The Lone Ranger trailer

[Chiefspants]

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

It was cut at one point.

They cut out the VFX (which would have been very expensive) because originally, the story involved the Lone Ranger & Tonto versus Aliens. But with the box office failure of Cowboys and Aliens, the story was re-written. But, the budget went back up to $250 but by filming the overwhelming majority in New Mexico (which gives a 40% rebate for filming there), the producers pocketed the extra money.

Was it Aliens? I read it was versus werewolves (not that this would have been any better).

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by Chiefspants

Was it Aliens? I read it was versus werewolves (not that this would have been any better).

I was told aliens but maybe they had a bunch of different alternatives/ideas floating around.