Johnny Depp’s Mad Hatter stars in an interactive billboard in Disneyland – livestreamed from a studio, as part of a marketing drive for the upcoming sequel to the financially successful 2010 film, which grossed over $1 billion worldwide. First appearing as a still image, Depp’s Mad Hatter interacted with Disneyland guests via a video camera hidden at the top of the display cabinet as he was recorded live from an undisclosed studio described as “somewhere in Wonderland.” The second film opens worldwide on May 27, and is based on Lewis Carroll’s book “Through the Looking Glass”. Via IMDB:
When Alice wakes up in Wonderland she must travel through a mysterious new world to retrieve a magical scepter that can stop the evil Lord of Time before he turns forward the clock and turns Wonderland into a barren, lifeless old world. With the help of some new friends, Alice must also uncover an evil plot to put the Queen of Hearts back on the throne.
This film marks Tim Burton and Johnny Depp’s ninth collaboration together following Edward Scissorhands (1990), Ed Wood (1994), Sleepy Hollow (1999), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005), Corpse Bride (2005), Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007), Alice in Wonderland (2010), and Dark Shadows (2012). This is also their first collaboration wherein Tim doesn’t direct, but produces.