Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016)
- The original script for Alice Through the Looking Glass was written over a decade before production finally began in 2016.
- James Bobin originally wanted a completely different ending for the film, but test audiences preferred the one we see today.
- Eagle-eyed viewers have noticed a hidden easter egg referencing James Bobin's previous film in the background of the opening scene.
Alice Through the Looking Glass is a 2016 American fantasy adventure directed by James Bobin, the sequel to Tim Burton's 2010 Alice in Wonderland. Mia Wasikowska returns as Alice Kingsleigh, who travels through a magical mirror back to Underland where the Mad Hatter, played by Johnny Depp, is wasting away from grief over the loss of his family, whom he believes survived a supposedly fatal attack by the Red Queen years ago. To save him, Alice steals the Chronosphere, a device that powers all time, from Time himself, played by Sacha Baron Cohen, and travels through Underland's past to discover what happened to the Hatter's family.
The time-travel premise allowed for elaborate visual sequences showing Underland across different eras. The film earned $299 million worldwide on a $170 million budget, a commercial disappointment. James Bobin brought his Muppets sensibility to Wonderland, and Sacha Baron Cohen's Time was a comedic highlight whose wordplay and mechanical workshop provided the film's most inventive visual sequences.
