Jerry Bruckheimer has signed Johnny Depp to star as Tonto in The Lone Ranger. Screenwriter Justin Haythe, who penned the script for Revolutionary Road, is also on the project. No date has been set for filming. The project would seem to be a risky one, despite Depp's fanatical fan base. The Lone Ranger is probably the most dated Western concept imaginable and the effort to revive the hero in the 1970s with The Legend of the Lone Ranger became a notorious box-office flop. For more click here