One of the movie industry’s most successful partnerships continues to go strong as Tim Burton teams up once again with Johnny Depp for the remake of Alice in Wonderland.

Fresh from the success of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street, Burton has chosen Depp to play the Mad Hatter in the multi-million pound live action remake, which will be shot in 3D. The Lewis Carroll adaptation, which is to begin production next year, will be Depp’s seventh movie with Burton. He will be starring alongside Australian actress Mia Wasikowska, who has been cast as Alice.

The Burtonised Alice will be financed by Disney, and should hit our screens in Summer 2010.

Now, who is willing to bet money that Danny Elfman – film score composer frequently attached to Tim Burton’s movies, especially those which have starred Johnny Depp (except Ed Wood and Sweeney Todd) – will also be involved in the project?