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

Seth Rogan by Hamtaro Hentai	Sep 25th, 2008 02:30:48 PM
Or Will Smith
FRENCH STEWART IS THE LONE RANGER by the new transported man	Sep 25th, 2008 02:31:05 PM
french stewart
i can see it now.... by Bouncy X	Sep 25th, 2008 02:31:44 PM
the invevitable line of "this is why zorro works alone".
Lone Ranger actor does need charisma by Rupee88	Sep 25th, 2008 02:32:14 PM
Clooney might be good at it although he is a little old...but that could still work.
BTW that was sarcasm by Hamtaro Hentai	Sep 25th, 2008 02:32:20 PM
I just didn't want to shout 'First!'
Clooney could be great. by Rando Calrisian	Sep 25th, 2008 02:34:25 PM
He's got the look, and the comedic potential between Clooney and Depp might be freakin' great. They can both handle a bit of action pretty well, too. Just no nipples on the Lone Ranger's costume, please.
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
Google frakkin' exists. wink
You've got to be kidding me... by Mr. Wayne	Sep 25th, 2008 02:39:31 PM
Let me get this straight, being part Indian is good enough to cast Johnny Depp as Tonto? Talk about disrespecting the character. Can we not find an actual Native American actor to play the role? Depp is about as much indian as I am , and I am 99% Irish German. Yes, I am 1% Indian. And Clooney as the Lone Ranger? Wow, just when you think the Lone Ranger film could be a great, kick ass western you get glamour casting that immediately screams "this is gonna really suck". I don't know about everyone else, but this type of casting makes me think we are gonna get a "Batman and Robin" instead of a "Batman Begins". Not good at all.
NATHAN FILLION by PCMODEMTCG	Sep 25th, 2008 02:40:15 PM
Think about it a sec... I can totally see it.
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
God, you guys are predictable. Everyone knows that Fillion is a lock for GREEN LANTERN...
Adam Beach as Tonto by ElGiante	Sep 25th, 2008 02:43:53 PM
Bruce campbell as the (aging) Lone Ranger... Matt Damon as the Bourne Ranger Serously, I could see this as Brendan Fraser thing, except I couldn't see Depp playing second to him.
NATHAN FILLION by WISEBLOOD	Sep 25th, 2008 02:44:25 PM
He was BORN to play that role. He would knock that shite outta the park.
A Lone Ranger movie could be great. by Bubba Gillman	Sep 25th, 2008 02:45:13 PM
But I don't like this casting at all. Suggests a campy, ironic, post modern approach. The Lone Ranger should be earnest, stopping just short of corn. And they should use the recent comic as the template.
Just how bad (or good) is THE LEGEND OF THE LONE RANGER? by Nosferatu Jones	Sep 25th, 2008 02:47:03 PM
I haven't seen it since, literally, 1982, when HBO ran it into the ground. I know I watched it every time it was on, but can barely remember anything about it (I was only 10 at the time). Anyone seen it recently? Is it really as bad as they said it was....?
ACTUALLY by WISEBLOOD	Sep 25th, 2008 02:47:44 PM
Nathan Fillion would be dope for the lone ranger and all, but if there was a chance...ANY FREAKIN CHANCE...that he could be cast as Hal Jordan like Nosferatu up there said...SCREW THE LONE RANGER.
What, no Whedon? by SirLoin	Sep 25th, 2008 02:49:02 PM
He should do like, every movie, ever. Nathan Fillion should be in every movie playing every part. WHEDON ROCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!
Nosferatu by PCMODEMTCG	Sep 25th, 2008 02:49:39 PM
Predictable? Not really...When I think of the pissed off version of Mal in the Serenity movie, after finding all his friends killed by the Alliance ordering his crew to strap bodies to the ship and whoever doesn't can leave or get shot...THAT is the version of Fillion we need here. A vengeful prick out to right some severe wrongs. THAT is a film that i would pay to see...
this is gonna suck...... by dingleberryjerry	Sep 25th, 2008 02:50:07 PM
Johnny depp is wayyyyy overexposed right now. The guy needs to go away for awhile. Seems that since "Pirates", he has said yes to practically everything. what are the odds Tim Burton is lurking around this somewhere?
Heh by Aeghast	Sep 25th, 2008 02:52:54 PM
The whole thing sounds like a terrible idea..
Jonah Hill!!! by Roketopunch	Sep 25th, 2008 02:56:05 PM
Who Cares!!!!
and no btw to Bale or Campbell... by PCMODEMTCG	Sep 25th, 2008 02:56:08 PM
those two don't need to be in this film, unless it is to show up very briefly to be gunned down as the other rangers...and then only Campbell if he can play if perfectly straight with no mugging for the camera... Fillion really seems to be the best choice...I can't think of another that we have at least heard of that would make the part really good...and I did put some thought to it...
I'll take Seth Rogen over Nicolas Cage any day. by Wolfman Nards	Sep 25th, 2008 02:58:23 PM
Just sayin.
Clooney would be a horrible miscast by BigSteve03	Sep 25th, 2008 02:58:43 PM
He's not even close to being an action hero, let alone an old west action here.
KurtLockwood by Wolfman Nards	Sep 25th, 2008 02:59:13 PM
Have you seen the "bees in my ass!" gif file? It's epic to say the least.
