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  • Disney The Lone Ranger Casting Call Cancelled
  • August 14, 2011
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Open casting call for Disney film 'Lone Ranger' starring Johnny Depp cancelled

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On Friday August 12, 2011 Disney cancelled pre-production on "The Lone Ranger". Budget limits with the director is being reported as the reason for the shutdown. The studio gave director Gore Verbinski a firm budget cap for "The Lone Ranger" but the director turned it down. it said. Verbinski didn't want to limit the budget from what he thought a movie like "The Lone Ranger" needed. That, combined with the fact that the film is a western was also a concern for the studio. Westerns have been struggling including a recent poor box office showing for "Cowboys and Aliens".

The extras casting director for "The Lone Ranger", Elizabeth Gabel, made the following statement to the Las Cruces Sun-News on Saturday August 13, 2011 - "I can confirm that 'Silver Bullet' (the working title for 'The Lone Ranger') has been shut down and the casting call has been canceled, at this time I do not have anymore details". Gabel was scheduled to come the Las Cruces area to cast as many as 500 extras for the film.

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Disney feature film "The Lone Ranger" open casting call cancelled

Ruth Wilson was set to play the female lead opposite Johnny Depp.
Ruth Wilson was set to play the female lead opposite Johnny Depp.
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Alan Baltes has been involved in the Entertainment industry for over two decades working as a background performer, stand-in, photo double, actor, assistant producer, Screen Actors Guild Committee member, and publisher of numerous acting resource websites. He has worked on such shows as General...

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