Gore Verbinski says, "Hi-Yo, Silver! Away!"

From ComingSoon.net:

"Walt Disney Pictures has confirmed... that Gore Verbinksi is now officially signed on for Disney's The Lone Ranger.


Verbinksi, who has worked with Johnny Depp on the first three Pirates of the Caribbean films and the upcoming Rango, will re-team with the actor, currently attached to play the Lone Ranger's sidekick, Tonto.

The Lone Ranger's origin story begins with a group of Texas Rangers chasing down a gang of outlaws led by Butch Cavendish. The gang ambushes the Rangers, seemingly killing them all. One survivor is found, however, by an American Indian named Tonto, who nurses him back to health. The Ranger, donning a mask and riding a white stallion named Silver, teams up with Tonto to bring the unscrupulous gang and others of that ilk to justice.

The film version will be produced by Jerry Bruckheimer with a script from Justin Haythe."

From out of the West, in a cloud of dust,

Gore Verbinski Gets a CLUE

From ComingSoon.net:

"Universal Pictures has attached Gore Verbinski (Pirates of the Caribbean franchise) to develop Clue, a live-action murder mystery based on the Hasbro board game that he would direct.

Verbinski will produce through his Universal-based Blind Wink company, along with Hasbro's Brian Goldner and Bennett Schneir, who also have an overall deal at the studio.

Verbinski will next direct Bioshock for Universal.

"Clue" is one of the few board games to surpass $1 billion in sales, in more than 50 markets. It was developed in England by a retired legal clerk named Anthony Pratt during WWII and released in 1948.

A previous film version was released in 1985.

Clue will be turned into a mystery that Blind Wink's Jonathan Krauss called "A global thriller and transmedia event that uses deductive reasoning as its storytelling engine."

Now, I trust Gore Verbinski for two reasons - 1. HE DID PIRATES; the top movie franchise at Disney. Does anybody remember a lot of press surrounding Black Pearl before it came out? No? Because there was none, because Disney was embarrassed of its first PG-13 film. It ended up giving them $2.7 BILLION at the box office (all three counting). 2. He's from Tennessee, like me! BUT I LIKED THE ORIGINAL CLUE. To me, Clue will always be a slapstick comedy.