What went wrong with the Lone Ranger?

Disney’s Lone Ranger Was Far Too Expensive Their spending issues were also public knowledge by then, which resulted in a lot of negative early press for the film, even after the cast and crew took a salary cut to help with the larger costs.

Why was the Lone Ranger Cancelled?

Jerry Bruckheimer is the producer and the script is by Justin Haythe. I’m told this all just happened, and Disney pulled the plug because of the budget. I’ve heard the filmmakers were trying to reduce the film’s cost from $250 million (some even say $275 million) down to $232 million.

Is Lone Ranger historically accurate?

Actually, yes. Several details in the movie realistically captured Native American customs, traditions and dress, according to University of Cincinnati’s Native American expert Kenneth Tankersley, a Piqua Shawnee and an anthropology professor for the McMicken College of Arts and Sciences.

Was the original Lone Ranger a black man?

His name was Bass Reeves. He was an African-American who did, in fact, live among Native Americans. He became a deputy U.S. Marshal, a lawman who hunted bad men.

What is your review of the Lone Ranger?

The Lone Ranger is a frustrating exercise in overkill, a kind-of, sort-of interesting idea buried in summer-movie excess. Read full review The spirits fly in and out of The Lone Ranger at random. It’s nice to see them come and go. I just wish they’d stay for longer. Read full review

What is the Lone Ranger movie about?

Back to the review. This is the introduction movie for the hero which tells the story how the unspectacular John Reid becomes the Lone Ranger. It starts in the 1869 when the lawyer John Reid comes home to Texas by train.

Will Johnny Depp play Tonto in’the Lone Ranger’?

It arrives in theaters stained by gossip of filmmaker-vs.-studio budget wars, and concerns that its star and co-executive producer, Johnny Depp, would play the Ranger’s friend and spirit guide, Tonto, as a Native American Stepin Fetchit, stumbling around in face-paint and a dead-crow tiara. The film’s poster image might as well have been a target.

What does the Ranger say to silver in the Lone Ranger?

And when The Ranger (played here by Armie Hammer) finally shouts “Hi-yo Silver,” the moment is spoiled by turning it into a joke. Read full review