Depp and Verbinski Reteam for ‘Rango’

 

Johnny Depp will reunite with “Pirates of the Caribbean” trilogy director Gore Verbinski on Rango, an animated film that Paramount will finance and distribute.

Variety says the studio has slotted the film for a March 2011 release.

Depp will voice the lead character, a household pet that goes on an adventure to discover its true self.

John Logan wrote script based on an idea sparked by Verbinski, who plans on working with Industrial Light & Magic on the animation.

“Rango” aims to use cutting-edge animation techniques that “will allow us to capture and translate every aspect of Johnny’s performance, using it to drive the computer-generated character in a way that has yet to be seen in an animated feature,” Verbinski said.

ILM previously worked with Verbinski to create the octopus-faced Davy Jones character played by Bill Nighy in the “Pirates” pics.

Depp is set to begin work on “Rango” in January.