So, for reasons I won’t get into, I was looking up Christopher Lee on IMDB.com today.  I neerly peed my pants when I saw that he’d be playing the Jabberwock in Tim Burton’s production of Alice in Wonderland (due out in 2010).

First let me say that Lewis Carroll’s Alices Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There together make up one of my all-time favorite stories.  I’ve read both books innumerable times, as well as The Annotated Alice.  Needless to say, a Tim Burton take on this story is going to pique my interest.

As if that news isn’t exciting enough, Johnny Depp will be playing the Mad Hatter!

There are actually several of my favorite actors in the cast – Alan Rickman as the Catterpillar, Anne Hathaway and Helena Bonham Carter as the White and Red Queens, and Crispin Glover as the Knave of Hearts.  With a cast like this, hopefully this movie won’t disappoint!

Now if only I didn’t have to wait till 2010 to see it…