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*The Lone Ranger*
The Lone Ranger
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Genre	Western; Action;
Based on	Lone Ranger; by Fran Striker Jr.; George W. Trendle;
Written by	Stacy Title and Jonathan Penner
Directed by	Jack Bender
Starring	Chad Michael Murray; Nathaniel Arcand;
Theme music composer	Roger Neill
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of episodes	1
Production
Producers	Susanne Daniels; Mel Efros; Eric Ellenbogen;
Cinematography	Steven Fierberg
Editors	Luis Colina; Mark Melnick;
Running time	120 minutes
Production companies	TNT Productions; Turner Television; Warner Bros. Television;
Original release
Network	The WB
Release	February 26, 2003

The Lone Ranger is a 2003 American western action television film. It was an attempt by The WB to revive the Lone Ranger franchise for a new generation. The character first appeared in 1933 in a radio show conceived either by WXYZ (Detroit) radio station owner George W. Trendle,^[1]^[2]^[3] or by Fran Striker,^[4] the show's writer. The radio series proved to be a hit and spawned a series of books (largely written by Striker), an equally popular television show that ran from 1949 to 1957, comic books, and several movies.

The film, intended as a pilot for a new television series, stars Chad Michael Murray as the Lone Ranger (the name of the Ranger's secret identity was changed from "John Reid" to "Luke Hartman") and Nathaniel Arcand as his Native American companion Tonto.

Plot

This version takes a look at the character in the years before he became a legend. It all begins with the introduction of Luke Hartman, a 20-year-old Boston law student who witnesses the murder of his brother, a Texas Ranger. He himself is wounded in the midst of the chaos, but is rescued by the Apache Tonto, and subsequently becomes smitten with Tonto's sister Alope. He then devotes his life to avenging the death of his brother and fighting injustice, and in the process becoming a worldwide legend.

Cast

Chad Michael Murray as The Lone Ranger / Luke Hartman
Nathaniel Arcand as Tonto
Anita Brown as Alope
Fay Masterson as Grace Hartman
Sebastian Spence as Harmon Hartman
Wes Studi as Kulakinah
Bradford Tatum as Tryon
Jeffrey Nordling as James Landry
Lauren German as Emily Landry
Tod Thawley as Tera
Gil Birmingham as One Horn
Paul Schulze as Sheriff Landry
Mike Weinberg as Harmon Jr.

Critical reception

The show was met with mixed reviews, criticizing the changes to the characters, comedy and soundtrack, and the pilot didn't get picked up for a full series.^[5]^[6]^[7]