Navajo tribe honors Lone Ranger cast

Navajo Nation Vice President Rex Lee Jim, Johnny Depp shakes hands with Navajo Nation President Ben Shelly.

Navajo Nation Vice President Rex Lee Jim, Armie Hammer and Navajo Nation President Ben Shelly.

Johnny Depp shakes hands with Navajo Nation President Ben Shelly. Entertainment Tonight News recently reported on the visit to the set of The Lone Ranger by Navajo Nation President Ben Shelly and Vice President Rex Lee Jim. They met with the stars, producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Gore Verbinski, and presented them with four Pendleton blankets as a good-will gesture on behalf of the Navajo Nation.

Hammer's time for a new picture

Bleeding Cool has posted this picture of Armie Hammer unmasked as John Reid, the alter-ego of the Lone Ranger.

Another look at Johnny Depp as Tonto in The Lone Ranger

This just in from Bada-- Digest: Thanks to the Cleric, who pointed me in the direction of this picture on Facebook. It's Dr. Gayle Dine'Chacon, Surgeon General of the Navajo Nation, posing with Johnny Depp in his Tonto costume on the set of The Lone Ranger. Interestingly he looks way less ridiculous here than he did in the first official still, but the poster made the joke that Dr. Dine'Chacon was 'called out to give medical attention to that crow on Johnny Depp's head.'

From the pen of Sergio Cariello

Comic book artist Sergio Cariello drew this picture of his version of the Lone Ranger (for Dynamite Entertainment comics) with the face of Armie Hammer. Great job Sergio!

More from the Lone Ranger set

More Twitter photos from our favorite producer. These show boxes of props, a snowy day, and the difficulty of getting a cell signal in the middle of nowhere.

Lone Ranger actor opens bakery

Lone Ranger actor Armie Hammer and his wife, Elizabeth Chambers, recently opened Bird Bakery in San Antonio, Texas.