Things are definitely looking up for actress Anne Hathaway, when it comes to her career at least, as she just joined the cast of director Tim Burton's movie adaptation of Lewis Caroll's "Alice in Wonderland."

The 25-year-old actress, whose latest movie "Rachel Getting Married" is surrounded in Oscar Buzz while her recent guest appearance on "Saturday Night Live" received good reviews, is set to play the White Queen, a benevolent monarch who is deposed and banished by her sister, the Red Queen, played by Burton's wife Helena Bonham Carter, who has an affinity for crying out, "Off with their heads!'"

Most recently, Hathaway, whose movie credits include "The Devil Wears Prada," "Get Smart" and "Passengers," due out next month, made headlines by breaking up with her Italian boyfriend, after a series of legal trouble. However, she recently spoke to UK's Hello! magazine about the way she's been dealing with all the stress and changes in her life in such a short period of time.

"It’s been a change for the good, and at times a change for the worse. Success at a young age can make you cautious. During a time most people are tying to find themselves, I was always hyper-aware of responsibilities. It’s nothing to really complain about; it’s just the reality," the actress said.

As far as "Alice in Wonderland" is concerned, the movie will be made using a combination of live action shots and performance-capture technology, according to the Hollywood Reporter.

Burton signed the deal with Disney in November last year to direct his interpretation of "Alice in Wonderland." The film will be a 3-D mixture of live-action and CGI similar to "Beowulf," and is slated for a 2010 release.

Alice's role has already been cast to Australian actress Mia Wasikowska, 18, while Johnny Depp was also confirmed to star as the Mad Hatter. This is only one of the roles to be keeping Depp busy over the upcoming year, he is also set to reprise his role as Captain Jack Sparrow in a fourth "Pirates of the Caribbean" installment.

Matt Lucas and David Walliams, the stars of television show "Little Britain," have been cast as Tweedle Dum and Tweedle Dee.

The movie will be Depp and Burton's sixth collaboration. The pair most recently worked together on last year's musical "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street," although their professional relationship goes all the way back to 1990's "Edward Scissorhands."

After "Alice," Burton will helm and produce "Frankenweenie," based on his 1984 short film about a pet dog brought back to life by his loyal owner.