Tim Burton to adapt Alice in Wonderland

SciFi Wire reports that Tim Burton is going to direct a film adaptation of Alice in Wonderland, the classic children’s book by Lewis Carroll.  He feels that previous film versions have ‘never quite nailed it.’  Fans are already wondering which roles Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter will win; the Mad Hatter and the Queen of Hearts would be the obvious choices, but perhaps there are more interesting characters in the books. 

 There seem to be several adaptations of Alice in the planning stages right now (including one from Marilyn Manson), so we’ll definitely have to add the original inspiring book to our to-read pile.