One Of My Favorite Properties Of All Time Is Coming To Fruition...

... and frankly it is looking fucking fantastic. The Lone Ranger was and always will be one of the first pop culture properties I can ever remember watching. I also remember being 3 or 4 years old and having the toys & playset for the show, complete with horses Silver & Scout. Tonto & The Lone Ranger are the two first action figures I ever had... before G.I. Joe, He Man, Star Wars and my full on 3 ft metal Voltron robot. Those guys provided me with a ton of memories, and the original show was always on in re-runs during my childhood. So when they announced a reboot of the franchise from Gore Vebrinksi & Jerry Bruckenheimer (the guys behind Pirates of the Caribbean) and said that the movie would star Armie Hammer & Johnny Depp... well, I was in. Plagued by budget issues and other shooting problems in a post John Carter movie making world, the film has been a bit troubled. So when I saw this fantastic new trailer for the film (clocking in at over 2 minutes) I was reassured. As you should be. Can;'t wait for this movie this summer. Enjoy the trailer after the jump...

Meet Your New Lone Ranger... It's Armie Hammer!!!

I have to admit I am a bit excited about this. I always liked the Lone Ranger when I was a child, and when I heard that Gore Verbinski got his 'Pirates of the Carribean' star Johnny Depp into the role of Tonto I didn't need much else to convince me. But at the end of the day, the star of the show is always gonna be the guy playing the famous masked man that shouts "Hi-yo Silver... AWAY!!!"... so who better to give the part in Disney's newest version of the classic charcater to one of the rising stars of Hollywood, Armie Hammer.

Hammer is probably most well known for playing both of the Winklevoss twins in "The Social Network". He really brought those characters to life and played the smooth rich kid (s) well opposing uber geek Marc Zuckerman (Jesse Eisenberg) about stealing the idea of Facebook from them. What most people do not know is that Armie almost became a full blown star a few years back when he was tapped to play Batman/Bruce Wayne in the massive Justice League movie that never took off.

The proposed cast for the failed Justice League movie...

That one never worked out (Thanks alot DC Comics... meh!) and Hammer chipped away acting in all sorts of stuff until he hit the jackpot with 'The Social Network'. It's good to see him get a shot at a tentpole film and possible franchise starter. Good luck Armie... Be on the look at for this one sometime in the next few years (I can't believe I just typed that... grrrrrr!!!).