He is Dingle Burton and Depp in Wonderland by nerosday	Sep 25th, 2008 02:59:17 PM
Seriously Johnny is playing the Mad Hatter in Burton's Alice and Wonderland. Another film I don't understand why they're doing, but at least it makes more sense than Charlie and the Chocolate Factory remake they made, why was that even needed? Gene Wilder is Wonka to my generation even my kid likes the original better.
Thomas Jane, Aaron Eckhart or Josh Holloway as Lone Ranger! by RobertBaron	Sep 25th, 2008 02:59:26 PM
boo yah
BigSteve03 by Wolfman Nards	Sep 25th, 2008 03:00:16 PM
Dude, what are talking about? Did you see his performance in Batman & Robin? Earth shattering.
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
Lets hope they play it relatively straight.
Hey Mike, by nerosday	Sep 25th, 2008 03:03:19 PM
Tonto...fa ten LONG years... I hid that badge... up my ASS. Oh, my god.
by nerosday	Sep 25th, 2008 03:04:25 PM
gotta love walken, that crazy, crazy bastard
HOw about Aaron Eckhart? by hallmitchell	Sep 25th, 2008 03:05:03 PM
Yet the teaming of Depp and Clooney would be box office gold.
RobertBaron by DarqueGuy	Sep 25th, 2008 03:05:58 PM
Oooh...I like the idea of Josh Holloway a lot. I was firmly in the Fillion camp but I could see Holloway using this to move away from the Sawyer type a bit and establish himself as a film actor. Nice job. And as long as we're playing the casting game: Jason Isaacs as Butch Cavendish.
Well, I say.... by Half-Baked-Goggle-Box-Do-Gooder	Sep 25th, 2008 03:10:39 PM
...since Depp stole Timothy Spall's shot at the Mad Hatter, then Spall as the Lone Ranger. Fat, Ugly, bad British teeth - I'd go see that. Just for the idea of what they could do with scenes of the two of 'em riding into some shithole frontier town and heading straight for the local cathouse - The look on the mdam's face as these two stumble in through the front door - Spall's lumpen gargoyle vs Depp's pretty-boy exotique when the girls start sizin' up the clients - that'd be good for a few laughs. It's only fair... Okay, really - Clooney ain't bad. But I'd like to see some sort of brainy elitist-tinged smart aleck in the role - somebody like David Straithairn or....well....somebody LIKE Robert Downey Jr. Not ACTUALLY RDJr, but a too-smart-for-the-room wiseass LIKE Him....Get a sort of inverse Cleavon Little/Sheriff Black Bart kinda vibe goin'.... Although, as long as I''m typing while I think, just the idea of watching Jack Black flop around in that pretty blue pantsuit might be fun for a couple of minutes... Okay, seriously - So much depends on the intended feel of the movie - are they going for a santized, glossy POTC/FX shitfest, or a grimy Andrew Dominick/John Hillcoat modern Western/revisionist kinda thing? Hell - Why not Russell Crowe? He likes doing taciturn men-of-honor stuff, he wouldn't be half bad....
So Tonto will be a half-breed outcast, right? by MCVamp	Sep 25th, 2008 03:10:51 PM
Making him a fair counterpart to the "Lone" Ranger? Depp just wants to ride horses for a few months and sleep-quirk his way through another box office gross percentage. And I'm all for it. The Lone Ranger has been waiting for a faithful and fun screen update. If Clooney won't do it, fuck it, go after Pitt. If not Pitt, I'm sure we can cast an unknown who looks the part and have Patrick Warburton dub him over. I mean, why wouldn't it work?
Pirates 4? by Rev. Slappy	Sep 25th, 2008 03:15:10 PM
What a steaming pile that will be. 2 and 3 were horrendous and bloated over-produced pieces of shit.
I nominate Nick Cage's hair by Garbageman33	Sep 25th, 2008 03:16:24 PM
Whenever I see him, all i do is stare at the hair anyway. I think it's ready to move on without him.
Re: Half-Baked-Goggle-Box... by MCVamp	Sep 25th, 2008 03:17:10 PM
Considering who's making it, you think this ISN'T going to have the same fingerprints as POTC all over it? I'm surprised Gore Verbinski hasn't been attached yet for another shot at BOX OFFICE BABY!
holloway by PCMODEMTCG	Sep 25th, 2008 03:17:22 PM
Ok, Holloway would be a very good second choice...I still think Fillion would be the absolute perfect choice though... Tell you what Holloway could be outstanding for though..IF the beard ever dies or would allow Timothy Zahn Heir to the Empire trilogy to be filmed (which was what SHOULD have been made, not the shitty prequels), Holloway would be a perfect re-casting for Han Solo....
No...? by PirateEmery	Sep 25th, 2008 03:18:15 PM
I don't think this George Clooney thing is such a good idea...
Will The Lone Ranger Costume Have Nipples? by DrunkenBusboy	Sep 25th, 2008 03:19:28 PM
There is a tradition that Mr. Clooney needs to uphold!
The Lone Ranger & Green Hornet Are Great Uncle/Great Nephew! by DrunkenBusboy	Sep 25th, 2008 03:20:53 PM
Cool piece of trivia I think! Hopefully both upcoming adaptations will tie them together in some cool subtle way besides the minority sidekicks they both share!
