardsucks
Sep 25th, 2008
05:47:01 PM
can you say " we todd edd"
by ugh
Sep 25th, 2008
05:59:15 PM
can you say " we todd edd"
by ugh
Sep 25th, 2008
05:59:59 PM
They should go with
by ChezKing
Sep 25th, 2008
06:06:35 PM
NATHAN FILLION
by O_Goncho
Sep 25th, 2008
06:28:50 PM
starving_artist
by illegaltouching
Sep 25th, 2008
06:47:39 PM
Aren't Tonto and the Ranger close in age? Clooney? Nah!
by Monkey_King
Sep 25th, 2008
07:22:46 PM
Nathan Fillion would be ideal for this
by flickchick85
Sep 25th, 2008
07:32:42 PM
I thought about this all day
by CherryValance
Sep 25th, 2008
07:36:13 PM

by dagonet_
Sep 25th, 2008
07:40:17 PM
I don't care...
by yesiamaplant
Sep 25th, 2008
07:44:55 PM
Jim Caviezel...
by Half-Baked-Goggle-Box-Do-Goode r
Sep 25th, 2008
08:08:05 PM
ANDY DICK AS THE LONE RANGER
by Ye Not Guilty
Sep 25th, 2008
08:35:45 PM
I LOVE CLOONEY BUT NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!
by BringingSexyBack
Sep 25th, 2008
08:38:33 PM
Shia!!!
by MilkyLicker
Sep 25th, 2008
08:43:30 PM
Nathan Fillion, right timing, right look, right actor
by Stormwatcher
Sep 25th, 2008
08:50:14 PM
nobody's a native anything
by juice willis
Sep 25th, 2008
08:57:44 PM
I think Vigo Mortensen would make a great Lone Ranger.
by Orbots Commander
Sep 25th, 2008
08:59:26 PM
With the Clooney cast they're going for post modern irony.
by Orbots Commander
Sep 25th, 2008
09:03:52 PM
Clooney is way too smug
by rainbowtrout1265
Sep 25th, 2008
09:04:06 PM
i can picture clooney....
by rainbowtrout1265
Sep 25th, 2008
09:07:18 PM
Jon Hamm
by jeryoctober
Sep 25th, 2008
09:10:34 PM
Where does the Lone Ranger take his trash?
by Grammaton Cleric Binks
Sep 25th, 2008
09:19:16 PM
I must concur that Nathan Fillion is the best choice.
by Stereotypical Evil Archer
Sep 25th, 2008
09:27:06 PM
Look, Fillion is cool but Bruckheimer will never cast him.
by Orbots Commander
Sep 25th, 2008
09:35:54 PM
This’ll Be Fun
by Evil Chicken
Sep 25th, 2008
09:55:18 PM
Clooney as Butch Cavendish, but not the masked man.
by TheRealRatigan
Sep 25th, 2008
10:11:51 PM
Josh Brolin as THE LONE RANGER.
by TheRealRatigan
Sep 25th, 2008
10:18:35 PM
Now Ratigan, THAT'S Bruckheimer casting.
by Orbots Commander
Sep 25th, 2008
10:23:59 PM
KLINTON SPILSBURY!!!!!
by Paul T. Ryan
Sep 25th, 2008
10:32:08 PM
How about a native american for tonto?
by Bootskin
Sep 25th, 2008
11:03:43 PM
This should be
by Bootskin
Sep 25th, 2008
11:11:46 PM
"Killing me won't bring back your GODDAMNED MAIZE!!!!"
by smackfu
Sep 25th, 2008
11:48:55 PM
christ, Grammaton Cleric Binks
by smackfu
Sep 25th, 2008
11:51:04 PM
BlackCrippler
by smackfu
Sep 25th, 2008
11:54:16 PM
Josh Brolin
by ChezKing
Sep 26th, 2008
12:21:03 AM
Paul T. Ryan...
by Bob Cryptonight
Sep 26th, 2008
12:24:09 AM
Harvey Fierstein as Lone Ranger, Ty Pennington as Tonto...
by RandySavage
Sep 26th, 2008
12:29:39 AM
the lone grandpa
by shogunshin
Sep 26th, 2008
12:51:18 AM
Clooney ..YES! Cage...NO!!!
by gdeo
Sep 26th, 2008
01:10:10 AM
Jet Li As the Long Ranger!!!!
by tHeGRinGoGenTiLE
Sep 26th, 2008
01:43:25 AM
Morgan Freeman as the Long Ranger!!!
by tHeGRinGoGenTiLE
Sep 26th, 2008
01:44:11 AM
Okay okay...Verne Troyer as the LONE Ranger!!!
by tHeGRinGoGenTiLE
Sep 26th, 2008
01:44:46 AM
Lone Ranger: PAM GRIER MOTHERFUCKERS!!!
