Cumming jumps from Oz to Wonderland

In one of the oddest ideas for a film I've heard in a while, plans were announced for Hatter, starring Alan Cumming and gay fave Rebecca Romijn, working together for the first time since X2. Early details on the film are sketchy, but Variety reports that the plot is based off of the Tea Party scene from Alice in Wonderland, with Cumming (who is also producing the film) playing Matt Hatter, a "hedonistic" fashion designer who is confronted by a journalist (Romijn) with dark secrets from his past. Hatter will be directed by James Killough, making his feature film directorial debut. The film will begin shooting on location in Europe in spring of 2008.

The role isn't Cumming's only recent foray into classic children's literature; he's also playing the part of the scarecrow in the Sci Fi Channel's miniseries, Tin Man, a "twisted, psychedelic" take on The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Judging from the trailer the film looks visually interesting, if a little cheesy, which is par for the course for most of Sci Fi Channel's original movies. Tin Man is set to air in December.