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Johnny Depp’s Lone Ranger remake has begun filming in New Mexico.

The update of the Western classic has a budget of $215 million, and stars Depp as Tonto and Armie Hammer as the Lone Ranger. The movie will differ from the original material by making Hammer’s character the sidekick and Depp’s the lead.

Depp told Entertainment Weekly: “I remember watching it as a kid, with Jay Silverheels and Clayton Moore… I liked Tonto, even at that tender age, and knew Tonto was getting the unpleasant end of the stick here. That’s stuck with me.”

The 48-year-old actor said that he would like to “reinvent the relationship” between Tonto and The Lone Ranger, which played on Native American stereotypes in the original ’70s television show.

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Act of Valor has topped the US box office with $24.7 million.

The action film, starring Roselyn Sanchez and real US Navy forces, made a strong debut at number one, easily beating out Tyler Perry’s newest movie Good Deeds, which came in second with $16 million.

The Dwayne Johnson family adventure Journey 2: The Mysterious Island hangs on to the top five, beating last weekend’s big winner Safe House and the romantic drama The Vow for the third spot.

Jennifer Aniston and Paul Rudd’s comedy Wanderlust makes a weak debut at number eight with $6.6 million, while the psychological thriller Gone, starring Amanda Seyfried, comes in its first week at number nine, earning $5 million.

The US box office top ten in full (studio estimates):
1. (-) Act of Valor – $24,700,000
2. (-) Tyler Perry’s Good Deeds – $16,00,000
3. (4) Journey 2: The Mysterious Island – $13,475,000
4. (1) Safe House – $11,400,000
5. (2) The Vow – $10,000,000
6. (3) Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance – $8,800,000
7. (5) This Means War – $8,500,000
8. (-) Wanderlust – $6,600,000
9. (-) Gone – $5,000,000
10. (9) The Secret World of Arrietty – $4,503,000

The Vow has topped the US box office with $41 million.

The romantic drama, which stars Channing Tatum and Rachel McAdams, holds off competition from fellow new releases Safe House, Journey 2: The Mysterious Island and Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace to secure the number one spot.

Last week’s chart topper Chronicle falls four places to number five with $12.3 million. The found footage superhero film, which cost just $12 million to make, has so far grossed $40 million in the US and a further $23 million from foreign territories.

Daniel Radcliffe’s The Woman in Black drops four spots to number six with $10,300,000.

Elsewhere, George Clooney’s The Descendants continues it stay in the top 10 as it slips down one place to number nine.

The US box office top ten in full (studio estimates):
1. (-) The Vow – $41,700,000
2. (-) Safe House – $39,300,000
3. (-) Journey 2: The Mysterious Island – $27,550,000
4. (-) Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace – $23,000,000
5. (1) Chronicle – $12,300,000
6. (2) The Woman in Black – $10,300,000
7. (3) The Grey – $5,080,000
8. (4) Big Miracle – $3,900,000
9. (8) The Descendants – $3,500,000
10. (5) Underworld: Awakening – $2,500,000

Syfy is set to turn the movie Legion into a cable television series.

Legion tells the story of Archangel Michael, who helps the humans fight the impending Apocalypse brought by God’s army of angels.

The film’s director Scott Stewart will direct and executive produce the series, while the story will be written by Sons of Anarchy‘s Vaun Wilmott, reports Deadline.

Released in 2010, the movie starred Paul Bettany as Archangel Michael, as well as Tyrese Gibson, Adrianne Palicki and Kate Walsh.

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House will not continue past its eighth season, show execs have confirmed.

Executive producers David Shore, Katie Jacobs and Hugh Laurie, who has previously hinted at the series end, revealed that the Fox medical drama will draw to a close later this year in a statement released Wednesday.

“The decision to end the show now, or ever, is a painful one, as it risks putting asunder hundreds of close friendships that have developed over the last eight years – but also because the show itself has been a source of great pride to everyone involved,” they said.

“The producers have always imagined House as an enigmatic creature; he should never be the last one to leave the party. How much better to disappear before the music stops, while there is still some promise and mystique in the air.”

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Sci-fi drama Chronicle has topped the US box office with $22 million.

The Josh Trank-directed film narrowly beat off competition from The Woman in White, starring Daniel Radcliffe, which took $21 million over the weekend.

Last week’s box-office topper The Grey slipped to third place with a relatively paltry $9.5m, while Drew Barrymore and John Krasinski’s whale movie Big Miracle entered at four in its first week of release with $8.5m.

Underworld: Awakening took $5.6m, while One for the Money and the George Lucas-produced Red Tails grossed $5.2m and $5m respectively.

George Clooney comedy The Descendants held firm at number eight with $4.6m, while the top ten is rounded out with fallers Man on a Ledge and Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close.

The US box office top ten in full (studio estimates):
1. (-) Chronicle – $22 million
2. (-) The Woman in Black – $21 million
3. (1) The Grey – $9.5 million
4. (-) Big Miracle – $8.5 million
5. (2) Underworld: Awakening – $5.6 million
6. (3) One for the Money – $5.2 million
7. (4) Red Tails – $5 million
8. (8) The Descendants – $4.6 million
9. (5) Man on a Ledge – $4.5 million
10. (6) Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close – $3.9 million