Alice in Wonderland 2 Gets the Green Light from Walt Disney for a 2016 Release Date, With Cast Complete, Production Now Ongoing

By Kara Michelle Oct 26, 2014 12:27 AM EDT

Alice in Wonderland 2 Gets the Green Light from Walt Disney for a 2016 Release Date, With Cast Complete, Production Now Ongoing

Walt Disney's Alice in Wonderland 2, the follow up film to the Tim Burton-helmed Alice in Wonderland 2010 box-office hit is now officially entitled as "Alice in Wonderland: Through the Looking Glass." James Bobin will direct based on a screenplay by Linda Woolverton, and Danny Elfman will provide the musical scoring for the Alice in Wonderland sequel. Tim Burton will remain as producer. The summary of the Alice in Wonderland 2 plot at Coming Soon reads: "Alice In Wonderland: Through the Looking Glass revisits Lewis Carroll's beloved stories with an all-new new tale that travels back to Underland - and back in Time." There is as yet no official Alice in Wonderland 2 trailer since filming just started August. Alice in Wonderland: Through the Looking Glass will be shown in theaters beginning May 27, 2016.

For the Alice in Wonderland sequel, Johnny Depp and Mia Wasikowska will return to reprise their roles as the 'Mad Hatter Tarrant Hightopp' and as 'Alice Kingsleigh,' repectively. Others confirmed in the Alice in Wonderland 2 live-action cast are Helena Bonham Carter as 'the Red Queen Iracebeth of Crims,' Anne Hathaway as 'the White Queen Mirana of Marmoreal,' Sacha Baron Cohen as 'Time,' Rhys Ifans as 'the Mad Hatter's father Zanik Hightopp,' Matt Lucas as 'Tweedledee and Tweedledum,' and Ed Speleers as 'James Harcourt.' The voice cast is comprised of Stephen Fry as 'the Cheshire Cat,' Toby Jones as 'Wilkins,' Alan Rickman as 'the Blue Caterpillar Absolem,' Michael Sheen as 'the White Rabbit as Nivens McTwisp,' Timothy Spall as 'the Bloodhound Bayard,' Paul Whitehouse as 'the March Hare Thackery Earwicket,' Barbara Windsor as 'the Dormouse Mallymkun,' and John Sessions as 'Humpty Dumpty.'