Alice in Wonderland

[a_person]

Years after the events of the first two adventures, Alice (Mia Wasikowska), now 19-years old attends a party at a Victorian estate only to find she is about to be proposed to in front of hundreds of snooty-society types. She runs off, following the White Rabbit (Michael Sheen) into a hole and ending up back in Wonderland, a place she visited in a similar manner some 10 years before, yet doesn't remember. Wonderland was a peaceful kingdom until the Red Queen (Helena Bonham Carter) overthrew her sister, the White Queen (Anne Hathaway). The creatures of Wonderland, such as the Cheshire Cat (Stephen Fry), Tweedledee and Tweedledum (Matt Lucas) and the March Hare (Noah Taylor), ready to revolt, wait for Alice to help them. With the help of the White Queen, the Mad Hatter (Johnny Depp) and the Caterpillar (Alan Rickman), Alice starts seeing flashbacks of her original visit, back when she was seven.

Trailer:
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[a_person]

ooohh Johnny Depp again! Although not a great fan of Anne Hathaway!

Trailer looks good. I think anjirose wants to see this too! Hope there will be tickets for this!

[andrews]

What a fabulous line up!

Cast and characters

Mia Wasikowska as Alice. Alice is a 19 year old young lady "who doesn't quite fit into Victorian society and structure." Her return to Wonderland "becomes a rite of passage as she discovers her voice and herself." Alice will evolve over the course of the new film into a more empowered heroine than in previous incarnations.

Wonderland residents

Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter. Tim Burton explained that Depp "tried to find a grounding to the character, something that you feel, as opposed to just being mad. In a lot of versions it’s a very one-note kind of character and you know his goal was to try and bring out a human side to the strangeness of the character."
Helena Bonham Carter as the Red Queen. Bonham Carter's head will be increased in size by three times on screen. Her character is a combination of the Red Queen and the Queen of Hearts.
Anne Hathaway as the White Queen. Her character does not require digital manipulation. Hathaway summed up her character with a caption on a magnet of Happy Bunny holding a knife; "Cute but psycho. Things even out." Her character also doesn't walk, she floats. She's very eccentric and overly dramatic, just as mad in her way as the Hatter.
Michael Sheen as the White Rabbit.
Alan Rickman as the Caterpillar. Rickman was filmed while recording his voice in a studio, and his face will be composited onto a stop motion character.
Stephen Fry as the Cheshire Cat.
Matt Lucas as Tweedledum and Tweedledee. Lucas' face was digitally inserted for both characters, while the body was computer-generated.
Christopher Lee as the Jabberwocky[
Noah Taylor as the March Hare
Barbara Windsor as the Dormouse
Timothy Spall as the Bloodhound
Crispin Glover as the Knave of Hearts
Paul Whitehouse as the Dodo

Real world residents

Eleanor Tomlinson as Fiona Chataway, an unfriendly girl Alice knows before she falls down the rabbit hole.
Jemma Powell as Margaret Manchester
John Hopkins as Lowell Manchester
Lindsay Duncan as Helen Kingsley
Marton Csokas as Charles Kingsley
Frances de la Tour as Aunt Imogene
Leo Bill as Hamish Ascot
Tim Pigott-Smith as Lord Ascot
Geraldine James as Lady Ascot
Tim Burton and Helena Bonham Carter's children will have cameos in the film.

[anjirose]

arghhhhhhhhhhhhh im am SO unbelievbly excited for this!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[voucherlvr]

Oh that's so exciting. I hope it doesn't get overhyped and I can just go and enjoy it.

[a_person]

They showed the trailer for this the other day at A Christmas Carol and it looked awesome!

[sparklysparkles]

I'm not as excited as I was initially when I thought that they were actually going to retell Lewis Carroll's story, but still... cast is amazing and high hopes overall for the film!

[elski]

was anyone an extra in this film? they're offering a free screening for extras in plymouth
http://www.thisisplymouth.co.uk/news/Al ... ticle.html

[blackiceboy]

Don't hold your breaths fellow Plymouthians...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2010/feb ... and-burton

[Beate]

"If neither side climbs down, the 3D film will not play at any Odeon, Vue or Cineworld site across the country, representing 95% of the UK's 3D screens."

Gosh, that only leaves the Picturehouse for me!