(CNN) — “Alice in Wonderland” — with its hat-wearing madmen, anxious rabbits and disturbing, smiling cats — would seem to have filmmaker Tim Burton’s name written all over it.

After all, since he started producing and directing films more than 20 years ago, Burton’s name has become synonymous with everything wondrously strange.

Take the delightfully weird world of Roald Dahl’s “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory” that Burton brought to the screen in 2005 (with, it must be noted, very mixed reviews). Or the extreme spirits of “Beetlejuice.” Or the gleeful aliens of “Mars Attacks!”

While the reviews of “Alice” haven’t been overwhelmingly positive, the expectations have been high.

“He’s one of the few filmmakers left where his movie release is an event,” said Kristian Fraga, filmmaker and author of “Tim Burton: Interviews.”

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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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The movie we’ve all been waiting for, “Alice In Wonderland” by Tim Burton finally opens today! What we’ve seen so far has been AMAZING so I’m sure the movie itself will be even better than that. So go see it and don’t forget to let us know what you thought in the comments or to send us a fan review of your Alice In Wonderland experience – all submitted reviews will be posted here on the site.

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Here’s a new movie featurrette. New footage and interview with the cast and Tim.

Tim Burton and Timur Bekmambetov are teaming up to produce Seth Grahame-Smith, author of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.

Here’s the book trailer that made both Tim and Timur interested!

Anne Hathaway was on Jimmy Kimmel Live on Tuesday night. Here’s the video of her discussing her work in Alice in Wonderland.

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