Bruckheimer Producing a Lone Ranger Movie?

Carl Myers

I have two questions... 1. how much controversy will rise up when they have a native american guy running around doing extremely stereotypical things? and 2. Has anyone seen that Far Side comic where an old lone ranger is reading an "indian-english" dictionary where he finds out that "kee mo sabi" actually means "i f-ing hate you" or something along those lines?

i don't have high hopes for this idea... could be decent with the right cast though.

i am apparently all about the lists today.

Oct 25 - 07:58 AM

Steven Johnson

Count me in on this. It'd be fun to know if they are going to pay homage to the old serials in much the same fun and fashion as Indiana Jones does. I'm not a fan of brainless action-adventure, but if done right like Indy or the first Pirates, this could very well be one of the funnest films in recent memory. If they make it darker like the new comic out now, it would pay off as it wouldnt be a hokey.

Oct 25 - 08:06 AM

Anthony Perez

Bruckheimer has produced some good stuff, and some not so good stuff, this can go either way. I'll end up seeing it tho.

Oct 25 - 08:09 AM

Gimy Moo

the indian guy can't be presented in that way, not nowadays. the indian groups would go apesh3t(thanks 4 taking away the Fighting Illini mascot, indian givers...) and they're about as good as jesse and al at getting things "right" the way they want. ANY kind of racial stereotyping won't happen, at all...if this gets made. nless of course they remake it into a comedy much like Starsky and Hutch...who knows...

Oct 25 - 08:11 AM

Cap Nord

Someone needs to pull the Trigger on this idea. Talk about flogging a dead horse!

Oct 25 - 08:13 AM

Rusty Baldwin

I don't see how this could be successful. Who do you market to? Kids don't care about cowboys and indians anymore and the older crowd who grew up with Lone Ranger don't go to movies or they're dead.

Oct 25 - 08:16 AM

Han Nguyen

Yeah, that old Far Side was hilarious.

How about Mark Dacascos for Tonto, opposite some big office draw actor playing Lone Ranger? Okay, so he's Hawaiian, but he was a damn good sidekick in "Brotherhood of the Wolf."

Oct 25 - 08:42 AM

Aaron Abbott

Bad idea, we need some good NEW ideas.

Oct 25 - 09:07 AM

Arend Anton

SInce it's Bruckheimer, I'm willing to bet it'll star Nicholas Cage. Imagine him saying "Hi ho, Silver!". Travesty.

Oct 25 - 09:14 AM

Brian Gaul

Wait a second...how can he be the LONE ranger if he has a sidekick? That's just crazy talk.

Oct 25 - 09:23 AM

idle one kenobi

I am quite excited about this, Way i see it, it could go 3 ways....

1. a serious action /indiana jones style adventure series.

2. a Carrey/Ferrel style comedy much like Shanghai Noon.

3. a waste of US dollars.

I think in either way 1 or 2, it could be great. If tackled right. I mean, the Zorro films were pretty good. And so was shanghai noon. so Fingers crossed that which ever way they choose they get it right. Also, there are a series of Comics out right now which are very tough and gritty so that would also rock.

Oct 25 - 10:24 AM

Arend Anton

Maybe it's because it's a Disney/Bruckenheimer collaboration, but I see this as being more similar to The Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy. Overproduced and campy.

Oct 25 - 10:28 AM

Ronnie Lewis

The only way I think this movie will work is if they take all the campy dialouge out and all the other 50's crap and make it a little more gritty. Keep it fun, but make a real western out of it. There hasn't been a fun Western in awhile

Oct 25 - 10:58 AM

joe shmo

tonto's gonna be played by that guy adam beach who played native americans in 'flags of our fathers' and that tv mini series 'bury my heart at wounded knee.' now that that's taken care of, how bout the lone ranger. hmm, two words: johnny depp. as retarded as that is, would you put it past dis-heimer for a second? those two 'pirates' morons will write him a bunch of cornball lines, make it an adventure movie with comedic elements and wait for the money to start rolling in. despicable? of course. but if you expected anything more from this, then that's your fault.

Oct 25 - 11:57 AM

tom brownbridge

I wrote part of a script several years ago that revamped the Lone Ranger and created more of a serious look at the character. We lost the "Hi-Ho Silver" catch phrase and the "black mask" and was more revenge epic than anything else. The twist was the best part and no one saw it coming. I'd love a chance to pitch my script. But alas....

Oct 25 - 01:08 PM

Mega Mann

Chuck Norris as the Ranger. I mean come on. It's so obvious.

And Tanto a woman... :D

Oct 25 - 01:38 PM

Anthony Perez

Zorro comes from a similar genre and did great, the first time. This has a good chance if done right. Again, its Bruckheimer, you never know...

Oct 25 - 02:00 PM

Han Nguyen

JackHorner1979, so is the twist that the Lone Ranger was dead all along, and Tonto was a villain that derailed trains, and the horse was secretly El Kabong?

Oct 25 - 02:04 PM

Todd Williams

This sounds stupid. There are countless other characters out there who haven't been in a movie yet. Why keep rehashing the same old stuff every 20 years? If they make it, it will flop.

Oct 25 - 02:26 PM

Joey Chid

i don't think that a lone ranger movie is the best idea....... and Jerry Bruckheimer sucks.... i have never seen a movie by him that i liked.

Oct 25 - 05:56 PM