As the thrill of bidding streaked across
the iconic white tent, several NVV members spontaneously increased their already generous auction lots to include additional successful bidders who wanted in on the action.
Not one to let a potential
tent - pole franchise go to waste, Disney Studios and producer Jerry Bruckheimer (On Stranger Tides, Prince of Persia) dust off the
white cowboy hat in order to try to bring the
iconic lawman into the modern era with The Lone Ranger, which is crafted by the creative team behind the first three Pirates of the Caribbean flicks, director Gore Verbinski (At World's End, Dead Man's Chest), and writing team Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio (Shrek, Small Soldiers), plus Justin Haythe (Snitch, The Clearing).