Tim Burton & Johnny Depp Team For 'Sweeney Todd'

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I'm glad Sasha Baron Cohen is in the film. The man is a brilliant performer and its nice to see him expand. He's been Ali G/Borat/Bruno for so many years that its about that he played other roles.
 
Well according to imdb.com Alan Rickman is cast as Judge Turpin. I know imdb is a bad source for upcoming movies, but I really like this casting if it's true. Don't flame me for referring to imdb as a source, I was bored so I listened to Sweeney Todd and thought I should see what imdb has to say since I haven't heard anything since Sacha Baron Cohen being cast as Pirelli.
 
http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=19075
Sweeney Todd Starts Principal Photography
Source: DreamWorks Pictures
February 26, 2007


Principal photography has begun in London on Sweeney Todd; starring Johnny Depp in the Tim Burton directed screen adaptation of Stephen Sondheim's award-winning musical thriller.

The DreamWorks Pictures and Warner Bros. co-production presents Depp as Sweeney Todd, a man unjustly sent to prison, who vows revenge not only for that cruel punishment but for the devastating consequences of what happened to his wife and daughter. When he returns to reopen his barber shop, he becomes the Demon Barber of Fleet Street who "shaved the heads of gentleman who never thereafter were heard from again."

"I've always wanted to do a musical and 'Sweeney Todd' is my favorite," said Tim Burton. "Stephen's blend of humor, horror and emotion is something that has always connected with me."

"Sometimes a story or stage production has to wait a long time until the right people come together to turn it into a motion picture," said Stephen Sondheim. "That's what has happened with 'Sweeney Todd' and I'm excited as well as confident that it will be a first-rate and startling movie."

This will be the sixth collaboration between Depp and Burton who worked previously together on Tim Burton's Corpse Bride, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Ed Wood, Edward Scissorhands and Sleepy Hollow. Depp comes fresh from completing the third "Pirates of the Caribbean" film in the Academy Award nominated role of Captain Jack Sparrow.

Also starring in the Parkes/MacDonald and Zanuck Company production is Helena Bonham Carter as Mrs. Lovett who creates her diabolical meat pies while becoming Sweeney's amorous accomplice. Alan Rickman is the evil Judge Turpin who sent him unfairly to prison, thereby sowing the seeds of Sweeney's vengeance. Timothy Spall plays the Judge's wicked associate Beadle Bamford. Sacha Baron Cohen is a rival barber, the flamboyant Signor Adolfo Pirelli, and Christopher Lee takes on the role of the gentleman ghost.

Rounding out the cast are Jamie Campbell Bowen as the young sailor Anthony, Jayne Wisener as Johanna, Laura Michelle Kelly as the beggar woman, and newcomer Ed Sanders plays Toby.

All the stars will do their own singing from Stephen Sondheim's music and lyrics.

The film is produced by Richard D. Zanuck, Walter Parkes, Laurie MacDonald, and John Logan from a screenplay by Logan. The original Broadway production had Sondheim's music and lyrics and a book by Hugh Wheeler based on a play by Christopher Bond. It won eight Tony Awards including Best Musical.

Its mix of the shockingly macabre, comic and dramatic, supported by Sondheim's movie-like score has had hundreds of productions through the world, most recently a highly acclaimed production on Broadway. What once might have been taboo and ghoulish became deliciously entertaining.

Joining Burton at Pinewood to create his vision is director of photography Dariusz Wolski ("Pirates of the Caribbean" I, II, III), production designer Academy Award winner Dante Ferrati (The Aviator), costume designer two time Academy Award winner Colleen Atwood (Memoirs of a Geisha, Chicago), hair and make up designer Academy Award winner Peter Owen ("The Lord of the Rings"), and editor Chris Lebenzon.

The film will be distributed domestically by Paramount for a late 2007 release and distributed internationally by Warner Bros.
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wow, green, I'm surprised someone actually remembered this thread. It makes me glad that I'm not the only one interested in this movie.
 
Doesnt everyone love a good Sondheim musical?:huh:
Throw Burton and Depp in there and call me excited.:woot:

Id love to see Into the Woods brought to the screen.
 
I like the majority of them but the story of Company is boring to me.
 
Catman said:
I've asked that a bunch of times. This is the generation that hates musicals, I'm afraid.
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I grew up on em. My mother used to drag me to everything and Im extremely thankful for it.:woot:
Ill always love a good musical.

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Is that a real poster or did you make that?
 
Production must be kinda depressing right now.

From IMDB:
Depp's Daughter 'Seriously Ill'

Johnny Depp's seven-year-old daughter Lily-rose is seriously ill in an English hospital, according to British newspaper Daily Mirror. The Pirates Of The Caribbean actor, 43, and his partner Vanessa Paradis, 34, are holding a vigil at the child's bedside after she was struck down by the undisclosed illness nine days ago. The Mirror claims it knows what medical condition Lily-Rose is suffering from, but have decided to withhold it from the press out of respect for the privacy of Depp's family. Depp had been filming Sweeney Todd in London and Buckinghamshire when his daughter was rushed to hospital last week. A hospital source says, "He has not asked for any special favors but just wants the best for his child, like any parent. "It is such a difficult time for him but he is hanging in there for the sake of his daughter and the whole family is just praying that she gets better. They are taking each day as it comes. "It's been an emotional rollercoaster for all of them and he's been worrying himself silly. He's a devoted dad and is spending as much time as he can with Lily." Depp and French model/actress Paradis also have a four-year-old son Jack.
 
Release date is set for 12/21/07 currently.
 
He reminds me the mix of Edwar Scissor-Hands and the main character from Sleepy Hollow :up:
 
Michael Ceveris. That woulda pwned. I'm just scared Burton will take away the utter-ugliness of it and replace it with oddly-shaped trees, etc...

I'm excited.

What songs will remain? Because the opening and closing have to remain, as well as Johanna, "No Place Like London" and "The Worst Pies..." I don't know. I'm scared for this.
 
I can't believe I just heard about this. Perfect choice, I love Depp. I think it's a perfect fit. Honestly can't wait.
 
Catman said:
Yes, cause this is the type of movie I wanna see during Christmas! ;)
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S**t yeah, it would--the market at that time is so saturated with s**ty holiday movies, that it would be great to see something twisted and f**ked-up. It's like Black Christmas, but actually good. :up:
 
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