Johnny Depp and Christian Bale Are Public Enemies

Empire Magazine has the first official photos from Michael Mann's highly-anticipated crime drama. Everything about this movie has me excited--Michael Mann doing not just gangsters but 1930's gangsters, Johnny Depp and Christian Bale headlining, Marion Cotillard and Channing Tatum in supporting roles... Set to hit next summer, the film is based in part on Bryan Burrough's fact-based book. The story revolves around top FBI agent Melvin Purvis (Christian Bale), who J. Edgar Hoover (Billy Crudup) groomed himself, as he leads the charge to take down the charming Depression-era bank robber John Dillinger (Johnny Depp). You'll have to buy a copy of Empire's newest edition (the one with Hugh Jackman as Wolverine on the cover) to see the photos, but Cinematical has a couple of pictures up on their site.

Continued after the jump...

First Look At Johnny Depp As The Mad Hatter?

This picture is from Johnny-Depp.org, and appears to be the first image of Depp as The Mad Hatter in the upcoming Tim Burton version of Alice In Wonderland. No official confirmation yet on whether or not this is legit, so just be aware that it could be fan made or an internet hoax of some sort (though personally, it looks fairly real). As for the look, I think it's a pretty intriguing direction to go, and not totally unexpected considering Burton's aesthetic tastes. But there's also part of me that thinks it's kind of ugly and over-the-top. I'll withhold a final judgment until I see the rest of the world that Burton is building, though.

What do you guys think of the look? Too much? Or perfectly bizarre? Either way, I'm still really excited for this movie. Burton doing Lewis Carroll is enough to get me behind any project, but add to that the stupendous cast he's assembled, and I'm officially amped for this film to come out. Most people nowadays know the material not through Carroll's original book, but through the 1951 Disney animated feature. I'm looking forward to seeing another interpretation of the story come into prominence, and hopefully lead more people to go and check out Carroll's classic work.

Continued after the jump...