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Is it just me or is all of the news coming out of Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland looking really awesome?

Case and point, check out these images from the flick that were released last week. I’m mostly looking forward to seeing the Cheshire Cat, but after seeing the Caterpillar and the Red Queen I can honestly say that the hype is on. I see Tim Burton as a complete filmmaker who pays equal attention to visual detail, story telling and continuity. Needless to say, I can’t wait for this flick to drop.

Been following the production of Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland lately? After a big Comicon push this summer with the release of the first trailer, Alice has gone down the rabbit hole for a little while. Well, this morning the production has released a brand new movie poster with the feature character being none other than The Cheshire Cat. The wonderfully disappearing and manipulative freaky feline looks amazing in CG. Personally I prefer the 2D version, but if he drops lines from the original like:

You may have noticed that I’m not all there myself

and

Why, she simply said that you’re a fat, pompous, bad tempered old tyrant!

Or, this very memorable conversation with Alice,

Cheshire Cat: Oh, by the way, if you’d really like to know, he went that way.
Alice: Who did?
Cheshire Cat: The White Rabbit.
Alice: He did?
Cheshire Cat: He did what?
Alice: Went that way.
Cheshire Cat: Who did?
Alice: The White Rabbit.
Cheshire Cat: What rabbit?
Alice: But didn’t you just say – I mean – Oh, dear.
Cheshire Cat: Can you stand on your head?

I’d be sold.

DT over at Killahbeez just sent this to me and I figured I’d share it here as well. Enjoy this awesome looking trailer from Alice in Wonderland. I think this was screened to people at Comic-Con just a few hours ago. Man I wish I was there instead of here….

This is actually a pretty cool idea. Facebook has teamed up with Tim Burton and the marketing crew behind the new Alice in Wonderland flick and have decided to run a bit of a friendly competition. They’ve created three fan pages for the live action fantasy. One is for fans of the Red Queen being played by Helena Bonham Carter. If you haven’t seen the image they’ve been running of Carter lately you can check it below. The next fan page running on Facebook is for the White Queen being played by Anna Hathaway. Same deal for her, you can check the image below. Finally, and this is probably the one you’re going to click on if you decide to get in on the competition, The Mad Hatter being played by Johnny Depp.

So the competition is for the amount of fans that can be gathered by July 23rd (Blah! in 2 Days!!!) and if you’re a fan of the winner then you’ll be treated with the very first Alice in Wonderland trailer. I suspect this will be the same trailer being screened at Comicon this week and I wouldn’t be too surprised if it ended up on Youtube a few hours after it premiers, but nonetheless, it’s a pretty cool concept. Me? I’m all about the Hatter and hopefully all of his fans can celebrate a very happy un-birthday come a few days from now.

Click to become a fan of the Red Queen

Click to become a fan of the White Queen

Click to become a fan of the Mad Hatter

I’ve been following the production of Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland for a while now and recently there’s been a ton of news. Apparently a few people have gotten their dirty hands on a script and have been spreading around the plot. If you’re truly interested, finding out what this film is about won’t be hard – but don’t be a douche bag, wait to see it up on the big screen. Anyways, Burton and crew have been dropping tons of new tidbits of late like images from the film and the stars. That pic above this post is Tweedledee and Tweedledum and it’s looking pretty damn cool already. Anyways, check out this pretty cool cut of Three SIx Mafia over top of the Disney version of Alice.