We can't wait to see what Tim Burton does with Alice In Wonderland. We loved Burton's take on Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, so we certainly aren't opposed to seeing the director rewrite great literature.

From USA Today:

The traditional tale has been freshened with a blast of girl power, courtesy of writer Linda Woolverton (Beauty and the Beast). Alice, 17, attends a party at a Victorian estate only to find she is about to be proposed to in front of hundreds of snooty society types. Off she runs, following a white rabbit into a hole and ending up in Wonderland, a place she visited 10 years before yet doesn't remember.

Among those who welcome her back is the Mad Hatter, a part tailor-made for Johnny Depp as he collaborates with Burton for the seventh time. "This character is off his rocker," Zanuck says.

Aussie actress Mia Wasikowska, 19, best known for HBO's "In Treatment," has the coveted title role. "There is something real, honest and sincere about her," Zanuck says. "She's not a typical Hollywood starlet." [Link]

We'll probably hold off on Z watching this until it's been on DVD for a bit, as it seems pretty dark. Between this, Coraline, and other films we've seen and loved in the past couple of years, we'll have quite the lineup of slightly frightening films in store for her when she reaches a slightly less tender age.

[Via A Fuse #8 Production] - Jennifer