Johnny Depp will reportedly be returning to wear the Mad Hatter hat one more time, but this time without Tim Burton at the helm. Deadline reports that the 50-year-old actor is in “final talks” to reprise his role as the Mad Hatter in a follow up film to 2010’s Alice in Wonderland.
Tim Burton’s adaptation of the classic 1865 novel, Alice in Wonderland, was an enormous box office success, earning Disney an outstanding $1 billion worldwide. Although the film brought in a ton of cash, it was criticized for being too “off the wall” and that Depp’s role as Hatter was one of his less memorable ones.
Nonetheless, a sequel is in the final talks with Johnny Depp starring and James Bobin directing. Bobin previously worked withe Disney to direct The Muppets in 2011. Depp’s production company, Infinitum Nihil, recently signed a “multi-year first look deal” with Disney, which will allow him to develop and produce new films and a series of projects himself.
At this moment, the sequel to Alice in Wonderland has yet to be given an official release date.
