The Much Anticipated Release of Alice In Wonderland Has Fans On Pins And Needles
The word is out and the craze has started, Director Tim Burton’s, “Alice In Wonderland’ is in production and from the buzz that’s going around, it will be one of his best films ever.
The public is anxious to see any bit of footage of this 3-D adaptation although it will be some time because the move is still in the making. Word is that Tim is working on a semi-trailer that we all anxiously await that will give us a glimpse into Alice’s bazaar world.
It has been said that the semi-trailer is a massive undertaking because the movie is shooting live as we speak. Tim explained it this way, “It is a technological challenge of blurring the lines between live-action, motion-capture and animation which is proving to be a massive undertaking. It is a real mysterious puzzle that is frightening and exciting at the same time.”
Some of Tim Burton’s bazaar but entertaining films include Edward Scissorhands, Corpse Bride, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Sleepy Hollow, Beetle Juice, Charlie and The Chocolate Factory, Sweeney Todd and Batman Returns.
Burton has no doubt recreated another 3-D motion picture animation of fantasy, color and graphics that will astound us all in this remake of “Alice In Wonderland” that I, quite frankly, cannot wait to see, and probably will have us all talking about it for years to come.
The infamous Alice, played by Australian actress Mia Wasikowska, is now 17 and lands at a boring high society party on a Victorian estate to which she cannot wait to leave. So she wanders off only to be confronted by the White Rabbit played by actor Michael Sheen, who whisks her away to the fantasy land of Wonderland.
But Wonderland is more evil than the Wonderland we all know and love. It is a very wicked place ruled by the evil Red Queen of Hearts, played by actress Helena Bonham Carter, whose favorite retort in the movie is, “off with their heads!” So evil that she overthrows her good sister The White Queen played by actress Anne Hathaway.
There are some dark spins on this movie that only Burton himself can conjure up, like the evil Red Queen’s moat filled with bloody heads. But it all adds to the suspense, thrill, fun and entertainment this classic movie will offer.
From the huge, colorful and chatty flowers that take their cue from the talkative trees in the Wizard of Oz, to the garden of topiaries shaped like a giraffe, butterfly and dodo taken from Burton’s Edward Scissorhands, you will see a visually surreal interpretation that only Tim Burton can give.
Also, let us not forget the forest of giant mushrooms, the enigmatic Caterpillar played by actor Alan Rickman and the fierce Jabberwock played by Christopher Lee.
Burton gives the colorful Mad Hatter role to his long time friend, Johnny Depp who plays the part brilliantly as to be expected. Besides being nuts, The Mad Hatter is more colorful, funnier and deeply rooted in a more humane position.
Alice has to overcome major hurdles to help her friends reclaim their world back from the evil Red Queen, who is also Tim Burton’s fiance. Watch for the movie due in theaters March 5, 2010.
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