Disney Announces Alice in Wonderland Sequel Will Star Johnny Depp & Mia Wasikowska

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In December of last year we heard Disney was moving forward with a sequel to Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland. What we didn’t know was whether or not anyone from the first film would be back for it. We now have our answer, plus an official release date. Dive down the rabbit hole for more information! 

Personally, I’m still not sure how I feel about Alice in Wonderland. I only saw it the one time in theaters and it had a pretty great cast, but if there’s one thing I do know, it’s that I hated Johnny Depp’s portrayal of the Mad Hatter. But it made a ton of money at the box office so it’s no surprise Disney would want to try to do that again.

Depp and Mia Wasikowska are officially returning as Hatter and Alice, but Burton’s name was not mentioned. It will be interesting to see how different (or not different) the sequel turns out to be if they can’t convince him. Linda Woolverton, who wrote the script for the original, is said to be working on the script for the sequel.

Alice in Wonderland 2 will get a Memorial Day (May 27) release in 2016. Just…thank god they didn’t try for 2015, that year is busy enough as it is. Oh wait, I spoke to soon. Disney also announced a different film for a 2015 release. “In another high-profile move, Disney set an Oct. 9, 2015, release date for Jon Favreau‘s Jungle Book. He’ll direct the live-action pic from a script by Justin Marks.,” writes The Hollywood Reporter.

(via The Hollywood Reporter)

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Jill Pantozzi is a pop-culture journalist and host who writes about all things nerdy and beyond! She’s Editor in Chief of the geek girl culture site The Mary Sue (Abrams Media Network), and hosts her own blog “Has Boobs, Reads Comics” (TheNerdyBird.com). She co-hosts the Crazy Sexy Geeks podcast along with superhero historian Alan Kistler, contributed to a book of essays titled “Chicks Read Comics,” (Mad Norwegian Press) and had her first comic book story in the IDW anthology, “Womanthology.” In 2012, she was featured on National Geographic’s "Comic Store Heroes," a documentary on the lives of comic book fans and the following year she was one of many Batman fans profiled in the documentary, "Legends of the Knight."