

Tonto also tells him Collins, one of the Rangers, betrayed Dan and is working with Cavendish. However, a white spirit horse awakens John as a "spirit walker", and Tonto explains John cannot be killed in battle. Tonto, who has escaped from jail, comes across the dead men and buries them. Cavendish's men ambush and kill their pursuers while Cavendish slays Dan with his dagger and devours his heart as revenge for his imprisonment. Dan deputizes John as a Texas Ranger, giving him a silver star badge that had belonged to their late father, and with six others they go after the Cavendish gang. Cavendish's gang rescues Butch and derails the train. Unknown to Reid, the train is also carrying Tonto and outlaw Butch Cavendish, who is being transported for his hanging after being captured by Dan Reid, John's Texas Ranger brother. In 1869, lawyer John Reid returns home to Colby, Texas via the uncompleted Transcontinental Railroad, managed by railroad tycoon Latham Cole. Set in 1933 in a San Francisco funfair, a boy named Will who idolizes the legendary Lone Ranger encounters the elderly Comanche Tonto, who proceeds to recount his experiences with the Old West adventurer. Despite the negative critical reception, the film received two Oscar nominations for Best Visual Effects and Best Makeup and Hairstyling. The film was a box-office bomb ( one of the biggest of all time), grossing only $260.5 million worldwide against an estimated $225–250 million production budget and an additional $150 million in marketing costs. The film received generally negative reviews from critics, who criticized the performances of Hammer and Depp, the screenplay and the film's long runtime, though some praised the makeup and visual effects. The film then premiered at the Hyperion Theater on June 22, 2013, and was released theatrically in the United States on July 3, 2013. Produced by Walt Disney Pictures, Jerry Bruckheimer Films and Depp's Infinitum Nihil, production was plagued with problems and budgetary concerns, which at one point almost led to the film's premature cancellation. Fraker's 1981 film, The Legend of the Lone Ranger.

It is the first theatrical film featuring the Lone Ranger and Tonto characters since William A. William Fichtner, Barry Pepper, Ruth Wilson, James Badge Dale, Tom Wilkinson, Helena Bonham Carter, and Curtis Cregan are featured in supporting roles. The film is told through Tonto's memories of the duo's earliest efforts to subdue local villainy and bring justice to the American Old West. Based on the title character of the same name, the film stars Johnny Depp as Tonto, the narrator of the events and Armie Hammer as John Reid, the Lone Ranger. The Lone Ranger is a 2013 American Western film directed by Gore Verbinski and written by Justin Haythe, Ted Elliott, and Terry Rossio.
