After dropping a thoroughly baffling teaser earlier in the month, Paramount wised up and have finally given us our first proper look at the Gore Verbinski animated film “Rango.”
For whatever inane reason, details on the plot are being kept under wraps, but it apparently follows a “chameleon with an identity crisis.” Anyway, the first half of the spot is actually pretty dull as the presumably titular lizard tries to outfox a vulture. But things get a bit more interesting and even “Fear & Loathing In Las Vegas”-style surreal in the second half as the lizard seems to encounter a range of weirdos at a border town. Also that giant mechanical fish shows up again. Have a look at the trailer, and yeah, that’s the poster for the film on the left.
The stacked cast includes Johnny Depp, Isla Fisher, Abigail Breslin, Bill Nighy, Stephen Root, Ray Winstone, Beth Grant, Ned Beatty, Harry Dean Stanton and Alfred Molina and the film opens on March 18, 2011.