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“There come a time, Kemosabe, when good man must wear mask.” So says intrepid sidekick, Tonto – Johnny Depp – who embodies the trusty scout to Armie Hammer’s John Reid in this first teaser to THE LONE RANGER. The preview of next year’s highly anticipated film was shown last night when Hammer paid a visit to NBC’s “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.”

Looks like we’re in for a thrill ride next summer, doesn’t it? I hope to hear, just once “Hi-Ho-Silver… Away!” I can’t wait to see what Bruckheimer and Verbinski do with a Western filled with trains and cowboys.

From producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Gore Verbinski, the filmmaking team behind the blockbuster “Pirates of the Caribbean” franchise, comes Disney/Jerry Bruckheimer Films’ THE LONE RANGER, a thrilling adventure infused with action and humor, in which the famed masked hero is brought to life through new eyes.  Native American spirit warrior Tonto (Johnny Depp) recounts the untold tales that transformed John Reid (Armie Hammer), a man of the law, into a legend of justice—taking the audience on a runaway train of epic surprises and humorous friction as the two unlikely heroes must learn to work together and fight against greed and corruption.

A Disney/Jerry Bruckheimer Films presentation, THE LONE RANGER is directed by Gore Verbinski and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and Gore Verbinski, with a screenplay by Ted Elliott & Terry Rossio and Eric Aronson and Justin Haythe. THE LONE RANGER releases in U.S. theaters on July 3, 2013.

THE LONE RANGER also stars Tom Wilkinson, William Fichtner, Barry Pepper, James Badge Dale, Ruth Wilson and Helena Bonham Carter.

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