The Lone Ranger is a 2013 American Western action film directed by Gore Verbinski and written by Justin Haythe, Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio. Produced by Walt Disney Pictures, Jerry Bruckheimer Films, Blind Wink Productions and Infinitum Nihil and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures and based on the titlular character of the same name, the film stars Johnny Depp as Tonto, the narrator of the events, and Armie Hammer as John Reid, the titular Lone Ranger. The story tells through Tonto's memories of the duo's earliest efforts to subdue local villainy and the unbridled westward expansion of American settlers and bring justice to the American Old West. William Fichtner, Barry Pepper, Ruth Wilson, James Badge Dale, Tom Wilkinson and Helena Bonham Carter star in supporting roles.