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Alice In Wonderland - Concept Art

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Producer Chris | 16:27 UK time, Wednesday, 20 January 2010

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Tim Burton's Alice In Wonderland is due out on the 5th March and we've got these images and concept art from the film for you to gorge your eyes on... not only that but there's also a chance to .

Want more? Alright then, screenwriter Linda Woolverton has given us a bit more of an insight to some of the major characters.

Alice1.jpg ALICE (Mia Wasikowska) is a 19-year-old woman contemplating her future. An independent soul, she feels trapped in the narrow-minded views of women in aristocratic Victorian London. Alice Kingsleigh is uncertain how to balance her dreams with other people's expectations. Following the death of her beloved father, she attends a garden party with her mother and sister, although, unbeknownst to her, it's been planned as her engagement party. Just as the arrogant and dull Hamish Ascot proposes to her, Alice spots a White Rabbit wearing a waistcoat and pocket watch scurrying across the grounds. She rushes off after the furry fellow, tumbling down a rabbit hole and into Underland, a place she first visited as a child (and called Wonderland)--though she has no memory of it or its inhabitants. Alice nevertheless reunites with her childhood friends, including Absolem the caterpillar, the Cheshire Cat, Tweedledee and Tweedledum, and of course, the Mad Hatter--and seeks her true destiny. "In the beginning, Alice is very awkward and uncomfortable in her skin," Wasikowska says.Ìý "So her experience in Underland is about reconnecting with herself and finding she has the strength to be more self-assured in figuring out what she wants."Ìý


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THE MAD HATTER (Johnny Depp) doesn't just wear his heart on his sleeve--his ever-changing moods are quite literally reflected in his face and his attire. He's been anxiously awaiting Alice's return and is, arguably, her one true friend, believing in her when nobody else does. He is fearless, going to great lengths to protect her at his own risk. Once the proud hat maker for the White Queen, the Hatter has been affected by mercury poisoning, an unfortunate side effect of the hat-making process, and isn't altogether well.

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Conceprt art for the Cheshire Cat


CHESSUR, THE CHESHIRE CAT
(voice of Stephen Fry) is a dapper tabby with the ability to appear and disappear. He is all calm, casual sensuality with a seductive grin that masks his cowardice. It's the cat's disembodied head that first appears to Alice in Tulgey Wood after she's been attacked by the vicious Bandersnatch. He offers to purify the gashes on her arm by licking them. Alice declines, although she allows him to lead her to the Hatter's Tea Party where the Hatter blames him for deserting them on the day the Red Queen seized control of Underland. Using his skills and the Hatter's coveted top hat, Chessur later finds a way to redeem himself.

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The final look of the Cheshire Cat


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Conceprt art for the March Hare


THE MARCH HARE
(voice of Paul Whitehouse) hosts the Mad Hatter's Tea Parties at his Hare House. Paranoid, anxious and slightly insane, he constantly wrings his paws and ears and has a thing for tossing teapots and other items. He has a penchant for cooking and is one of the few Underland inhabitants to escape the Red Queen's clutches all together.

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The final look of the March Hare


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