Walt Disney Pictures have released the first trailer for The Lone Ranger starring Johnny Depp and Armie Hammer.

The film directed by Gore Verbinski will be released in 2013 and follows the exploits of The Lone Ranger a masked ex-Texas Ranger who, with his Native American companion Tonto, fights injustice in the American Old West. Armie Hammer plays the title character with Depp as his Native American sidekick Tonto. Tom Wilkinson, William Fichtner, Barry Pepper, James Badge Dale, Ruth Wilson and Helena Bonham Carter are all included in the supporting cast.

The Lone ranger will hit our cinema screens on the 9th August 2013.