by tHeGRinGoGenTiLE
Sep 26th, 2008
01:45:27 AM
Basically, this idea can suck my dick because...
by tHeGRinGoGenTiLE
Sep 26th, 2008
01:48:08 AM
Neat Factoid
by EyeofPolyphemus
Sep 26th, 2008
01:48:18 AM
Brad Pitt anyone? anyone?
by Brody77
Sep 26th, 2008
01:55:50 AM
the first problem the writers will have to deal with
by the podosphere
Sep 26th, 2008
03:05:44 AM
Jean Rochefort
by Dingbatty
Sep 26th, 2008
03:23:56 AM
Clooney would be a great choice
by zapano
Sep 26th, 2008
03:27:17 AM
Morena Baccarin as the LR. NC-17
by Dingbatty
Sep 26th, 2008
03:54:40 AM
Casting Depp as Tonto is INSULTING.
by TheGhostWhoLurks
Sep 26th, 2008
04:25:27 AM
Eckhart/Beach
by I_am_not_the_droid_you_are_loo king_for
Sep 26th, 2008
05:30:52 AM
"He played a Space Cowboy, so now he can be a Masked Cowboy!"
by kiddae
Sep 26th, 2008
05:53:31 AM
Maverick
by Cobb05
Sep 26th, 2008
06:40:32 AM
tHeGRinGoGenTiLE
by Grammaton Cleric Binks
Sep 26th, 2008
06:47:38 AM
Clooney was the first person that came to mind.
by JDanielP
Sep 26th, 2008
06:59:23 AM
The Lone Ranger should be...
by TurboPervo
Sep 26th, 2008
07:29:13 AM
Wait, I've GOT it!
by Half-Baked-Goggle-Box-Do-Goode r
Sep 26th, 2008
07:33:36 AM
Whoever they cast, the bigger question is..
by Marillion
Sep 26th, 2008
08:39:41 AM
Chuck Norris as Walker, Lone Texas Ranger
by Green Arrow
Sep 26th, 2008
08:39:50 AM
Enough with Nicholas Cage
by Toby___Wong
Sep 26th, 2008
09:12:54 AM
Depp never looks like a grown-up
by LeftFoot
Sep 26th, 2008
09:32:34 AM
I'm a huge Depp fan, but...
by rbatty024
Sep 26th, 2008
09:50:19 AM
With this casting, what type of western will it be?
by JDanielP
Sep 26th, 2008
09:58:58 AM
"How dare they cast a Cherokee for an Apache!!!"
by JackRabbitSlim
Sep 26th, 2008
11:00:41 AM
Give it a floor run, see if it plays.
by Cletus Van Damme
Sep 26th, 2008
11:04:16 AM
Nathan Fillion and Wes Studi ... right
by JackRabbitSlim
Sep 26th, 2008
11:05:56 AM
ANDY DICK as "CHIEF RUNS WITH SCISSORS"
by Cletus Van Damme
Sep 26th, 2008
11:08:14 AM
JackRabbitSlim
by kiddae
Sep 26th, 2008
11:44:04 AM
Clooney as the masked hero...
by DieGlazerDie
Sep 26th, 2008
12:45:10 PM
A thousand times no!
by iakobos
Sep 26th, 2008
12:55:35 PM
Thank You, Masked Man!
by Cheif Brody
Sep 26th, 2008
02:48:19 PM
Clooney ruined Batman, and now he wants...
by Leafar the Lost
Sep 26th, 2008
02:59:17 PM
Why is the name "Tonto" bad??
by Ye Not Guilty
Sep 26th, 2008
03:22:52 PM
CRISPIN GLOVER as THE LONE RANGER
by Ye Not Guilty
Sep 26th, 2008
03:29:54 PM
Why not Timothy Olyphant as The Ranger?
by Ultron ver 2.0
Sep 26th, 2008
04:19:37 PM
Paddy Considine and Timothy Spall
by Samson_K
Sep 26th, 2008
06:53:03 PM
Barney Frank as the Lone Ranger
by MrNotHere
Sep 27th, 2008
05:09:57 AM
Grammaton Cleric Binks
by tHeGRinGoGenTiLE
Sep 27th, 2008
12:51:51 PM
Clooney has been cast as the Lone Ranger...
by Leafar the Lost
Sep 28th, 2008
07:24:09 AM
Johnny Depp as...
by Dr Gregory House
Sep 28th, 2008
02:53:17 PM
Depp as a Native American?????? by Thot
by GalactusZ
Sep 25th, 2009
06:12:54 PM
"How dare they cast a Cherokee for an Apache!!!" by JackRabbitSl
by GalactusZ
Sep 25th, 2009
06:15:31 PM
Apocalypto
by GalactusZ
Sep 25th, 2009
06:17:12 PM

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