Johnny Depp’s $200 Million Bet

The showdown over “The Lone Ranger” is coming down to a final financial shootout three sunsets from Saturday.

A few weeks back, Disney shut down the pre-production on the planned Johnny Depp-starring big screen remake, unhappy with a proposed $250 million budget coming from director Gore Verbinski.

The film called for Depp to star as Tonto, the Lone Ranger’s traditional sidekick,…

Johnny Depp’s New Film’s Production Shut Down, Source Confirms

“The Lone Ranger,” the epic, Disney-based retelling of the classic western television show has had its production shut down, a source close to the production confirms. Everyone involved in the project is figuring out the next steps, the source said.

First reported by Deadline, the news comes as a surprise given the success of the film’s three big names,…

Johnny Depp Biography (1963-)

Actor, director, musician. Born John Christopher Depp, Jr. in Owensboro, Kentucky, on June 9, 1963, to parents John and Betty Sue Depp. Johnny’s father worked as a civil engineer, and his mother came from full-blooded Cherokee stock, and worked as a waitress and homemaker. The youngest of four children, Depp was withdrawn and a self-admitted oddball. “I made odd…