Disney has unveiled a new TV spot for their upcoming Alice in Wonderland sequel and it has fun with the Spring Forward annual of losing an hour.
Tim Burton has stepped aside (he still serves as a producer) and that gives us James Bobin (the man behind the two Muppets movies) as helmer. We adore Bobin’s work and look forward to see what he does with Lewis Carroll’s mad cap world.
Alice Through the Looking Glass brings back Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter, Mia Wasikowska as Alice and Helena Bonham Carter as the Queen of Hearts. Anne Hathaway also reprises her role, and Alan Rickman, Stephen Fry, Michael Sheen and Timothy Spall fill out the cast.
The Brothers’ Grimsby star Sacha Baron Cohen also joins the clock as Time himself.
Look for Alice Through the Looking Glass in theaters everywhere May 27.
Here’s the full synopsis:
Alice Kingsleigh (Wasikowska) has spent the past few years following in her father’s footsteps and sailing the high seas. Upon her return to London, she comes across a magical looking glass and returns to the fantastical realm of Underland and her friends the White Rabbit (Sheen), Absolem (Rickman), the Cheshire Cat (Fry) and the Mad Hatter (Depp), who is not himself. The Hatter has lost his Muchness, so Mirana (Hathaway) sends Alice on a quest to borrow the Chronosphere, a metallic globe inside the chamber of the Grand Clock which powers all time. Returning to the past, she comes across friends – and enemies – at different points in their lives, and embarks on a perilous race to save the Hatter before time runs out.