, its ambitious retelling of the classic western that was to star Johnny Depp.
Jerry Bruckheimer
Lone Ranger was heralded by Disney as a potential franchise starring the bankable Depp as Tonto and
Armie Hammer as the Lone Ranger. Gore Verbinski
Pirates 4 notwithstanding)? Pirates?
Depp has been involved with the Ranger movie since September 2008, when at a studio preview then-chairman
The double surprise was that Depp would portray Tonto, the Ranger’s Indian partner and not the Ranger himself.