William Tell Overture by Grammaton Cleric Binks	Sep 25th, 2008 03:21:02 PM
No remake/remix/modernizing. This is a piece of classical music that lives forever. One of the only two memories I have of my grandmother is being at her house eating Pop Tarts for breakfast, and watching The Lone Ranger.
I'd like to pose a serious question at this juncture. by Mr. Nice Gaius	Sep 25th, 2008 03:21:03 PM
The Lone Ranger?! Seriously. The Lone FUCKING Ranger?!?!
MCVamp by Half-Baked-Goggle-Box-Do-Gooder	Sep 25th, 2008 03:22:36 PM
....Yeah, that's what I'm afraid of, too.....which pretty much rules out somebody politically touchy like Clooney. But ain't Verbinski tied up with the Bioshock crapfloat right now? (I really see no reason to expect anything even vaguely respectable about this entire "Lone Ranger" thing, anyway....Disney will probably wind up handing it to Ratner anyway..)
And it looks like BlackCrippler (aka BraneRobot - AnimalStructur by Mr. Nice Gaius	Sep 25th, 2008 03:22:51 PM
...has crawled out from under his rock with one of his more infamous claims.
Is this a joke? by IamZardoz	Sep 25th, 2008 03:23:26 PM
This sounds sooooo crappy.
Come to think of it.... by Half-Baked-Goggle-Box-Do-Gooder	Sep 25th, 2008 03:25:47 PM
...I'd really like to see Depp go on the talkshow circuit to pimp this and wind up splitting Jimmy Kimmels balls with a tomahawk.
After All.... by Half-Baked-Goggle-Box-Do-Gooder	Sep 25th, 2008 03:26:49 PM
...it ain't like Sarah Silverman needs 'em anymore.
Anyone younger than Clooney by mara69	Sep 25th, 2008 03:27:12 PM
Karl Urban anyone?
Sarah Jessica Parker as Silver by Det. John Kimble	Sep 25th, 2008 03:27:54 PM
I'd like my 10% cut in advance, thanks.
Um, hello? THE LONE RANGER can work. by Nosferatu Jones	Sep 25th, 2008 03:28:39 PM
If THE MASK OF ZORRO could be a big hit 10 years ago, then I say a LONE RANGER film done right is long overdue and can do just as well.
As long as they use Apache myth and legend by zinc_chameleon	Sep 25th, 2008 03:30:36 PM
Which is supposedly where the story comes from. For example: a 'Lozen' character, who was the real Xena. A woman: Geronimo's top tracker, and one of his best fighters. He got caught when Lozen was too sick to fight. Julie Newmar played her type as Hesh-ke in 'MacKenna's Gold' (1969).
Lone Ranger WILL work... by PirateEmery	Sep 25th, 2008 03:31:31 PM
...if it stars someone younger than Clooney.
Clooney as the villain instead. by MCVamp	Sep 25th, 2008 03:34:34 PM
Pitt for the Lone Ranger. These two need to do their poor-man's Redford/Newman bit before they're too old and we get something like Righteous Kill.
idiots by RobotDevil007	Sep 25th, 2008 03:35:41 PM
What is it with the idiots in these talkbalks? Did you little-brains learn nothing after you all chastised Chris Nolan for casting a "gay cowboy" as the Joker? How many times do you have humiliate yourselves on these talkbalks before you realize that you all have the judgment of shitforbrains fanboys (i swear, if I see one more asshat propose Patrick Warburton for the leading role in ANYTHING bigger than Tick cartoon, that person is branded shitbrain of the century). Seriously... idiots.
Pitt by PCMODEMTCG	Sep 25th, 2008 03:39:29 PM
Pitt? C'mon. He doesn't have any inner fire... unless the ranger winds up being stone cold nuts and puts a "12 monkeys" spin on it...and even that would probably be too damn strange of a film... One thing also..."Hiyo Silver, Awwwway"... that line really needs to NOT be in the film, no matter how much people might want it...please disney, resist the urge....
Check out the Lone Ranger comics by kayleefan	Sep 25th, 2008 03:40:04 PM
Brett Matthews and John Cassaday are doing some amazing stuff with this series.
nerosday by Stuntcock Mike	Sep 25th, 2008 03:40:20 PM
He'll have the same hair he had in Things to do in Denver When Your Dead. "One day you're saving the rain forest, the next, you're chuggin' cock"
Gee Willikers, RobotDevil.... by Half-Baked-Goggle-Box-Do-Gooder	Sep 25th, 2008 03:41:06 PM
...I thought this site was just a fun way to recruit for MENSA. For the fucking record, I had no problems with the casting of Ledger.....You DO realize we're just fucking around in here, don't you?
Have Depp play both roles. by Huffy_Henry	Sep 25th, 2008 03:41:52 PM
Obvious.
This sounds... by Admiral Akwelches	Sep 25th, 2008 03:42:09 PM
...really stupid. Since nobody asked beaks and nobody will ask me, that's all i'm gonna say on the subject. oh, and johnny depp would be a great mad hatter if it weren't for us being so upset about it. but, still, i think it's silly casting.
Don't screw with the music. Check it out by Grammaton Cleric Binks	Sep 25th, 2008 03:43:17 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =6TOW_4TXJ2Q
Get Will Smith!!! by Banditmania	Sep 25th, 2008 03:43:41 PM
haw haw!!
