But at long last, the Hollywood Reporter has announced that Burton and Disney have found their Alice: 18-year-old Australian actress Mia Wasikowska. The young actress is reportedly in final negotiations for her part in the Lewis Carroll adaptation.
Mia Wasikowska (Getty Images photo)
Burton kept his word by casting a relative "unknown" actress in the business, but simultaneously one that has experience. Wasikowska, originally born in Canberra, began her career in the Australian TV series "All Saints" and is currently a regular on HBO's "In Treatment." Her other upcoming cinematic projects include "Defiance," a war drama which will also star Daniel Craig and be directed by Ed Zwick, and she plays a supporting role in a forthcoming biographical movie on Amelia Earhart, "Amelia," starring Hilary Swank and directed by Mira Nair.
While the rest of the cast of Alice hasn't been announced (or found?), we do already know of principle players in the making of the film. Long-time Disney scribe Linda Woolverton has written the screenplay; frequent Burton collaborator Richard D. Zanuck is producing the film, along with former Disney chairman Joe Roth and Jennifer and Suzanne Todd. Disney creative executive Jason Reed will oversee the project.
Alice in Wonderland will be a combination of live-action and performance-capture computer-generated animation. It will be released in theaters in Disney Digital 3-D in March 2010. Principal photography is said to commence this November, several months later than previously anticipated.
Hopefully, more news (and more accurate news) will come shortly!
8 comments:
Yay an Australian in a Burton film! She must be good.
i sure hope so
I hope she's good! But she doesn't look very burtony, still a nice change!
Gd luck to them with the film!
she looks really sweet
I think she looks PERFECT for Alice!
When I saw that first rumored girl (Ryan?) I was EXTREMELY worried but this girl just seems perfect. The best Alice actress I have ever seen out of all the Wonderland films!
I just pray she does well and the casting directors do as well with the rest of the actors.
So I heard Johnny Depp has signed on to be the Mad Hatter! This makes me even more excited for this movie!
I'm glad it's a lesser-known. Can't wait until the rest of the cast is announced or, well, until the movie is out! Patience, though, yes?
-brandon.koopa-
tim burton should get involved in the american mcgee version of alice it would be amazing with a burton twist
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