Alice in Wonderland
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The Los Angeles Times recently caught up with director Tim Burton.

The newspaper asked Burton about his planned remake of Alice in Wonderland.

"It's a funny project. The story is obviously a classic with iconic images and ideas and thoughts. But with all the movie versions, well, I've just never seen one that really had any impact to me. It's always just a series of weird events," Burton said, adding:

"Every character is strange and she's just kind of wandering through all of the encounters as just a sort of observer. 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.' And, you know, getting to do it in 3-D fits the material quite well. So I'm excited about making it a new version but also have the elements that people expect when they think of the material."

From Rachel Getting Married to Alice in Wonderland.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Anne Hathaway (pictured) has joined the cast of this Tim Burton film. Also coming aboard the project?

Burton's partner, Helena Bonham Carter.

The movie will star Mia Wasikowska in the role Alice and Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter. It will use a combination of live action and performance-capture technology to tell the classic Lewis Carroll tale.

Reportedly, Hathaway will portray the White Queen, a benevolent monarch who is deposed and banished by her sister, the Red Queen (Carter). Everyone knows this character: she loves to utter the phrase, "Off with their heads!"

Look out, Alice.

British actor Michael Sheen (best known for his role of Tony Blair in The Queen, pictured below) will appear in Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland.

It's unknown at this time just what part Sheen will play, though it's already been announced that Johnny Depp is portraying the Mad Hatter and Mia Wasikowska will take on the iconic title role.

Johnny Depp is at the center of two intriguing movie rumors these days.

First, he's supposedly being considered as the next Batman villain. Reports have connected him to The Riddler in the eventual follow-up to The Dark Knight.

Now, Entertainment Weekly is leaking word that Depp may portray the Mad Hatter in Tim Burton's upcoming take on the fairy tale, Alice in Wonderland.

A 3-D movie of that classic slated for release in 2010. It will star Mia Wasikowska in the title role.

The source said the film will be live action until Alice jumps down the rabbit hole and meets the odd tea party host. The question is whether Depp himself will don a Hatter outfit, or lend his voice to the computer-generated version.

There's been no comment yet from Disney or Depp on the rumor. But allow us to say: sounds awesome!

Mia Wasikowska has fallen down the rabbit hole of American cinema.

The young Australian, best known for her role as Sophie on the HBO series In Treatment, will star as the title character in Tim Burton's live-action adaption of Alice in Wonderland.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the classic tale will be shot with live-action and performance-capture footage, while being presented in Disney Digital 3-D. Filming begins in November.

Wasikowska will next appear opposite Daniel Craig in the war drama Defiance. She also just completed filming the role of a young Amelia Earhart fan in Mira Nair’s biopic Amelia, starring Hilary Swank.