Jerry Bruckheimer Reveals ‘Lone Ranger’ Movie Logo

It’s been a couple of months since we’ve talked about Disney’s Lone Ranger here at Screen Rant. Unfortunately, with the project still off in the horizon, there isn’t much to say. Luckily, producer Jerry Bruckheimer gave us something new to chew on this week.

Bruckheimer shared a message on Twitter directing his followers to his new official website where he has information on all of his projects from the big screen to the small screen. One of the projects on the website was Disney’s Lone Ranger (hat tip to Bleeding Cool for investigating).

While there wasn’t much there for the movie, which only recently added Gore Verbinski (Pirates of the Caribbean) as its director, there was a new logo for the film, as well as some additional art.  Check out the logo below. Note that Bruckheimer’s site said “Official Artwork Coming” so it’s unclear if this is the “Official” logo or not. Either way, it’s kind of cool and evocative of the original series.

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In addition to the black and white logo, there were also a couple of small pictures on Bruckheimer’s site. One of them shows the same logo, but in color, and the other is an all text version using that old-timey Western font that we all like so much. Check out the additional images below.

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Lone Ranger is something of a mystery to me. Jerry Bruckheimer is producing, Gore Verbinski is directing, and Johnny Depp is the star (even though he’s playing the sidekick character, Tonto), so you know it’s going to be a pretty big project. And yet, despite the high-profile names attached to the movie, I feel like we know very little about it – other than the fact that they dropped “The” from the title .

When you’re dealing with beloved properties like Lone Ranger, you must tread with care. Then again, 99.9% of the target market that this movie is aimed at won’t be familiar with the original Lone Ranger radio series, or the 1950s television series, so maybe it’s a moot point. In any case, it’s a neat logo for a movie that will probably do major business once they finally get around to making it.

Source: Jerry Bruckheimer’s Website (via Bleeding Cool)

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Disney Reveals Blu-ray 3D Releases For 2011

Have you dreamed of one day watching Belle and the Beast waltz beneath a massive chandelier or a herd of wildebeests nearly stomp young Simba to death in glorious 3D on the big screen? Well, that fantasy will come half true – both Beauty and the Beast and The Lion King will be released in Blu-ray 3D in 2011.

Walt Disney Pictures announced their slate of Blu-ray 3D releases for this year, which includes those two 2D-animated hits, alongside more recent, digitally-created features like Chicken Little and Meet the Robinsons.

Last summer Disney released the teaser trailer for its planned theatrical re-release of Beauty and the Beast in 3D and announced their intention to do the same with The Lion King. Word got out a while ago that the studio had scrapped said plans after the early results of the post-conversion process on the hand-drawn films proved to be less than satisfactory. Apparently, the Mouse House’s stereoscopic technicians have been much more successful in converting the movies to the third dimension for Blu-ray.

No less than fifteen titles under the Disney banner will be, to paraphrase the studio, “meticulously dimensionalized” for Blu-ray 3D this year, including last year’s Tangled and TRON: Legacy, and previous 3D titles like Bolt and G-Force.

'TRON: Legacy' will (naturally) be released in Blu-ray 3D.

Computer-animated fare can be readily converted into the 3D format as it requires a relatively simpler rendering of each individual film frame – compared to the process for converting live-action footage that was not shot using 3D camera rigs. 2D or traditional animation is a trickier proposition when it comes to being converted into 3D, as the visuals are less suited for the format and tend to turn out more blurred and disproportionate as a result.

The Nightmare Before Christmas is also arriving on Blu-ray 3D this year and the cult stop-motion picture had a successful run in theaters as a 3D feature that was re-released every October for a couple years in a row. Nightmare benefits from the immersive atmosphere of 3D as it was shot in such a fashion that the camera often seems to be exploring the Tim Burton-designed worlds of Halloween Town and the Christmas land.

Both Beauty and the Beast and Lion King have their share of moments that could look all the more impressive when fully realized in three dimensions – specifically, the previously referenced “Beauty and the Beast” musical sequence and the wildebeest stampede scene. We’ll have to wait and see whether the films as a whole benefit from being viewed in 3D on home television screens.

Depending on the success of these classic animated features on Blu-ray 3D, Disney may well go ahead and release many more entries from its beloved cartoon vault. It’s entirely possible that flicks like Aladdin and The Little Mermaid or even much older titles like Snow White and Fantasia could be made available for viewing in the format as well.

But is that something you’re really interested in seeing? Sound off in the comments section below.

Source: Disney

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Marvel Reveals International ‘Thor’ Release Dates

Thinking about lining up on May 6th to be one of the first fans in the world to see Thor and Loki battle it out on the big-screen? You might be surprised, and possibly disappointed, to know that over 40 countries will get to see the film before moviegoers in the United States.

According to the official International release schedule for the film Thor will open internationally on April 27th in Belgium, Egypt, and France, with many other countries following shortly after.

Marvel is known for planning ahead. It’s not the first time that Marvel has opened one of their tent-pole pictures to the international crowd before film-goers in the U.S. – as Iron Man 2 followed a similar release schedule. Director Jon Favreau’s heavy-metal follow-up opened on May 7th in the U.S. – with international audiences getting a look at the film starting on April 28th.

Check out the full list of international release dates – to see when Thor is opening in your country. You can also check the official Thor international release site for links to coverage of the film – specific to your region:

North America

Latin America

Argentina – April 28Brazil – April 29Chile – April 28Colombia – April 29Mexico – April 29Panama – April 29Peru – April 28Venezuela – April 29

Middle East / Africa

Egypt – April 27Israel – April 28Lebanon – April 28South Africa – April 29United Arab Emirates – April 28

Asia Pacific

Australia – April 28Hong Kong – April 28India – April 29Indonesia – April 29Japan – July 2Korea – April 28Singapore – April 28Malaysia – April 28New Zealand – April 28Philippines – April 29Taiwan – April 29Thailand – April 29

Europe

Austria – April 29Belgium – April 27Croatia – April 28Cyprus – April 29Czech Republic / Slovakia – April 28Denmark – April 28Finland – May 6France – April 27Germany – April 28Greece – April 28Hungary – April 28Iceland – April 29Ireland – April 29Italy – April 29Netherlands – April 29Norway – April 28Poland – April 29Portugal – April 29Romania – April 28Russia – April 29Serbia & Montenegro – April 28Slovenia – April 28Spain – April 28Sweden – April 29Switzerland-French – April 29Switzerland-German – April 27Switzerland-Italian – April 29Turkey – April 29Ukraine – April 28United Kingdom – April 29 "You tell those Americans they can wait."

While some Thor fans might be disappointed that they’ll have to fly to another country to be among the first moviegoers to see Kenneth Branagh’s Marvel superhero installment, the international Thor release will pale in comparison to the irony of the impending Captain America: The First Avenger release schedule.

Personally, I don’t see any problem with Hollywood productions opening in other countries before they hit theaters in the U.S. but I can imagine some die-hard Cap fans won’t be able to resist getting worked up if the titular American hero screens in foreign theaters first.

Thor, as we all know, is actually Scandinavian after-all.

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Thor opens on May 6th in U.S. theaters and a few days earlier almost everywhere else.

Source: Official Thor Site

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