You might have gone down the rabbit hole before. But never with a guide quite as attuned to the fantastic as Tim Burton.
Those who have grown curiouser and curiouser about what the offbeat reinventor of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory might conjure up in his version of Alice in Wonderland can feast their eyes on this array of concept art and publicity images, due to hang in movie theaters this week to promote the March 5, 2010, release.

"It has been Burton-ized" is how producer Richard Zanuck describes the director's vision of the Lewis Carroll classic. Many elements are familiar, from the enigmatic Caterpillar (Alan Rickman) to the fierce Jabberwock (Christopher Lee). But none has been presented in this sort of visually surreal fashion.

"We finished shooting in December after only 40 days," Zanuck says. Now the live action is being merged with CG animation and motion-capture creatures, and then transferred into 3-D.

The traditional tale has been freshened with a blast of girl power, courtesy of writer Linda Woolverton (Beauty and the Beast). Alice, 17, 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. Off she runs, following a white rabbit into a hole and ending up in Wonderland, a place she visited 10 years before yet doesn't remember.

Among those who welcome her back is the Mad Hatter, a part tailor-made for Johnny Depp as he collaborates with Burton for the seventh time. "This character is off his rocker," Zanuck says.

Aussie actress Mia Wasikowska, 19, best known for HBO's In Treatment, has the coveted title role. "There is something real, honest and sincere about her," Zanuck says. "She's not a typical Hollywood starlet."

There is the usual Burton-esque ghoulishness (Helena Bonham Carter's Red Queen, whose favorite retort is "Off with their heads," has a moat filled with bobbing noggins), but Zanuck assures most kids can handle it. "The book itself is pretty dark," he notes. "This is for little people and people who read it when they were little 50 years ago."






'You start out wrinkled and you cry...you end up wrinkled and you die.'

Anne Hathaway as the White Queen. And...Crispin Glover(Knave of Hearts), Christopher Lee (Jabberwock)and Alan Rickman(Caterpillar) is in it as well. I am REALLY excited to see this when it comes out.

'You start out wrinkled and you cry...you end up wrinkled and you die.'

<<"This is for little people and people who read it when they were little 50 years ago." >> that's no good to me I'm 6 foot 1 and I'm 42.

seriously though. I'm so looking forward to seeing this aswell. What other stories could be Burtonised?

maybe one of the old classics... funnily enough are also panto classics

Little Red Riding Hood.
Snow White and the seven Dwarves
Jack and the beanstalk.


Or maybe something like Sweeney Todd.

Jack the Ripper maybe

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang would be a very cool Burton film! That evil dude that captured the kids always creeped me out by the way.

'You start out wrinkled and you cry...you end up wrinkled and you die.'

The 'Child Catcher'.



'You start out wrinkled and you cry...you end up wrinkled and you die.'

yeah that would be perfect!!

Maybe even wacky races.

With a very comically evil Dick Dastardly and Muttley

I finally managed to catch his Willy Wonka film on tv last xmas. I thought it was pretty bland compared to the original.

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the real mad hatter

One of THE best videos!!

'You start out wrinkled and you cry...you end up wrinkled and you die.'

Cool pic and i love that video.
This looks great and i love Tim Burton Films,he really gives that darker side to everything he does.
Still think Ed Wood is his best though and this new one should be fantastic in 3D!
Mat Lucas as Tweedle Dee and Dum looks cool also!

'You start out wrinkled and you cry...you end up wrinkled and you die.'

What interests me in this still is the very close resemblance to Disney's 1950s "Alice In Wonderland." Mr. Burton (a former Disney animator) is being very true to his school.

One magical movement from Kether to Melkuth.

Johnny Depp is so cool in anything he does

A Burtonised version of Labyrinth would be good. It's pretty much the same as Alice in Wonderland I guess. Minus the missing baby.

'A Burtonised version of Labyrinth would be good.'

Nah.

'You start out wrinkled and you cry...you end up wrinkled and you die.'

'Avatar', 'Clash of the Titans' and this will be on my list.
Just wondering if the grotesquely enlarged heads (Helena Bonham Carter pic)are
supposed to be emulating the look of John Tenniel's original illustrations,
or is this just a promotional move to highlight the main stars? They remind me of
the 'Outside' character visualizations.

who is playing alice ???? strange that the star of the show is not pictured.