Tim Burton & Johnny Depp Team For 'Sweeney Todd'

[JP]

He composed 'I Move On', 'After Midnight' and 'Roxie's Suite'. Together equaling about 12 minutes.

 

[xwolverine2]

He didn't change anything from the original music from the show. He only added 1-2 songs.

exactly so whats the problem?

 

[Majik1387]

exactly so whats the problem?

No problem. He's just not needed. And if we want someone to compose it, just get Sondheim. After all, it is his musical.

 

[xwolverine2]

No problem. He's just not needed. And if we want someone to compose it, just get Sondheim. After all, it is his musical.

true... if i had to choose someone to replace elfman it would only be him i guess...

Sondheim might not be willing to change some of his songs though... cause its his

people didnt bich when danny elfman did chicago. hell danny's original song was the one to be nominated for an oscar no?

 

[Majik1387]

true... if i had to choose someone to replace elfman it would only be him i guess...

Sondheim might not be willing to change some of his songs though... cause its his

Maybe even add in songs he didn't get to add to the show.

people didnt bich when danny elfman did chicago. hell danny's original song was the one to be nominated for an oscar no?

I think so, but I think it was in the category for Best Original Song so the Broadway score wouldn't be eligible.

 

[Leto Atrides]

true... if i had to choose someone to replace elfman it would only be him i guess...

Sondheim might not be willing to change some of his songs though... cause its his

people didnt bich when danny elfman did chicago. hell danny's original song was the one to be nominated for an oscar no?

He doesn't need to change them, that's the point. Editing for time is the only thing necessary.

Also, Chicago isn't an operetta, so adding extra music wouldn't be as surprising.

 

[JP]

true... if i had to choose someone to replace elfman it would only be him i guess...

Sondheim might not be willing to change some of his songs though... cause its his

people didnt bich when danny elfman did chicago. hell danny's original song was the one to be nominated for an oscar no?

Thats kind of silly to say. Marc Shaiman produced a brilliant score for Hairspray that is completely different than what he wrote for Broadway. He didn't feel obligated to keep everything the same because it's his.

 

[xwolverine2]

i miss elfman

 

[Darth Elektra]

A new pic:

http://media.movies.ign.com/media/834/834981/imgs_1.html

 

[Cinemaman]

^^^

Nice pic

 

[Hunter Rider]

 

[Mr. Socko]

Tim is looking shabby.

 

[green]

Tim is looking shabby.

Hasnt he always.t:

 

[Darth Elektra]

Todd is too Sweeney

Ah, Tim Burton must be having a ball working on SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET. Because I'm pretty sure there's nothing he loves more than studios making him compromise on his artistic vision. Apparently the early footage of the movie has been so extremely graphic (read: bloody) that execs are requesting the film be re-cut. As it stands, the film would currently receive an R-rating, whereas the studio would prefer a PG-13:

“Tim’s not happy that the studio is asking for so many cuts to the cutting, as it were,” someone connected to the film told the Daily Mail. “The thing is, the studio really likes the film and they want to make it accessible to as big an audience as possible - which means stemming the blood flow. But that’s a bit difficult for a story involving a guy who gets high slitting throats.”

All we need now is for Kevin Smith to claim he has read Burton's ending and that he actually had the idea first. That should be enough to send Burton into a mega meltdown and some years later, an entertaining VH1 special.

If you don't know, the movie is based on an old 19th Century legend about a man who uses his front as a barber to kill all the people that have ever done him wrong, while his mistress Mrs. Lovett uses their bodies to make 'the worst pies in London'.

 

[xwolverine2]

wasnt sleepy hollow rated R?

 

[chamber-music]

whats the point about making a movie about a guy who slits peoples throats and has his girlfriend make meat pies out of the body parts and then try and make it PG13?

 

[Darth Elektra]

wasnt sleepy hollow rated R?

Yes.

 

[Spider-Fan]

That sucks...well, there should be a director's cut then.

 

[xwolverine2]

yeah ... i guess this movie isnt gonna be as brutally dark as i imagined

 

[dark_b]

“The thing is, the studio really likes the film and they want to make it accessible to as big an audience as possible

ahhahahah hhahahh hahah hhahahha hahah
the just want to make as much cash as possible.

 

[Catman]

wasnt sleepy hollow rated R?

um...that was 1999. The time before "double-dip" DVDs.

 

[danoyse]

yeah ... i guess this movie isnt gonna be as brutally dark as i imagined

I saw Sweeney Todd on stage where there was absolutely no visible gore, and it was still dark and brutal.

 

[Mattchew]

that pic is amazing... looking forward to this.

 

[Rac]

yeah ... i guess this movie isnt gonna be as brutally dark as i imagined

If it wasn't brutal and dark I don't think WB wouldn't have this talk about cutting it into PG-13.

I hope they won't cut it. Murderers equal R/NC-17 rating

 

[JP]

I can't see an R rated musical doing well at the box office.