According to the BBC, Mike Newell (Harry Potter & The Goblet of Fire) is in talks to direct a big-budget film version of The Lone Ranger.
Apparently, Johnny Depp has already signed on to play Tonto, and rumor has it that The Ranger hisself will be George Clooney.
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Gotta be better than the 1981 version with Klinton Spillsbury. I had such hopes….