AICN Talkback: The Movie by Hamtaro Hentai	Sep 25th, 2008 03:45:15 PM
I vote for Patrick Warburton for RobotDevil007
I nominate... by TurboPervo	Sep 25th, 2008 03:45:24 PM
Patrick Warburton. Yay! Or maybe Jack Black.
Viggo and Adam!!! by CENOBITE	Sep 25th, 2008 03:45:34 PM
I would cast Adam Beach from "Flags of our Fathers" as Tonto and Viggo Mortensen as the Lone Ranger. Seriously, people... then you would have an awsome and gritty Lone Ranger. It's a gritty story about revenge, racism and the capacity for evil. We need some excellent actors to do justice to it.
Depp could play both roles by sapno_krei	Sep 25th, 2008 03:48:10 PM
He's a versatile guy...
Huffy Henry beats me to it... by sapno_krei	Sep 25th, 2008 03:48:42 PM
sigh
"Buckwheats Tonto, they all get Buckwheats" by Stuntcock Mike	Sep 25th, 2008 03:50:15 PM
Gotta be Walken.
Nathan Fillion as the Lone Ranger!!! by fanboy71	Sep 25th, 2008 03:54:13 PM
But get someone besides Depp as Tonto please. But Nathan Fillion should definitely play Hal Jordan!
Thought Will Smith had a lock on Green Lantern... by Half-Baked-Goggle-Box-Do-Gooder	Sep 25th, 2008 03:57:44 PM
...or as Elizabeth the 1st, in Disney's all-new 2014 re-make!
The Lone Star Ranger by wintocha67	Sep 25th, 2008 04:00:29 PM
By Zane Grey is the basis for the Lone Ranger story, and is the story of a young man, who happens to be the fastest draw in Texas, which leads him to have to kill a man and go on the run. Finally, after a foray across the border to a dangerous hole in the wall filled with villains he turns himself into the Texas Ranger hunting him, and rather than hanged the ranger enlists the boy to become a secret agent for the Texas Rangers, undercover in the old west. Now, that's awesome. Johnny Depp and George Clooney simply could not be those characters. Bale couldn't be that character. Matt Damon couldn't be that character. It has to be a kid.
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
..."ear sticky." That's my Lone Ranger and Tonto debate contribution.
Really...not yet? by Thrillho77	Sep 25th, 2008 04:11:54 PM
No one invoked the name of Crispin Glover on a AICN casting talkback yet?
That's a great story by DennisMM	Sep 25th, 2008 04:14:10 PM
Except that it has nothing to do with the Lone Ranger as presented for the last 65 years. The Ranger is introduced as a young man, but not that young. He is old enough actually to be a Texas Ranger and, depending upon the version of the story, is either a Ranger or an auxiliary drafted by his brother, the Captain of the local Rangers.
The only way this will work is as a comedy... by Pdorwick	Sep 25th, 2008 04:14:21 PM
...I mean really...
Pardon me, 75 years by DennisMM	Sep 25th, 2008 04:14:54 PM
Bad typo. Please replace mentally.
Um...no. He's too old. by Anna Valerious	Sep 25th, 2008 04:25:24 PM
Give it to James McAvoy.
Old ass joke... by Outlaw	Sep 25th, 2008 04:26:15 PM
So the lone ranger and Tonto are riding through the mountains and they stop for a bathroom brake. The Lone Ranger gets off his horse, drops his pants and begins to squat, when a rattler pops out of the bushes and bites the Lone Ranger square on the ass. feeling weak the Lone Ranger looks towards Tonto, and asks him to find a doctor in the closest nearby town. Tonto agrees, and rides off. After a few hours, Tonto reaches the closest town and finds the local doctor. Tonto tells the doctor that the Lone Ranger was bit on the ass by a rattler. The doctor tells Tonto that the only way to remove the poison is to physically suck out the poison from the Lone Rangers ass. Tonto nods, and recognizes what he must do, and rides off. Tonto finally reaches the Lone Ranger: "Tonto, my friend...what did the doctor say," the Lone Ranger asks. Tonto looks at the lone Ranger:"The doctor says you're fucked!"
Bruce Cambell, John Tuturo, Elvis Presley! by FILMFUNK	Sep 25th, 2008 04:26:53 PM
Madonna, O'J Simson, Hellen Mirren
Kathy Bates should play Silver by RobertBaron	Sep 25th, 2008 04:31:09 PM
not Tonto. I'd pay to see that movie!
Meanwhile back at the ranch... by Banditmania	Sep 25th, 2008 04:36:37 PM
the Lone Ranger was disguised as a tree, so Tonto stomped his root. Meanwhile back at the ranch the Lone Ranger was disguised as a pool table, so Tonto racked his balls.
Kathy Bates as a rabid buffalo by finky089	Sep 25th, 2008 04:38:56 PM
Feed The Bates!!!
KELSEY GRAMMER! KELSEY GRAMMER! KELSEY GRAMMER! by lord_zedd	Sep 25th, 2008 04:43:51 PM
Depp and Grammer and Sarah Jessica Parker as Silver!
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
She makes Sarah Jessica Parker look like Charlize Theron
JIM CAVIEZEL Dammit!!! by DarthBakpao	Sep 25th, 2008 04:57:35 PM
Matthew Fox would be fine too
Depp as a Native American?????? by Thot	Sep 25th, 2008 05:03:38 PM
This has GOT to be a comedy! The only thing even more retarded than the notion of Depp as the Lone Ranger is Depp as Tonto! They have GOT to be kidding! This is going to suck big-time. I'm sure this'll royally piss off the Native American actors who would love such a plum role.
