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So, to sum up, here is what we know about the film so far:

*Release Date - March 19, 2009

*Alice will be played by Mia Wasikowska

*Mad Hatter will be played by Johnny Depp

*Red Queen (/Queen of Hearts?) will be played by Helena Bonham Carter. Helena's head will be blown up three times the size of her normal head.

*The White Queen will be played by Anne Hathaway.

*The Caterpillar will be played by Alan Rickman. The Caterpillar is animated.

*Tweedledum and Tweedledee will be played by Matt Lucas.

*The Knave of Hearts will be played by Crispin Glover.

*Eleanor Tomlinson will play Fiona Chataway, an unfriendly girl Alice knows before the falls down the rabbit hole.

*Alice's Sister is played by Jemma Powell.

*Michael Sheen, Christopher Lee, Stephen Fry, Tim Pigott-Smith, Geraldine James, and Frances de la Tour have unnamed roles.

It combines animation, mo-cap and live action all in one.

Alan Rickman:

So, it’s a mixture. The movie is a mixture of live action, animation, and stop motion, so it’s very complicated and I don’t think all three have been put together ever before,” reveals Rickman. “So I’ll be with a live action Alice. I will be a construct.

When they say animation I wonder if it's 2D.

Neal wrote: When they say animation I wonder if it's 2D.

Probably not, there gonna use live-action for whatever happens before Alice drops down the rabbit hole. They'll use Mo-Caps for characters like Alice, The Mad Hatter, basically anything human,and they'll probably use CGI for the animal characters like The March Hare, The Mock Turtle, etc.

No, Alice, Mad Hatter, and the Red (for the most part) and White Queen will be full live-action.

Checking in on this thread always makes me very happy. Thanks to all the wonderful people for sharing their knowledge and thoughts on this wonderful project and Alice in Wonderland in general:) Disney, Alice in Wonderland, Tim Burton, Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Anne Hathaway, Alan Rickman, Christopher Lee... It could not have be better!

Merry X-mas/Happy holidays to all of you!^^

It's been rumored for a while, but it's now official: Stephen Fry is the Cheshire Cat, thus making the rumor that Michael Sheen is the White Rabbit seem more valid:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7895351.stm

The person posting around various message boards (IMDb, Tim Burton Collective, Alice-in-Wonderland.net) has been eerily right so far in everything he's said (that's been confirmed, anyway). He mentioned Stephen Fry and Michael Sheen long before anyone else did, even sticking to his claim of Fry being the Cheshire Cat while other sources kept saying it was Sheen. He mentioned the Queen of Hearts/Red Queen renaming Wonderland Underland, and a brief interview with a crew member posted a couple of months ago mentions Underland in passing. He mentioned the Queen having red hair and an enormous head before Alan Rickman did. Now I'm taking some of his far-fetched stuff (Alice and the Mad Hatter having a romance) far more seriously...

PeterPanfan wrote:So, to sum up, here is what we know about the film so far:

*Release Date - March 19, 2009

*Alice will be played by Mia Wasikowska

*Mad Hatter will be played by Johnny Depp

*Red Queen (/Queen of Hearts?) will be played by Helena Bonham Carter. Helena's head will be blown up three times the size of her normal head.

*The White Queen will be played by Anne Hathaway.

*The Caterpillar will be played by Alan Rickman. The Caterpillar is animated.

*Tweedledum and Tweedledee will be played by Matt Lucas.

*The Knave of Hearts will be played by Crispin Glover.

*Eleanor Tomlinson will play Fiona Chataway, an unfriendly girl Alice knows before the falls down the rabbit hole.

*Alice's Sister is played by Jemma Powell.

*Michael Sheen, Christopher Lee, Stephen Fry, Tim Pigott-Smith, Geraldine James, and Frances de la Tour have unnamed roles.

Another Alice? I must say this looks pretty well casted.

Oh great! Stephen Fry is always amazing. And a genuinely funny guy.

