Some very impressive looking images taken from the HD trailer of Tim Burton’s rendition of “Alice in Wonderland”, due for release in March 2010. The cast includes some of the director’s regulars like Christopher Lee, Helena Bonham Carter, and of course Johnny Depp.

If the look and view of the film reminds you of Brad Siberling’s Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events, that’s because many of the crew members, like the amazing costume designer Colleen Atwood (who also worked on one of my fav films of all times, Gattaca ) and art director Todd Cherniawsky are also working on this film. Cinematography is by Dariusz Wolski, who shot the Pirates of the Carribean Trilogy, Sweeney Todd and Dark City.

The film’s numerous CG and visual effects are done by Sony Imageworks. These days there is very little we cannot achieve in terms of stunningly good looking CGI, so fantasy films like this are perhaps the perfect outlet for showcasing them – the story however, should still be king of course.

(above) Johnny Depp looks just a wee bit too sinister for me, even as Mad Hatter. Remember the melodramatic aunt May in Sam Raimi’s Spiderman who, after a less than pleasurable encounter with the Green Goblin exclaims “Those eyes ! Those horrible yellow eyes !” ? Well, wait till she get load of this.

Go here to watch the trailer in all its HD glory.