ALICE IN WONDERLAND gets U.S. and U.K. release dates

Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland, starring Mia Wasikowska as Alice and Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter, will be released to theaters in the U.S. and Canada on March 5, 2010. Yes, that’s right–we will have more than a year to wait. Prospective viewers in the UK will need to add another month to that wait, as their release date is April 2, 2010. Although the live action photography is complete, many months of post production will be required for the CG work and the animation, not to mention the 3D effects. As producer Richard D. Zanuck explains, “It’s the first picture that will combine motion capture with live actors and animation, all in the same frame. It will be quite amazing.”

The Zone thanks Emma for the news; you can catch up with the latest on Alice in Wonderland in the “All Things Alice” thread on the Zone’s News & Views forum. –Part-Time Poet