Johnny Depp Pays A Surprise Visit To Comic-Con
After the Internets went WILD over the release of the first trailer for Tim Burton’s new Disney film Alice In Wonderland this past Wednesday, it was assumed that the trailer would be the central focal point of the film’s presence at San Diego Comic-Con taking place this weekend. As was assumed, Tim Burton was on hand to personally show the video footage at Comic-Con yesterday … but he brought along a surprise guest with him. Johnny Depp shocked fans by popping up on stage to say hello … before he, almost immediately, disappeared and left the premises:
English heartthrob Robert Pattinson wasn’t due to arrive in Hall H of the San Diego Convention Center until later in the afternoon, but he was in real danger of being upstaged by the screams that met Johnny Depp’s surprise appearance Thursday morning at the first panel of the day at Comic-Con International. Depp, dressed in a white shirt and black vest, was on hand to support director Tim Burton, who unveiled a 3-D teaser trailer for his upcoming “Alice in Wonderland,” due out in March. The film draws from a cross-section of Lewis Carroll’s writing, including the Jabberwocky poem. The footage, which prominently featured Depp’s Mad Hatter, mostly highlighted the variety of the fantastic images Burton has assembled for the movie, created using a hybrid of live-action and animation and other techniques. At the urging of moderator Patton Oswalt, it was shown three separate times. “John and I worked together many times, but he’s never done a character with orange hair,” Burton dryly observed from the stage about the Hatter’s unusual aesthetic. “We scalped Carrot Top and took his hair….We realized once we got into it that we picked out every image from TV and cinema of red hair and it’s quite a distributing thing — from Bozo onward,” the director deadpanned.
According to E! News, Johnny uttered just 5 words before POOF! he was gone:
In fact, Depp stopped by, said five words and then totally just left. Here’s what went down: After screening a custom-made trailer for his Comic-Con fans, director Burton asked the crowd if they would like to meet the “imaginary friend” that follows him around. The crowd cheered and Depp, who plays the Mad Hatter, walked onstage in a button-up shirt and fitted black vest. He had long bangs sweeping the side of his face, and wore a thick leather bracelet. After several moments of cheering, Depp whispered into the mic: “Hey. Happy to be here.” And then, poof, he was gone. Moderator Patton Oswalt told the crowd that Depp could reappear later in the day, so “be nice to every guy you see dressed like Jack Sparrow.”
The ONLY person who could upstage Robert Pattinson these days is Johnny Depp … and I kinda love that he just showed up to say hello before running as fast as he could from the venue. Brills. But, getting back to Wonderland, the official poster artwork for the film has been released and features the promo photos that we saw a few weeks ago. While they aren’t all that new, I think they’re worth a second look … as is a pretty cool photo of the Cheshire Cat who was featured in yesterday’s Comic-Con presentation of Alice in Wonderland …
While these posters are VERY cool, I’m already anxious to see more artwork from the film … and when does the Cheshire Cat get his own movie poster?
I’m thinking a black-light poster, right? Do you love it?
Tags: 'Alice In Wonderland', Johnny Depp, San Diego Comic-Con, Tim Burton
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July 24th, 2009 at 9:34 am
Love Johnny Depp! He is so awesome and quirky! Personally, don’t quite understand the appeal of Robert P., but maybe that is because I am not a tween. Johnny, on the other hand….
July 24th, 2009 at 9:37 am
usually..clowns scare me…but im lovin how mad hatter looks. and im with you trent..i would totally love cheshire car in a blacklight poster!
July 24th, 2009 at 9:42 am
i do! i’m soo beyond excited for this! everything about this movie is going to be pure awesomeness!
July 24th, 2009 at 9:53 am
I have to agree with Meghan, I don’t get the RPatz appeal. I perfer Johnny any day.
July 24th, 2009 at 9:54 am
I’ll look for bigger versions of those posters and make them my desktop wallpaper! :)
July 24th, 2009 at 10:04 am
Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter looks like Elijah Wood…
July 24th, 2009 at 10:06 am
I can not wait till this movie comes out!!! It looks so awesome. That is pretty cool of him to show up. He seems like an awesome dude.
July 24th, 2009 at 10:16 am
I love me some Johnny Depp. He is so nice to his fans!
July 24th, 2009 at 11:13 am
That cat is freaking me out.
July 24th, 2009 at 11:24 am
hot damn!!! i LOVE johnny depp!!!!
July 24th, 2009 at 11:25 am
I love that Cheshire Cat so much I did a screen cap and use him as my Yahoo avatar. ROFL
July 24th, 2009 at 12:04 pm
I’m sooooo pumped. I got my friend all pumped too. We;re gonna see it in Imax 3D !!!!!!!!!! And the cheshire cat is so awesome. he does need his own poster
July 24th, 2009 at 6:45 pm
I’m a teenager, but I’d take Johnny over Robert ANYDAY. I love how he made the effort to show up, even if it was just for a while.
July 24th, 2009 at 7:20 pm
“The ONLY person who could upstage Robert Pattinson these days is Johnny Depp”…are u kidding me Trent???Johnny Depp is by far and away the more drool worthy one than Robert P…Robert P is a child, Johnny Depp is a man, THE man.
July 24th, 2009 at 7:35 pm
@Ria Diman — that’s what I said.
July 25th, 2009 at 10:53 am
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