Actor
Johnny
Depp"s
forthcoming
movie
The
Lone
Ranger
has
been
heralded
as
the
Disney"s
potential
franchise.
It
is
said
to
be
the
most
ambitious
project
of
the
studio.
But
if
we
are
to
go
by
the
latest
reports,
Disney
has
shut
down
the
production
of
this
movie.
It
is
reported
that
the
reason
behind
this
abrupt
halt
is
the
clash
between
the
studio
and
producer
Jerry
Bruckheimer
over
the
budget
for
the
tentpole.
Disney
had
roped
in
Pirates
of
the
Caribbean
fame
director
Gore
Verbinski
to
helm
the
movie
The
Lone
Ranger.
The
studio
had
given
Verbinski
a
firm
budget
number,
but
the
director
has
refused
to
go
ahead
with
project.
“The
halt
is
all
due
to
budgetary
concerns,
not
creative
differences.
Gore
doesn"t
want
to
budge
for
what
he
thinks
a
movie
like
this
needs,"
the
Hollywood
Reporter
quotes
a
source
as
saying.
However,
Disney"s
recent
project
Cowboys
and
Aliens
was
a
western
and
the
genre
is
having
some
dark
days.
The
studio"s
latest
movie
The
Lone
Ranger
is
also
a
classic
western
story.
So
it
is
concerned
about
its
subject
and
its
collection.
“The
fact
that
it"s
a
Western
is
a
definite
concern,"
the
source
added
to
THR.