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==Plot==
==Plot==
Alice ([[Mia Wasikowska]]), now 19 years old,<ref name="officialsynopsis">{{cite news | first = Adam | last = Rosenberg | url = http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2009/07/21/alice-in-wonderland-pics-surface-along-with-trailer-details-and-an-official-synopsis/ | title = 'Alice In Wonderland' Pics Surface, Along With Trailer Details And An Official Synopsis | date = 2009-07-21 | work = MTV Movies | accessdate = 2009-07-22}}</ref> attends a party at a [[Victorian]] estate only to find she is about to be proposed to in front of hundreds of snooty society types. She runs off, following the White Rabbit ([[Michael Sheen]]) into a hole and ending up in Wonderland, a place she visited 10 years before, yet doesn't remember. Wonderland was a peaceful kingdom until the Red Queen ([[Helena Bonham Carter]]) overthrew her sister, the White Queen ([[Anne Hathaway (actress)|Anne Hathaway]]). The creatures of Wonderland, such as the Cheshire Cat ([[Stephen Fry]]), Tweedledee and Tweedledum ([[Matt Lucas]]) and the March Hare ([[Noah Taylor]]), ready to revolt, wait for Alice to help them. With the help of the White Queen, the Mad Hatter ([[Johnny Depp]]) and the Caterpillar ([[Alan Rickman]]).
Alice ([[Mia Wasikowska]]), now 17 years old,<ref name="officialsynopsis">{{cite news | first = Adam | last = Rosenberg | url = http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2009/07/21/alice-in-wonderland-pics-surface-along-with-trailer-details-and-an-official-synopsis/ | title = 'Alice In Wonderland' Pics Surface, Along With Trailer Details And An Official Synopsis | date = 2009-07-21 | work = MTV Movies | accessdate = 2009-07-22}}</ref> attends a party at a [[Victorian]] estate only to find she is about to be proposed to in front of hundreds of snooty society types. She runs off, following the White Rabbit ([[Michael Sheen]]) into a hole and ending up in Wonderland, a place she visited 10 years before, yet doesn't remember. Wonderland was a peaceful kingdom until the Red Queen ([[Helena Bonham Carter]]) overthrew her sister, the White Queen ([[Anne Hathaway (actress)|Anne Hathaway]]). The creatures of Wonderland, such as the Cheshire Cat ([[Stephen Fry]]), Tweedledee and Tweedledum ([[Matt Lucas]]) and the March Hare ([[Noah Taylor]]), ready to revolt, wait for Alice to help them. With the help of the White Queen, the Mad Hatter ([[Johnny Depp]]) and the Caterpillar ([[Alan Rickman]]).


==Cast and characters==
==Cast and characters==

Revision as of 19:51, 26 July 2009

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Alice in Wonderland
File:Alice in wonderland Alice.jpg
Teaser poster
Directed byTim Burton
Written byNovels:
Lewis Carroll
Screenplay:
Linda Woolverton
Produced byRichard D. Zanuck
Joe Roth
Suzanne Todd
Jennifer Todd
StarringMia Wasikowska
Johnny Depp
Anne Hathaway
Helena Bonham Carter
Crispin Glover
Alan Rickman
Matt Lucas
CinematographyDariusz Wolski
Edited byChris Lebenzon
Music byDanny Elfman[1]
Distributed byWalt Disney Pictures
Release date
March 5, 2010
CountryTemplate:FilmUS
LanguageEnglish

Alice in Wonderland is an upcoming 2010 fantasy film directed by Tim Burton and produced by Richard D. Zanuck. It is a sequel to the Lewis Carroll novels Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass. The film will use a technique combining live action, motion capture technology, and stop motion. Mia Wasikowska will play the role of Alice, alongside Johnny Depp as The Mad Hatter, Helena Bonham Carter as The Red Queen, Anne Hathaway as The White Queen, Crispin Glover as The Knave of Hearts and Alan Rickman as The Caterpillar. The screenplay was written by Linda Woolverton.

The film is due for release on March 5, 2010[2] and the film will be released in Disney Digital 3-D and IMAX 3-D, as well as 2-D.

Plot

Alice (Mia Wasikowska), now 17 years old,[3] attends a party at a Victorian estate only to find she is about to be proposed to in front of hundreds of snooty society types. She runs off, following the White Rabbit (Michael Sheen) into a hole and ending up in Wonderland, a place she visited 10 years before, yet doesn't remember. Wonderland was a peaceful kingdom until the Red Queen (Helena Bonham Carter) overthrew her sister, the White Queen (Anne Hathaway). The creatures of Wonderland, such as the Cheshire Cat (Stephen Fry), Tweedledee and Tweedledum (Matt Lucas) and the March Hare (Noah Taylor), ready to revolt, wait for Alice to help them. With the help of the White Queen, the Mad Hatter (Johnny Depp) and the Caterpillar (Alan Rickman).

Cast and characters

Wonderland residents
Real world residents

Tim Burton and Helena Bonham Carter's children will have cameos in the film.[24]

Production

Joe Roth was developing Alice in Wonderland in April 2007 at Walt Disney Pictures with Linda Woolverton as screenwriter.[25] Woolverton added a socio-political context to the story.[1] That November, Burton signed with Disney to direct two films in Disney Digital 3-D, which included Alice in Wonderland as well as a stop-motion remake of his earlier short, Frankenweenie.[26] He explained "the goal is to try to make it an engaging movie where you get some of the psychology and kind of bring a freshness but also keep the classic nature of Alice." He also felt 3-D was appropriate to the story's environment.[5] The film was originally set to be released in 2009, but was pushed to March 5, 2010.[27]

The original start date was May 2008,[26] but filming did not begin until September and finished in December after only 40 days.[2] Scenes set in the Victorian era were shot at Torpoint and Plymouth from September 1—October 14. Two hundred and fifty local extras were chosen in early-August. Locations included Antony House in Torpoint, Charlestown, Cornwall and the Barbican.[28][29] Motion capture filming began in early October,[14] at Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City, California.[1] Sony Pictures Imageworks is designing the visual effects sequences.[30] Burton and Zanuck chose to film with conventional cameras, and convert the footage into 3D later; Zanuck explained 3D cameras were too expensive and "clumsy" to use, and they felt that there was no difference between converted footage and those shot in the format.[31] Filming also took place at Culver Studios.[32]

In June 2009, the first pictures of the film were released, showing Depp as the Mad Hatter, Hathaway as the White Queen, Bonham Carter as the Red Queen, and Lucas as Tweedledee and Tweedledum.[2] A new image of Alice was also released.[4] In July, new photos emerged of Alice holding a White Rabbit, the Mad Hatter with a Hare, the Red Queen holding a pig, and the White Queen with a mouse.[33] In July 2009, a teaser trailer was released on IGN and was posted on Perez Hilton's website. The trailer is from the Mad Hatter's point of view. The trailer was shortly taken off Perez's site.[34] The following day, the teaser trailer premiered at the ComicCon. In July 24, the Teaser was released on Apple's iTunes store for free downloading.[35]

Casting

On choosing Mia Wasikowska, Tim Burton states:

We met a lot of people, but she just had that certain kind of emotional toughness, standing her ground in a way that makes her kind of an older person but with a younger person's mentality.[36]

Video game

Disney Interactive Studios announced on July 23, 2009 that a video game based on the film will be released in early 2010 for the Wii, Nintendo DS and Windows PC.[37] An iPhone version is due to be released in late 2009.

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