I love Stephen Fry!

PeterPanfan wrote:
*Release Date - March 19, 2009

really ? and there is still no trailer or poster or even final cast list ? that doesn't seem to make much sense isn't it 2010 ?

Yeah, it's 2010. I'm willing to bet we'll see a trailer for this attached to either A Christmas Carol or The Princess and the Frog later this year (maybe even both). Official pics should start rolling around in by summer, I'd say.

Well, I stand corrected. Looks like we got our first official image sooner than I thought:

http://www.timburtoncollective.com/tbcnews.html

While a part of me still wishes Tim didn't go with the blonde hair/blue dress look, I like that at least this is different (finally, no more pinafores). The rabbit and cat designs on her dress are a nice touch. Hopefully her hair will be more loose (like in the set pics we've seen of her on the ship) as the adventure progresses.

There's also concept art pieces for the hallway with the little door and the mad tea party. I really like the look of the hall. It's very Victorian, which makes sense given Alice's upbringing, and even a little foreboding. It makes me wonder if all of Wonderland will be like this or if we're going to get more stylized Burtonesque designs. I'm fine with both, but I hope he manages to gel them together well.

The Mad Tea Party image is also very interesting. It seems to continue the Victorian trend found in the hallway pic. It's not so much whimsical as it is realistically higgledy-piggledy. Putting different tables of various sizes together is a neat idea. It makes things seem more discombobulated. I also like the sophisticated look of the March Hare. Sometimes making things appear normal makes the bizarre behavior stand out more, and that seems to be the effect Burton's going for. I'm not sure how I feel about the Cheshire Cat, though.

The article itself doesn't say much we don't already know. The only two nuggets I gleamed are: A) that Burton is basing the film's look more off of Arthur Rackham than John Tenniel (I can definitely see the influence), and B) that this is more of a Return to Oz-type of sequel than a retelling of the original story. The second tidbit isn't exactly new. It's been rumored for a while that this was the approach, but this is the first time it's been confirmed. What's a little confusing is that this won't be a 100% new story. Famous scenes from the book(s) will be recreated, but given a new angle and new connections. So I guess this is more of a sequel/remake combo, perhaps something like the Tin Man mini-series, only less radical.

Oh, and supposedly the shareholder's meeting opened with a montage of upcoming Disney films, and a finalized shot of Johnny as the Mad Hatter (not the wardrobe test shown earlier) appeared. It doesn't seem like anyone took video of that montage, though.

Oh, heart be still. The pics of the tea party table look amazing. I really hope I can find a copy of that magazine at Barnes and Noble tomorrow when I get paid. I can hardly stand the wait.

This movie is going to be outstanding. Thanks so much for finding and posting that.

Thanks for posting ^ Looking forward to this release.

To be honest, every time I try picturing Helena Bonham Carter as the Queen of Hearts, I always end up visualizing her as Mrs. Lovett as the Queen.

Yeah, thanks for posting. The pics look nice.

Still, Anne Hathaway in a Tim Burton film is an interesting/unlikely combo.

Thanks for the link ^^^
The pic's look good.

According to the D23 website, Alice will be released in IMAX 3-D along with the Disney Digital 3-D and standard 2-D versions:

http://d23.disney.go.com/articles/03310 ... eImax.html

I've heard mixed things about IMAX 3-D, and considering my nearest theater is 45 minutes away, I think I'll just check out the digital showing.

Also, apparently images of Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter and Anne Hathaway as the White Queen were shown at ShoWest. Hopefully those will leak soon.

Disneykid, IMAX 3-D is the real deal. I don't know if you saw Polar Express but it was amazing in that format. Alice would most likely be amazing as well.

IMAX 2D is also great! Even if the 3D is bad, you can't go wrong with IMAX.
Superman Returns was an experience, and Spider-man 3 wasn't at all boring in IMAX!

And I had to drive two hours to see those films in the nearest IMAX screen!