Walt Disney Pictures has confirmed to ComingSoon.net that Gore Verbinksi is now officially signed on for Disney’s The Lone Ranger.
Verbinksi, who has worked with Johnny Depp on the first three “Pirates of the Caribbean” films and the upcoming Rango, will re-team with the actor, currently attached to play the Lone Ranger’s sidekick, Tonto.
The Lone Ranger’s origin story begins with a group of Texas Rangers chasing down a gang of outlaws led by Butch Cavendish. The gang ambushes the Rangers, seemingly killing them all. One survivor is found, however, by an American Indian named Tonto, who nurses him back to health. The Ranger, donning a mask and riding a white stallion named Silver, teams up with Tonto to bring the unscrupulous gang and others of that ilk to justice.
The film version will be produced by Jerry Bruckheimer with a script from Justin Haythe.
