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Johnny Depp's latest film, Lone Ranger, is apparently being blighted by a whole host of problems. Sources have revealed that the film, which began shooting on February 28th in New Mexico, is now weeks behind schedule and that it's budget has now rocketed up to around $250 million. That's a pretty big amount of change.
A few months ago when it was revealed that the budget had got to this amount those involved in the film, Johnny Depp, director Gore Verbinski and producer Jerry Bruckheimer agreed to get rid of action sequences as well as part with some of their own fee.
But this seems to have had little impact as the Lone Ranger has now spiralled out of control again and now major re-writes are taking place to save the film. Of course, this isn't the first time that a Hollywood production has spent a few more pennies than it originally intended.
Here 3 examples of projects that went wildly over budget. Verbinski, get a pen and paper and see if you can learn from their mistakes.
First Look Pics of ‘The Lone Ranger’ Shows Johnny Depp Going a Little Cuckoo
This won't be the first time you'll see Johnny Depp looking a little out of it with all the crazy roles that he's played on in the past and will probably take on in the future. But this will probably be the only time you'll see him with a dead bird perched on his head--unless they decide to do a sequel of The Lone Ranger.
But let's not get ahead of ourselves.
A new trailer will be unveiled later today when Armie Hammer makes an appearance on The Tonight Show, but these first look images from the big-budget Western should appease you until then. A couple of the images come with commentaries from director Gore Verbinski himself.
The first poster for The Lone Ranger also just hit online, and you can check it out after the break.
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