Is This Tim Burton's Alice?

Written by Arya Ponto

Monday, 07 July 2008

Rumors are flying that Tim Burton has found his Alice for his upcoming Burtonesque interpretation of Lewis Caroll's Alice in Wonderland. Interestingly, the picked actress is not a kid like you'd expect Alice to be, but a 24-year-old.

It's been reported that casting for the film was recently completed and a poster from the fan board Alice-in-Wonderland.net identified the mystery girl as up-and-comer Ryan Nicole Parker (I found the photo to the left from her Myspace profile), which hasn't been in a lot of projects according to her resume.

The fact that Alice is being played by an adult may give you the idea that Burton's vision would be one with a darker and more adult edge, but since the film is going to be 3D motion capture (ala Beowulf), she might just be digitally playing a 10-year-old. The catch is, the film is only partially motion capture. It'll be a hybrid of animation and live action footage. Given the situation, you'd think that Alice would be the one in live-action. We'll just have to wait and see what the deal is.

[via TheBadandtheUgly]