A dark shadow looms over The Lone Ranger, and it's not just from the bird Johnny Depp thought would make for a psychologically-complex hat.

Many troubles loom over The Lone Ranger, which has already been delayed for months in order to trim the budget from $250 million to $215 million.

Before shooting even began, Gore Verbinski cut a train set piece and, some CGI werewolves from the movie in order to get its costs down, but THR's sources claim he's now going to have to make further cuts that are demanding some script rewrites.