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Anne Hathaway is the White Queen

Anne Hathaway has signed on to play the White Queen in Tim Burton's film version of Alice in Wonderland. Helena Bonham Carter will play the Red Queen and Johnny Depp will be the Mad Hatter.

The movie, which stars Mia Wasikowska as Alice and Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter, will use a combination of live action and performance-capture technology to tell the Lewis Carroll story.

Hathaway is playing the White Queen, a benevolent monarch who is deposed and banished by her sister, the Red Queen (Carter), who has an affinity for crying out, "Off with their heads!" The White Queen needs Alice to slay a creature known as the Bandersnatch.

We think Johnny Depp will do a fabulous job as the Mad Hatter. But Anne Hathaway is an odd casting choice for the White Queen. Still, perhaps she'll surprise us all with an interesting characterization.

Posted on October 8, 2008

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