Want To See A Preview Of Tim Burton’s Alice In Wonderland Movie?

If you’re impatiently waiting for the next Tim Burton movie, you can actually have an early peek at the Alice in Wonderland movie for only $37!

Disney is presenting a D23 EXPO in Anaheim Convention Center on September 10-13, 2009. This will be the ultimate Disney Fan Experience. The four days will be full of live events, interactive pavilions and entertainment. 

Visitors will get to preview many upcoming movie events, including Alice in Wonderland, Toy Story 3, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time and The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, TRON, Disney’s A Christmas Carol and Rapunzel.

You can buy the tickets now from D23Expo

I sure wish I could make a trip to Anaheim, California on September.

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Alice In Wonderland Makes It To The Great IMAX 3D Theatres

The Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures and IMAX Corporation have decided that Burton’s Alice in Wonderland will be perfect for an IMAX Experience.

The film starring Johnny Depp, Anne Hathaway, Mia Wasikowska and several other stars (see earlier posting for casting details) will be released to IMAX 3D theatres simultaneously with the film’s release on March 5, 2010.

The top management of both Walt Disney Studios and IMAX Filmed Entertainment seem to be very exited about this movie-event of the year:

Mark Zoradi, president of Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Group, said,

"If ever there was a film that cried out to be presented in Disney Digital 3D(TM) and the premium IMAX 3D format, Tim Burton's fantastic interpretation of 'Alice in Wonderland' is that film." 

This is going to be an eye-popping cinematic experience as Tim takes moviegoers down the rabbit hole and into the dimensional world filled with incredible characters, sly humor, and wild adventures.

Greg Foster, Chairman and President of IMAX Filmed Entertainment is equally exited: 

"Alice in Wonderland' is a fantastic addition to our 2010 film slate". "Combining a beloved Disney classic re-designed through the imagination of Tim Burton's creative vision with these incredibly outrageous characters and world class actors certainly makes for an event-status film, and we're pleased to add another level of excitement to this highly-anticipated movie."

“Way down the rabbit hole”

The new Alice in Wonderland film is being brought to the screen using a combination of live actors, motion capture, fully animated CG characters and CG environments.

“The way it’s being done is a mutation of things.” 

says Tim Burton who was filming in Cornwall, England for two weeks. Back in Los Angeles’ Culver City Studios the filming continued in strange looking sets: actors on sound stages were completely surrounded by green screen. 

“It’s not like Beowulf. It’s not a motion-capture movie. It’s kind of a mixture of some distorted live action and animation. I can’t relate it to anything because I’m not sure what to relate it to. It’s kind of new territory for me, so we’ll see.”

At The Jameson Empire Awards Tim commented on the style and progress of filming Alice in Wonderland:

"I like the 3-D aspect of it, I think it fits the material very well, and it doesn’t give me a headache like it used to."

3-D may be a way to go in some of Burton’s future films as well if this one proves to be a success:

"I think it’s good for anything. There are other uses than having spears stuck into your face - I think there are more visceral, emotional uses, especially if you use lots of textures.”

The filming is going 

“Way down the rabbit hole. There's a long way to go."

The Plot of the Alice in Wonderland movie 2010

This new Alice in Wonderland movie will not be a remake of the old Disney movie. 

 

Linda Woolverton’s has written the script with the two Lewis Carroll books on mind but the story is completely new. The Disney magazine D23 reports that the plot will be about Alice’s return to Wonderland when she is 17 years old of age.

 

Many lovable but queer characters like Mad Hatter, Cheshire Cat, White Rabbit, Red Queen, King of Hearts, White Queen and of course Tweedledum and Tweedledee from the original books will be joining Alice in Wonderland, or Underland as some say about this new setting.

 

Here is Tim Burton’s comments about Alice in the film:

“Alice had this adventure as a little girl and now she’s going back all these years later, it’s a bit overgrown, the topiaries aren’t as nicely cut as they once were. There’s a slightly haunted quality to Wonderland, even though it’s got strong elements of color.”

Alice’s journey in Wonderland will be kind of a rite of passage, where she will grow and discover herself and, in the end, her late father as well.

The part of Alice will be played by Mia Wasikowska. She is 19 years old and she was born in Australia.

Tim Burton found her after an extensive search:

“We met a lot of people, but she just had that certain kind of emotional roughness, standing her ground in a way that makes her kind of an older person but with a younger person’s mentality.”

This will be the famous grin of the Cheshire Cat

Stephen Fry has confirmed in the interview with BBC News on 18/2/09 that he will indeed play the part of the Cheshire Cat in Tim Burton’s Alice movie. I think this is a really good choice, I can already see the grin in the air. Can you?

Another casting news that finally looks certain is Michael Sheen as the White Rabbit. Many sources are confirming this, Brendon Connelly from /film being amongst the first to put that rumor out and now even Wikipedia states it as a fact.

One more rumor is going around and that is that Christopher Lee will be playing the Jabberwocky, kind of a monster whom Alice will have to fight against.

Also known is that Jemma Powell will be Alice’s sister and Lindsay Duncan will be Alice’s mother.

The casting seems to be nearly finished, which is about time since the film is set to be released in 12 months.

In the meantime, have you ever read the Jabberwocky poem? You can can check it our here: https://alice-in-wonderland-quotes.com/jabberwocky/

Michael Sheen not the Cheshire Cat

The final casting for the Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland movie seems to be a big secret. 

Earlier it was rumored that Michael Sheen would play the part of the grinning Cheshire Cat, but now it has been revealed that it is not the case. 

Michael Sheen is still going to be in the film but the part that he will be playing is a secret. Watch this to hear it from Michael himself:

Personally I think Michael Sheen might be quite good in the important role of White Rabbit!

Well, we can't do much more than have a guess. Which part do you think would be best for Michael Sheen?

"Well! I've often seen a cat without a grin; but a grin without a cat! It's the most curious thing I’ve seen in my life!" 

-Alice after seeing the Cheshire Cat

Here some great pictures from the Book Launch Party!

Thanks to everybody! We all had a great time!

If you missed the party, you can get your copy of the 101 Famous Quotes from Alice in Wonderland here.