Finally... by Embeedeuce	Sep 25th, 2008 05:12:36 PM
A movie that wont star 22 year olds.
The Lone Ranger by Ted Brautigan	Sep 25th, 2008 05:13:26 PM
My current catch-all casting suggestion: Jon Hamm from Mad Men
Sandler, Fraiser and Buscemi as The Lone Rangers by Heckles	Sep 25th, 2008 05:17:30 PM
Best movie ever.
Ok, I can see Clooney if it has to be a 'name' actor by br1947	Sep 25th, 2008 05:18:22 PM
He could pull it off. But I'd rather see Nathan Fillion or Aaron Eckhart get it. Eckhart is in a really good place right now after TDK, if he got this he'd easily become a 'name' actor.
Lone Ranger Casting by paralyser-pro	Sep 25th, 2008 05:19:09 PM
My first impression was definitely Aaron Eckhart as the best actor available. Matthew Fox wouldn't be totally awful. If you wanted to come from left field then Robert Sean Leonard is still Hollywood's most underestimated talent.
Luke Perry! by paralyser-pro	Sep 25th, 2008 05:21:18 PM
Casting a 21 Jump St. alum with the star of 90210 might be a stroke of genius!
.. 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
Tonto cleverly disgused as a pool table was getting his balls racked. Heidi Montag for Silver!
You know some studio exec cant wait for a sequel... by kravmaguffin	Sep 25th, 2008 05:32:59 PM
So he can call it...wait for it... The Lone Rangers!
Oh come on, hire Patrick Warburton by Spyhunter	Sep 25th, 2008 05:36:49 PM
You know he would make an awesome Lone Ranger.
na, the sequel will be "The Lone Ranger vs Zorro" by br1947	Sep 25th, 2008 05:39:39 PM
Old West Batman vs Superman. Which might actually be entertaining.
Clooney,.. The Old Ranger by picardsucks	Sep 25th, 2008 05:47:01 PM
How about Russell Crowe???
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
jump the shark jump the fridge jump the nuke now jump the horse!?
They should go with by ChezKing	Sep 25th, 2008 06:06:35 PM
casting Robert DeNiro as the Lone Ranger and Al Pacino as Tonto. That would be hilarious.
NATHAN FILLION by O_Goncho	Sep 25th, 2008 06:28:50 PM
or Viggo Mortensen.
starving_artist by illegaltouching	Sep 25th, 2008 06:47:39 PM
i agree. viggo already played a "ranger". bring him in.
Aren't Tonto and the Ranger close in age? Clooney? Nah! by Monkey_King	Sep 25th, 2008 07:22:46 PM
How about an amalgamation of that young Lone Ranger mini-series and that Lone Ranger film from the 80's(the one with the poorly casted Ranger and bad dubbing). The Ranger "did" Tonto's sister, heh heh! Caviezel would be awesome, or Ben Browder.
Nathan Fillion would be ideal for this by flickchick85	Sep 25th, 2008 07:32:42 PM
But the Clooney/Depp duo could be awesome, too.
I thought about this all day by CherryValance	Sep 25th, 2008 07:36:13 PM
and Hugh Jackman was who I came up with. However, I had also considered Nic Cage if they could find the right hair. Also Nic Cage and Johnny Depp were roommates a million years ago I think, so that'd even be cute. But yeah, my actual choice is Hugh Jackman. I also like the Eckhart and Fillion suggestions. The problem is all day when I was thinking about it, I never really felt like there was a perfect choice. It seemed to me that there is no true Lone Ranger type out there right now.
by dagonet_	Sep 25th, 2008 07:40:17 PM
This will be the talkback where everyone says "I'm part native american." or "I'm 1/128 Indian".
I don't care... by yesiamaplant	Sep 25th, 2008 07:44:55 PM
...as long as they can work out some deal where The Green Hornet gets to keep his ancestral connection to The Lone Ranger.
Jim Caviezel... by Half-Baked-Goggle-Box-Do-Gooder	Sep 25th, 2008 08:08:05 PM
...as the Moustache-Twirling Villain. It could work. (Naturally I'd prefer Ian MacShane, but this IS Disney...)
ANDY DICK AS THE LONE RANGER by Ye Not Guilty	Sep 25th, 2008 08:35:45 PM
Otherwise it will be TLRINO!!!
I LOVE CLOONEY BUT NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!! by BringingSexyBack	Sep 25th, 2008 08:38:33 PM
We don't need no bobble head Lone Ranger. How about Todd Palin?
Shia!!! by MilkyLicker	Sep 25th, 2008 08:43:30 PM
Sorry.
Nathan Fillion, right timing, right look, right actor by Stormwatcher	Sep 25th, 2008 08:50:14 PM
Perfect as he won't steal any thunder from Depp but will totally own the movie. Really, go with Fillion, look at Firefly for proof. This would have me geek out over the movie.
nobody's a native anything by juice willis	Sep 25th, 2008 08:57:44 PM
unless they sprang from the fucking soil.
I think Vigo Mortensen would make a great Lone Ranger. by Orbots Commander	Sep 25th, 2008 08:59:26 PM
I'd love ii if they shot it in an old fashioned John Ford style; every frame should look like those old billboard Marlboro ads. For a taste of that, check out Lawrence Kasdan's great Silverado.
