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In a surprise appearance at the end of the 3-D panel discussion for the upcoming Tim Burton remake of Alice In Wonderland, Johnny Depp got the cameras flashing when he walked out to see the fans.

Tim Burton was also welcomed warmly by fans for the panel at Comic-Con in San Diego, and with Johnny Depp playing the infamous Mad Hatter, this has the shaping of an awesome film. Tim Burton said he combined many different movie making technologies to make the film, although very minimal stop motion animation was used.

Burton said the “Alice in Wonderland” film doesn’t stick exactly to the book by Lewis Carroll, but instead takes the characters and various scenes from the book and molds them into an updated story.

According to IMDB, the new Alice In Wonderland movie is due out March 5th of 2010.

I know we’re looking forward to it!