I have been saying for years that Frontierland is the next area of Disney’s theme parks to need a major motion picture to reinvigorate life in it in the way it once was while Davy Crockett was popular when Disneyland first opened in the ’50s. Now, that major motion picture has been announced in the form of The Lone Ranger, with Johnny Depp taking on the Native American role of Tonto, the Lone Ranger’s sidekick. If the film is popular, I suppose we’ll see more Depp-alikes running around Frontierland.

It was also officially announced that Depp would be taking on the role of the Mad Hatter in Tim Burton’s upcoming 3D/motion-capture version of Alice in Wonderland, potentially bringing Depp into Fantasyland as well.

The fourth Pirates of the Caribbean film was also announced to be in the works, with Depp reprising his role as Captain Jack Sparrow.

It has also been reported that Depp will be working on “an additional role” in another movie that hasn’t yet been announced. So, can we expect to see a turn-of-the-century Johnny Depp in a Main Street-based film? Or perhaps he’ll join Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson in the rumored-to-be-upcoming Tomorrowland movie? Maybe the parks needs to be called Deppland instead of Disneyland?

Link to more information about the new films.