Tim Burton’s “Alice in Wonderland” is the first 3-D release since James Cameron’s “Avatar” opened to box-office numbers that made had every studio exec in Hollywood crying, “We need our own 3-D mega-blockbuster!” Luckily, Disney had long planned “Alice” as a 3-D release, and Burton didn’t have to submit his film to the last-minute addition of a third dimension, as “Clash of the Titans” filmmakers had to earlier this year.

So with 3-D effects, and the higher ticket prices that come as a result, in place — plus Johnny Depp in a starring role as the Mad Hatter — “Alice” is well positioned for a huge opening weekend. But how will it compare to past collaborations from Burton and Depp? Will “Alice,” the duo’s seventh big-screen outing, become their most profitable ever?

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Between acting jobs she returns to the family home in Canberra: “I still have the same room I’ve had my whole life”

To land the role of Alice, she had to fly to London three times in as many weeks, she said: “I had no body clock and was starting to feel delirious”

Girl most likely, why she think she’s succeeded where so many others have failed: “It’s such a random thing, right time, right place, luck, yes and a lot of hard work as well, I don’t know, it’s a mysterious industry.”

Comparisons to her namesake Mia Farrow and cutting off her hair: “I was happy to cut it off, I’m sure people would have liked me to keep it in its Alice state, but I’ve had hair down to here for the past two years” she says, pointing to her waist. “It’s great not to have to do anything with it in the morning and I was also happy to donate it to Locks of Love who make wigs for kids (who’ve lost hair through illness).”

Mia was photographed by Paul Jasmin and styled by Jillian Davison at The Paramour Mansion in Los Angeles. Mia is wearing Burberry Prorsum dress, $7640; Dolce & Gabbana belt, $1850, from Cosmopolitan Shoes; Made Her Think ring, $195, from Cultstatus; and Dior Haute Joaillerie ring. Her hair was styled by Jamal Hammadi and her makeup by Lisa Storey. How divine is the Burberry dress?

You can see a video preview of the upcoming Welcome to Wonderland issue starring a plethora of Aussie celebs including Natalie Imbruglia as Minnie Mouse sitting on top of the Opera House, Teresa Palmer as Alice in Wonderland, Sophie Lowe as Snow White and many more.

An issue to be excited about and hot footing it down to the newsstand on Monday 1st March!

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MIA WASIKOWSKA, the middle child of two Canberra photographers, is about to be unleashed upon the world with all the publicity muscle Disney can muster.

The pixieish 20-year-old stars as Alice in Tim Burton’s new 3D movie adaptation of Alice in Wonderland, with Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter.

“He was fantastic,” Wasikowska said of Depp yesterday. “He plays these crazy characters but he gives them this core humanity and heart, which is why … they have a gravity to them. You end up … caring about them. I think that’s why he’s [such a] genius.”

While other characters from Lewis Carroll’s book appear (including Tweedledum and Tweedledee, played by Matt Lucas from Little Britain) the film’s story is different. Alice is 19, returning to Wonderland to find her feet as an adult. Helena Bonham Carter’s evil red queen has taken over the place.

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“ALICE IN WONDERLAND”: 29 DAYS

Are you ready for a trip down the rabbit hole? Tim Burton, Johnny Depp and Disney are adding a strange new chapter to the Lewis Carroll classic with “Alice in Wonderland,” a film that presents a young woman who finds herself in the world of the Mad Hatter, the Cheshire Cat and the Red Queen. She is welcomed as a returning visitor — but is she in fact the same Alice who roamed the trippy realm as a child? Time will tell. Here at the Hero Complex we’re counting down to the film’s March 5 release with daily coverage. Today it’s a conversation with Mia Wasikowska, the 20-year-old Aussie newcomer who plays the title role.

Geoff Boucher: The film is called “Alice in Wonderland,” but really this is neither a pure adaptation of Lewis Carroll’s writings nor a remake of previous films. This is a whole new story, correct?

Mia Wasikowska: It’s a completely different and new story, but it has a lot of the same characters in it. It has the same feel of the original stories, but it’s really fun to explore a story that goes further and imagines what all these characters would be like several years down the tracks. Alice doesn’t have a recollection of her first visit there. She’s gone back and is discovering this world and finding herself again in this place that she doesn’t even remember.

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