With the Clooney cast they're going for post modern irony. by Orbots Commander	Sep 25th, 2008 09:03:52 PM
How lame. Give us a classic action packed western.
Clooney is way too smug by rainbowtrout1265	Sep 25th, 2008 09:04:06 PM
That would be terrible casting...
i can picture clooney.... by rainbowtrout1265	Sep 25th, 2008 09:07:18 PM
bobbing his head down and looking up with his eyes mumbling like he's got day-old oatmeal in his mouth.
Jon Hamm by jeryoctober	Sep 25th, 2008 09:10:34 PM
I agree... Don Draper IS the Lone Ranger.
Where does the Lone Ranger take his trash? by Grammaton Cleric Binks	Sep 25th, 2008 09:19:16 PM
To the dump to the dump to the dump dump dump. Ha, I kill me. Thank you,you've been a lovely audience, good night.
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
He'll want to pick a 'name' actor, or someone on the verge of being a star. That's the MO for all Bruckheimer movies. Actually the Eckhart idea wouldn't be bad either. He's got 'heat', as they say, after Dark Knight.
This’ll Be Fun by Evil Chicken	Sep 25th, 2008 09:55:18 PM
I’d love to see an unhinged Lone Ranger almost consumed with revenge for what Butch Cavendish did to him, his brother and the rest of the Texas Rangers who were tracking them down. Tonto would be the force that keeps him rooted in his own sanity – a touch base to the real world. Oh yeah… good stuff. I’m there opening night, no doubt. I hope that it happens.
Clooney as Butch Cavendish, but not the masked man. by TheRealRatigan	Sep 25th, 2008 10:11:51 PM
Let George subvert all that smirky charm and enjoy the freedom to play a true bastard. I like the idea of Tom Jane playing the Ranger, but they must be aiming A-list for the part if they've already hired Depp as his sidekick -- Depp's marquee appeal will rule the hype; they can't let Tonto steal the movie. ...Personally, I'd like nothing more than to see Josh Brolin as the silver bullet slinger.
Josh Brolin as THE LONE RANGER. by TheRealRatigan	Sep 25th, 2008 10:18:35 PM
You're welcome, Disney.
Now Ratigan, THAT'S Bruckheimer casting. by Orbots Commander	Sep 25th, 2008 10:23:59 PM
That's not bad: Brolin is on the cusp, one good role away from stardom, and Clooney as Cavendish would be friggin' awesome.
KLINTON SPILSBURY!!!!! by Paul T. Ryan	Sep 25th, 2008 10:32:08 PM
There. Someone had to say it.
How about a native american for tonto? by Bootskin	Sep 25th, 2008 11:03:43 PM
Depp doesn't have to be in fucking everything. I don't think his wearing a bandana in Pirates makes him qualified to play an "injun". Hollywood dumbasses.
This should be by Bootskin	Sep 25th, 2008 11:11:46 PM
Adam Beach as Tonto, and Aaron Eckhart as the Ranger. You guys who said this above are fucking geniuses.
"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
The last time I heard that joke I was 6 years old.
BlackCrippler by smackfu	Sep 25th, 2008 11:54:16 PM
The fact that George Clooney let you suck his dick doesn't mean he's gay. It means you're gay.
Josh Brolin by ChezKing	Sep 26th, 2008 12:21:03 AM
Wow, that is a great call! I read that name and instantly saw it and just--wow. That is a perfect combo. I can see Brolin depicting a tense bitter vengeful Ranger and Depp counter-balancing with a wise spiritual somewhat enlightened Tonto. They would really look good together on screen. Nice call, TheRealRatigan!
Paul T. Ryan... by Bob Cryptonight	Sep 26th, 2008 12:24:09 AM
Good one! But, I wonder how many get that joke? And, actually Spilbury's voice was dubbed by, I believe, Stacy Keach!
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
nic cage sucks
Jet Li As the Long Ranger!!!! by tHeGRinGoGenTiLE	Sep 26th, 2008 01:43:25 AM
Why not? Who says he has to be white?
Morgan Freeman as the Long Ranger!!! by tHeGRinGoGenTiLE	Sep 26th, 2008 01:44:11 AM
Yes I know it's LONE, but hey...who says he has to be white?
Okay okay...Verne Troyer as the LONE Ranger!!! by tHeGRinGoGenTiLE	Sep 26th, 2008 01:44:46 AM
Who says he has to be tall?
Lone Ranger: PAM GRIER MOTHERFUCKERS!!! by tHeGRinGoGenTiLE	Sep 26th, 2008 01:45:27 AM
Who says he can't have big titties?
Basically, this idea can suck my dick because... by tHeGRinGoGenTiLE	Sep 26th, 2008 01:48:08 AM
Tonto's native American. Tonto's Native American, Kingpin's white, Othello's black and it seems someone in Hollywood forgot the rules of nature. Even the old Lone Ranger shows got that right and that was during the height of television racism.
Neat Factoid by EyeofPolyphemus	Sep 26th, 2008 01:48:18 AM
Both George Clooney and Johnny Depp are originally from Owensboro, KY.
