Tim Burton & Johnny Depp Team For 'Sweeney Todd'

[Catman]

I'm scared for this.

Relax. Burton is working closely with Stephen Sondheim.

 

[green]

Relax. Burton is working closely with Stephen Sondheim.

Hey, new boobs. t:

 

[Leto Atrides]

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.

If "Epiphany" isn't used, blood will be shed.

 

[Hunter Rider]

 

[Catman]

awesome

 

[Cinemaman]

He looks amazing, I hope his daughter will ok

 

[Catman]

They said his daughter was ok after spending a few days on the hospital. I wonder if they shut down production or just filmed scenes that didn't involve Depp.

 

[Leto Atrides]

Does anyone know if they're going with the more minimalistic version of the music from the new staging, or the stronger original version? Because I sort of hate the new one, but it's the version being performed on Broadway, so I'm afraid they'll use that.

 

[Catman]

I don't know. I think they'll go with the original.

 

[Leto Atrides]

It's one of those things where, having the people on stage on stage playing the music is pretty cool, and is an interesting, daring concept, but the end product is still much better with full orchestral music.

 

[Catman]

Burton does seem to prefer a big orchestra. I don't think he has ever done a movie that didn't feature one.

 

[Carmine Falcone]

 

[Catman]

Shouldn't we be getting a teaser soon? They've been filming for about 2 and a half months now. Atleast some set pics!

 

[Mr. Socko]

Tim Burton + Depp = Great


Edit: It's coming out this year! OMG YES!

 

[Catman]

December, I think.

 

[Darth Elektra]

Im looking forward to the film.

Here's a pic of Johnny:

 

[Jack Bauer]

He looks like he's doing From Hell or Sleepy Hollow again.

 

[Catman]

http://www.superherohype.com/forums/showthread.php?t=253743

 

[nocomics]

O, lookie a big surprise. Burton and depp working together,like spielberg and cruise. They are like bedfellows or something. Sometimes this is not a good thing(willy wonka,thought jim carrey would of done better,and since depp sounded and acted like carrey imo..).
Kindof funny, depp has done his best work when not working with burton imo...As I think Pirates movies are depps best work though I really haven't seen all of his movies...

 

[Kmack]

I've never heard of this until now but the story sounds awesome!

 

[Darth Elektra]

Johnny was interviewed for AWE, but he had this to say about 'Sweeney Todd'

You and Tim Burton just finished filming the film version of the Tony-winning, Stephen Sondheim musical Sweeney Todd. What was the experience of filming such a classic musical like?

"All I can say is that I gave it the old college try, and did my best on it. I had a fantastic time doing it. How did I do? Well, you and the rest of the world will have to decide if I should ever do musicals – or even sing in public – again."

You've already done six movies with Tim – Edward Scissorhands, Ed Wood, Sleepy Hollow, Charlie and The Chocolate Factory and Corpse Bride – when and how did the idea of doing Sweeney Todd come about?

"Tim and I sort of talked about the idea years and years ago and we've been speaking about it, here and there, more recently and the success of Charlie kind of helped it happen.

"Once Tim and I get together and talk about stuff, that sets off a whole kind of domino effect of other people having to do stuff that Tim and I don't know how to do.

"It was really nice to work with Tim again."

Did you insist on taking voice lessons for Sweeney Todd?

"Oh, boy, that was a requirement I insisted on."

Was doing a musical such as Sweeney Todd nerve-racking or are you a singer at home?

"God, no. Never. I think, again, for an actor it's so important to challenge yourself, and I believe it's important to be potentially teetering on the brink of absolute flopdom."

In the past, you've talked about how the success of 21 Jump Street unsettled you when you first started out in this business. So, is it possible to mould a bit of commercial success into your artistic sensibility?

"I think that people can say and think what they want, but I know as good as that whole 21 Jump Street experience was for me in the long run – in terms of my career – it was like college. That was my college.

"That was great training, because it was five-days-a-week, nine months out of the year in front of a camera – learning, learning, learning.

"It was great schooling, but it was also something where they were pushing me into a direction that I didn't want to be involved with.

"I really hated the idea of being a product on someone else's terms.

"I'm savvy enough to understand that there is a business side to all of this, but I swore to myself back then that I would do the things that I wanted to do, and if I failed, I failed, and if it worked, it worked, but that I was going to stick with it.

"For me, I know that doing the Pirates of The Caribbean trilogy, Charlie and The Chocolate Factory or any of these other things, it's totally consistent with everything that I've done since Cry Baby as far as I'm concerned.

"There was never a moment when I thought that something was going to be a good career move or that I could make a lot of cash and skate for a while. I haven't changed any of my sort of processes or beliefs. I'm still dedicated to the same thing."

http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,21747437-5003420,00.html

 

[Catman]

just finished

Just finished? This movie began production in Feb! They only shot for 3 months?!

 

[Mr. Socko]

That's about right. This isn't a huge fx movie.

 

[Hunter Rider]

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=20558

Christopher Lee Cut From Sweeney Todd
Source: Playbill
May 22, 2007


Playbill reports that Christopher Lee and a number of other characters have been cut from director Tim Burton's upcoming Sweeney Todd adaptation, starring Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter.

DreamWorks has confirmed reports that the ghost characters — including Lee's "Gentleman Ghost," as a previous release titled his role — have been cut from the film.

The new "Gentleman Ghost" character raised many inquisitive eyebrows when Tim Burton's film cast was announced, since the stage musical does not employ such a character.

Lee told London's Telegraph: "It would have been worse if I had done the scenes, but I never got to film them. It's a shame as the lyrics were wonderful, but these things happen."

Sweeney Todd opens in limited theaters on December 21 and expands on January 11.

 

[Darth Elektra]

Dang