The sequel to Tim Burton’s “Alice In Wonderland” is beginning its principal photography this week, and that means there is a new story on the way. The best thing about this new story in “Alice In Wonderland: Through the Looking Glass” is that just about all of the cast is returning to reprise their roles.
Yes, even Johnny Depp will be returning to once again play the part of The Mad Hatter.
The press release states that this film “revisits Lewis Carroll’s beloved stories with an all-new new tale that travels back to Underland—and back in Time.”
It’s a star-studded cast that will be coming together for “Alice In Wonderland: Through the Looking Glass,” and that includes a few newcomers as well. Let’s take a look at just who will be stepping into the roles of all those hanging around Wonderland…or Underland.
- Mia Wasikowska – Alice Kingsleigh
- Johnny Depp – The Mad Hatter
- Anne Hathaway – White Queen
- Helena Bonham Carter – Red Queen
- Rhys Ifans – Zanik Hightopp, the Mad Hatter’s father
- Matt Lucas – Tweeledee and Tweedledum
- Ed Speelers – James Harcourt
- Sacha Baron Cohen – Time
- Stephen Fry – voice of the Cheshire Cat
- Toby Jones – voice of Wilkins
- Alan Rickman – voice of the Blue Caterpillar
- Michael Sheen – voice of the White Rabbit
- Timothy Spall – voice of Bayard
- Barbar Windsor – voice of Dormouse
“Alice in Wonderland: Through the Looking Glass” welcomes back several key members of the “Alice In Wonderland” team, including award-winning composer Danny Elfman (“Fifty Shades of Grey,” “Big Eyes,” Silver Linings Playbook”), three-time Oscar®-winning costume designer Colleen Atwood (“Memoirs of a Geisha,” “Chicago”), who won Oscar, BAFTA and Satellite awards, among others, for her work on “Alice In Wonderland,” and five-time Oscar-winning VFX supervisor Ken Ralston (“Forrest Gump,” “Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi”), who won a Satellite Award for best visual effects for “Alice In Wonderland.”
“Alice In Wonderland: Through the Looking Glass” is set for release on May 27, 2016.