Brad Pitt anyone? anyone? by Brody77	Sep 26th, 2008 01:55:50 AM
He'd be great working with Depp. I like Clooney, but he's too old. Whoever first said Nathan Fillion - very good call!
the first problem the writers will have to deal with by the podosphere	Sep 26th, 2008 03:05:44 AM
is how to excuse the very politically incorrect problem of a white dude calling another white dude playing an Indian (feather) "Tonto", which, after all, is a slur.
Jean Rochefort by Dingbatty	Sep 26th, 2008 03:23:56 AM
Heheheh.
Clooney would be a great choice by zapano	Sep 26th, 2008 03:27:17 AM
Now all they need is a really good director (no Verbinski, you can sit down)
Morena Baccarin as the LR. NC-17 by Dingbatty	Sep 26th, 2008 03:54:40 AM
Perhaps, just perhaps, Adam Beach is sick of always playing the American Indian. Let him be an Italian LR.
Casting Depp as Tonto is INSULTING. by TheGhostWhoLurks	Sep 26th, 2008 04:25:27 AM
Sheesh... I thought we got over this sort of racist "minstrel"-type casting of whites as minorities several years ago. Heck, they even make sure VOICE ACTORS are the same race as their characters nowadays! Just based on the fact that they're screwing over some talented Indian actor out there, who would otherwise be getting this plum role, this film is a wash for me. It's like Jessica Alba's Sue Storm all over again! >:( NEXT time, just hire a damn Native American!!! You already took their lands... you have to take one of the few famous roles made for them, too??? Idiots.
Eckhart/Beach by I_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looki ng_for	Sep 26th, 2008 05:30:52 AM
I posted my suggestion of Adam Beach on the announcement feedback but Eckhart's a great call. If they made Lone Ranger with them then i'd go see it. Have Depp as the villian. He's good at the whole bad-ass thing. Unless he's saving it for Batman 3.
"He played a Space Cowboy, so now he can be a Masked Cowboy!" by kiddae	Sep 26th, 2008 05:53:31 AM
Imaginative, folks. And now I'll be a hypocrite and say Josh Brolin is a great idea. "He was in an anti-Western, so now he can be in a PULP-western!" And while we're being ethnically absurd, get Javier Bardem for Tonto.
Maverick by Cobb05	Sep 26th, 2008 06:40:32 AM
Is that what they want this movie to be? A kinda Maverick, family friendly western/action movie?
tHeGRinGoGenTiLE by Grammaton Cleric Binks	Sep 26th, 2008 06:47:38 AM
Patrick Stewart once had an idea of playing Othello. He would be the lead, Othello would be white, and everyone else would be black. If anyone else suggested it I would have said dumb, but if anyone could have pulled it off it would have been him. I don't know if it was ever actually produced or not.
Clooney was the first person that came to mind. by JDanielP	Sep 26th, 2008 06:59:23 AM
You know, I get it. This sounds great. But yet, this is just soo00OO wrong, 'cause Tonto should be American-Indian.
The Lone Ranger should be... by TurboPervo	Sep 26th, 2008 07:29:13 AM
completely CGI. It worked so well in 'The Incredible Hulk", right?
Wait, I've GOT it! by Half-Baked-Goggle-Box-Do-Gooder	Sep 26th, 2008 07:33:36 AM
Brandon Routh as the Lone Ranger, Kal Penn as Tonto and Kevin Spacey as the land-grabbing villain. Directed by any in-house hack that can squeeze in the shoot between "Hannah Montana" videotapings.... THAT'S about the level of creativity I'm expecting from the Louse House....
Whoever they cast, the bigger question is.. by Marillion	Sep 26th, 2008 08:39:41 AM
Will he be wearing powder blue tights? Clooney and Depp work as stunt casting if this is a campy homage to the original. IF they plan to take this in a more "realistic" direction (period costumes rather than tights and such), then the cast needs to change.. My vote is for Fillion AND.... Wes Studi...
Chuck Norris as Walker, Lone Texas Ranger by Green Arrow	Sep 26th, 2008 08:39:50 AM
I think Depp can play anything convincingly. Lone Ranger...Vigo, maybe? Or if looking for someone younger, Milo whatever his name is from Heroes.
Enough with Nicholas Cage by Toby___Wong	Sep 26th, 2008 09:12:54 AM
I have no interest in the Lone Ranger. It's bad enough that an Indian is called Tonto which is your typical Hollywood racist bullshit.
Depp never looks like a grown-up by LeftFoot	Sep 26th, 2008 09:32:34 AM
For me Depp never looks like a grown-up. He always looks like a kid actor. It they did put Pam Grier in it somewhere I would be a lot more interested. A skin tight powder blue body suit would real good on her. Powder blue body suit with a mask..... I'm going to be thinking about that for a while now....
I'm a huge Depp fan, but... by rbatty024	Sep 26th, 2008 09:50:19 AM
they really should have cast an American Indian for the part. They could have gotten the guy from Flags of Our Fathers, he's pretty good. Unless they change the race of the character, I just don't really dig Depp playing and Indian, and even if they do change the race of the character (a white man raised by Indians or something like that) it's still stealing a role from an American Indian actor.
With this casting, what type of western will it be? by JDanielP	Sep 26th, 2008 09:58:58 AM
Seriously, I can imagine this material being interpreted in any number of ways. Will it be "TOMBSTONE", with more laughs and less blood? Will it be "THE VILLAIN" and "BLAZING SADDLES" rolled into one? Will it be "ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST" but with more action and humorous dialog? I really want to know! And this flick is (now) permanently on my radar.
