Depp and Verbinski Reteam on Rango

Johnny Depp will reunite with "Pirates of the Caribbean" trilogy director Gore Verbinski on Rango, an animated film that Paramount will finance and distribute. 

Variety says the studio has slotted the film for a March 2011 release. 

Depp will voice the lead character, a household pet that goes on an adventure to discover its true self. 

John Logan (The Aviator) has written the script from an idea hatched by Verbinski. Verbinski will work with Industrial Light & Magic on the animation. 

The trade adds that the CG Rango will be Paramount's most ambitious star-driven entry into animation. 

Depp is set to start working on the film in January. Verbinski will direct the project as he continues to develop an adaptation of the Take-Two video game BioShock for Universal.