Characters may still share names with familiar residents, like Johnny Depp's Mad (in name only) Hatter Helena Bonham Carter's shrieking, decapitation-obsessed Red Queen/Queen of Hearts mashup Anne Hathaway's White Queen, gliding her arms about like a New Age priestess and the cadre of talking animals like the White Rabbit, the March Hare and the unamused blue butterfly Absolem (Alan Rickman, in his final performance). It has left behind Burton, who returns as a producer while handing the director's chair off to James Bobin (who rebooted The Muppets with such success). So with all the famous bits already checked off, and the 'rite of return' storyline over and done with, the logical step would have been to retire this new green-screen Alice like the Cheshire Cat, allowing her to vanish from sight, leaving only the grin of her impressive box office receipts.īut oh, not so: Alice Through The Looking Glass is here. That smash hit repurposed elements from both of Lewis Carroll's Alice books, including sequel Through the Looking-Glass, while setting the action around a 20-year-old Alice (brave soldier Mia Wasikowska) returning to the land of her childhood dreams. Most likely, we'd already left it far behind with the 2010 Tim Burton reshuffling of Alice in Wonderland. We're not in Wonderland anymore, if indeed we ever were. Saving Earth Britannica Presents Earth’s To-Do List for the 21st Century.Johnny Depp in Alice Through The Looking Glass.100 Women Britannica celebrates the centennial of the Nineteenth Amendment, highlighting suffragists and history-making politicians.COVID-19 Portal While this global health crisis continues to evolve, it can be useful to look to past pandemics to better understand how to respond today.Student Portal Britannica is the ultimate student resource for key school subjects like history, government, literature, and more.This Time in History In these videos, find out what happened this month (or any month!) in history.#WTFact Videos In #WTFact Britannica shares some of the most bizarre facts we can find.Demystified Videos In Demystified, Britannica has all the answers to your burning questions.Britannica Classics Check out these retro videos from Encyclopedia Britannica’s archives.Britannica Explains In these videos, Britannica explains a variety of topics and answers frequently asked questions.

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