The Lone Ranger (film)

The Lone Ranger is an upcoming film produced by Walt Disney Pictures and Jerry Bruckheimer that reunites Johnny Depp with his Pirates of the Caribbean and Rango director Gore Verbinski. It is the latest adaptation of The Lone Ranger franchise. It is to be released in the Summer of 2013.

In the film Armie Hammer (The Social Network) will play the titular character while Johnny Depp will portray Tonto.

The film contains the following tropes:

 * Development Hell: It appeared at one point in time that the film would never be made due to it's budget coming in at well over $200 million, in part due to the poor performance of Cowboys and Aliens