Here ya’ go kids, your first sneak peek at Johnny Depp and Tim Burton’s interpretation of ‘The Mad Hatter’. I normally heart all Burton/Depp collaborations and to date I have adored every one of Johnny D.’s characters…even that creepy Willa Wonka. But I’m a bit disappointed with this one…..Am I the only one that thinks it skews a little too ‘Edward Scissorhands‘ and not enough ‘Mad Hatter‘.

Frankly, I expected something much more reminiscent of a bad acid trip, didn’t you? Johnny will be starring in Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland along side co-stars Anne Hathaway, Helena Bonham Carter (natch), Michael Sheen, Mia Wasikowska, Matt Lucas, Crispin Glover, Steven Fry and Alan Rickman.

The movie will combine performance-capture imagery (like in Beowulf) with live-action footage and should hit theaters in March 2010.

First Look At Johnny Depp As The Mad Hatter