Tom Wilkinson In 'Lone Ranger' Talks

The Lone Ranger

Tom Wilkinson is in early talks to join the cast of Disney and Jerry Bruckheimer's "Lone Ranger."

The thesp would portray a railroad tycoon in the Old West who plays a prominent role in the Mouse House's bigscreen pair-up of Armie Hammer, as the masked Texas Ranger, and his trusty sidekick, Tonto, to be played by Johnny Depp.