'Social Network' star will play opposite Johnny Depp's Tonto
When Johnny Depp was first cast as Tonto in Disney and Jerry
Bruckheimer’s bigscreen adaptation of “The Lone Ranger,” Armie
Hammer was a relative unknown in Hollywood who was ready to
break out as Batman in Warner Bros.’ “Justice League.”  Three
years later, Hammer has been handed a high-profile black mask
he’ll actually get to wear, landing the titular role as the
crime-fighting Texas Ranger in “Lone Ranger.”  Thesp is
finalizing a deal to saddle up and shout the signature “Hi-yo,
Silver! Away!” line in the pic that Gore Verbinski will shoot
sometime in the fall based on a script by Justin Haythe.  Since
“Justice League” was jettisoned because of the WGA strike and
for creative reasons, Hammer came to be known instead for his
role as the Winklevoss twins in Sony’s “The Social Network.” He
recently landed a gig as the prince in Relativity Media’s “The
Brothers Grimm: Snow White” (Julia Roberts will play the evil
queen) and recently wrapped a suppor