"How dare they cast a Cherokee for an Apache!!!" by JackRabbitSlim	Sep 26th, 2008 11:00:41 AM
"This just shows Hollywood's blatant disregard for Native Americans - not even paying regard to the correct tribe of the actor. Do you think Choctaw spoke the same language as Algonquins? That the Tuscarora shared anything but the vaguest cultural similarities with the Mandan? Its the 500 nations, biatch! Its insulting - its bigoted - fuck it - its RACIST!!!"
Give it a floor run, see if it plays. by Cletus Van Damme	Sep 26th, 2008 11:04:16 AM
Let's offer up the usual Bruce Campbell, Nathan Fillion, Patrick Warburton suggestions yet again. That old chestnut never gets old.
Nathan Fillion and Wes Studi ... right by JackRabbitSlim	Sep 26th, 2008 11:05:56 AM
And the budget for your movie will be ... what ... 450,000 dollars? Cuz exactly which banker, at the present moment, sees the name "Nathan Fillion" and "profit" in the same sentence?
ANDY DICK as "CHIEF RUNS WITH SCISSORS" by Cletus Van Damme	Sep 26th, 2008 11:08:14 AM
He's a handsome squaw!
JackRabbitSlim by kiddae	Sep 26th, 2008 11:44:04 AM
Johnny Depp can classify himself however he wants, but I'll forgive people for identifying someone with a Cherokee GREAT-GRANDMOTHER as White. If you genuinely think casting Johnny Depp is the same as casting a Native American actor, then fair enough. Personally I think it's disingenuous to yell "he's half Cherokee!" whenever it comes up.
Clooney as the masked hero... by DieGlazerDie	Sep 26th, 2008 12:45:10 PM
Oh please, not again.
A thousand times no! by iakobos	Sep 26th, 2008 12:55:35 PM
Clooney and Depp are totally wrong for TLR and Tonto. The 1982 movie stank because the script was crap. Clooney and Depp will screw it up because the'll give it some kind of post modern twist that doesn't fit with the Lone Ranger mythos. Clayton Moore, who played the orgiginal LR back in the '50s-'60s, was about as perfect a LR as you could get. Find an actor like that and you have a winner.
Thank You, Masked Man! by Cheif Brody	Sep 26th, 2008 02:48:19 PM
Ever wonder why The Lone ranger never sticks around for 'thank yous'...Watch this classic Lenny Bruce piece for the hilarious answer. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =NZMTPGc0Z6A Ya know what The Lone Ranger found when he finally looked up "Kemo Sabi" in the Am. Indian to English dictionary? It means HORSE FUCKER!
Clooney ruined Batman, and now he wants... by Leafar the Lost	Sep 26th, 2008 02:59:17 PM
...to ruinthe Lone Ranger.
Why is the name "Tonto" bad?? by Ye Not Guilty	Sep 26th, 2008 03:22:52 PM
I've seen several talkbackers tget upset over the very name "Tonto," but why? The name means "Wild One". It's not an insulting name. Calm down, already.
CRISPIN GLOVER as THE LONE RANGER by Ye Not Guilty	Sep 26th, 2008 03:29:54 PM
C'mon, he was robbed when it came to being The Joker.
Why not Timothy Olyphant as The Ranger? by Ultron ver 2.0	Sep 26th, 2008 04:19:37 PM
He could inject some humor into the movie with that engaging personality of his.
Paddy Considine and Timothy Spall by Samson_K	Sep 26th, 2008 06:53:03 PM
Shane Meadows directs - it's set in the Midlands and is about two western obssessed unemployed guys who go against a local flamboyantly gay drug dealer called Tommy 'Butch' Cavendish.
Barney Frank as the Lone Ranger by MrNotHere	Sep 27th, 2008 05:09:57 AM
C'mon, you've seen him in Washington, now see him in the Old West. Comedy takeoff, like Zorro the Gay Blade.
Grammaton Cleric Binks by tHeGRinGoGenTiLE	Sep 27th, 2008 12:51:51 PM
Now THAT sounds like a cool idea. Stewart is bad as hell and reversing things racially is a cooler idea than just casting wrong.
Clooney has been cast as the Lone Ranger... by Leafar the Lost	Sep 28th, 2008 07:24:09 AM
On paper it looks like perfect casting. Johnny Depp will kick ass as Tonto. Depp is a true genius, and he could play anyone. If he wants to play Native American Indian, he will literally become one. Clooney, however, is sooooooooo overrated as an actor. He did not deserve his Oscar; Depp should have been given the Oscar years ago. I will see the film for Depp, and he will be the star of the Lone Ranger, not Clooney.
Johnny Depp as... by Dr Gregory House	Sep 28th, 2008 02:53:17 PM
...every character ever created in the history of man and cinema. Dude needs a vacation.
Depp as a Native American?????? by Thot by GalactusZ	Sep 25th, 2009 06:12:54 PM
Depp is part Cherokee.
"How dare they cast a Cherokee for an Apache!!!" by JackRabbitSl by GalactusZ	Sep 25th, 2009 06:15:31 PM
Don't be silly. Americans play Germans in WWII movies...and vice-versa. Why not Cherokees playing Apaches?
Apocalypto by GalactusZ	Sep 25th, 2009 06:17:12 PM
None of the leading actors were really Mayan in that movie either...no big deal.

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