The only major release for Disney in the coming months is the not-sure-thing The Muppets, followed by the even bigger gamble Carter in March. Carter's budget has, reportedly, ballooned over $300 million (Disney says it's actually $250m) because of reshoots and Raimi' s Oz prequel is in the same range as Lone Ranger would have been – well north of $200 million.
He also starred in Alice in Wonderland, another billion dollar bonanza.ĭeadline's story places the blame squarely on the shoulders of John Carter and Oz. He's made four incredibly successful (and incredibly expensive) Pirates of the Caribbean films with the studio and the latest one, On Stranger Tides, the most successful yet, grossing well over $1 billion internationally making it the #8 highest grossing film of all time.
This is a surprise because Depp and Bruckheimer, but Depp in particular, has been pure platinum for Disney. There's no word on where this leaves the project, which also had Armie Hammer attached as the lead character along side Depp's Tonto, but according to Deadline "the studio and filmmakers are trying to figure out the next step, which would either be to shop it elsewhere or put it back together at a later date at a lower budget." With expensive films like John Carter and Oz The Great and Powerful already at various stages of production, and The Lone Ranger not yet shooting, Disney cancelled the film to save some bucks.
According to reports, the proposed budget came in north of $240 million and even when it was cut back, was still more than $230 million. Deadline is reporting that Disney has pulled the plug on The Lone Ranger, the Jerry Bruckheimer-produced, Gore Verbinski-directed action western based on the classic TV show that was scheduled for release next Christmas. Sometimes even Johnny Depp is too expensive.
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