Tim Burton & Johnny Depp Team For 'Sweeney Todd'

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maybe you missed my point, da creole kid.

An opinion is an opinion and that's fine. But there's people out there who thing anyone who gains sucess or popularity is all of sudden overrated. Is it true? Well It's up to you. It's just a thought, and I'm not trying to bash on anyone.

BY the way, I love Scorcese!
 
Octoberist said:
In theory, anybody who has sucess is overrated. Who NOT overrated anymore? In fact, 'overrated' is just an overrated word!
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Haha. I love you and your brain. Let's make out behind the bleachers during 5th period:O
 
Synopsis of the original musical:

Sweeney Todd tells the story of Benjamin Barker, a London barber who in the story's past was sent as a prisoner to Australia by the unscrupulous Judge Turpin, who desired and subsequently raped Barker's wife. Years later, Barker returns to London calling himself Sweeney Todd and craving revenge against the Judge. He moves into a flat above a pie shop in Fleet Street run by his former neighbor Mrs. Lovett, who becomes his partner in crime. After being foiled in his attempt to kill the Judge, he goes mad and begins cutting throats indiscriminately; their bodies are then ground up to make the meat pies sold by Mrs. Lovett. Though Todd initially thinks he can have both his revenge and personal happiness with Mrs. Lovett, he is still deeply scarred by the loss of his wife and daughter, an emotional trauma exacerbated by the shocking revelation of his wife's true fate.
 
Elfman hates musicals. This isn't gonna work:(
 
:mad: If I hear about ONE more Tim Burton/Johnny Depp collaboration..... .
 
IMDb Ratings for Timmy and Johnny flicks:

Average rating: 7.6/10

Why do people get so pissed by Depp and Burton flicks? Everytime they work together, it produces good fruit. Sure, they do work together alot... but all 5 of those films are basically different genres... so they're exploring new stuff each time.

This next flick will be something new again... though puts me in mind of Ed Wood a bit. I personally am looking forward to it, and I can't help thinking what amazing material this is for Burton. Sadly, not for Elfman. I have no idea what will happen there.
 
http://www.latinoreview.com/news.php?id=878

Depp To Play Sweeney Todd!
Date: August 16, 2006

By: Kellvin Chavez
Source: DreamWorks Studios

DreamWorks Studios announced today that Johnny Depp has been set to star and Tim Burton to direct "Sweeney Todd," the award-winning Stephen Sondheim musical thriller.

The co-production with Warner Bros. will star Johnny Depp as the titular Demon Barber of Fleet Street. Depp is currently starring in the record-breaking blockbuster, "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest."

"Sweeney Todd" marks the 6th collaboration between the actor and director. The previous Burton-Depp films have been "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory," "Corpse Bride," "Ed Wood," "Edward Scissorhands" and "Sleepy Hollow."

Walter Parkes and Laurie MacDonald will partner with Richard Zanuck and John Logan to produce the screenplay adaptation which was written by Logan. Production is planned to begin early next year for a late 2007 release. Paramount will distribute for DreamWorks domestically and Warner Bros. internationally.

The Broadway production of "Sweeney Todd," with Sondheim's music and lyrics and a book by Hugh Wheeler based on the play by Christopher Bond, opened in 1979 and won eight Tony Awards, including Best Musical. Its mix of the comic, the dramatic and the macabre held together by Sondheim's movie-like score has had hundreds of productions throughout the world. A highly acclaimed revival is now playing in New York.

The story of "Sweeney Todd" is of a wrongfully imprisoned barber in Victorian England who sets out to seek revenge on the judge who imprisoned him. The plot is foreshadowed in the first lines of the opening number: "Attend the tale of Sweeney Todd./His skin was pale and his eye was odd./He shaved the faces of gentlemen/Who never thereafter were heard of again."

Sondheim is known in the theater for the lyrics to "West Side Story" and "Gypsy," the music and lyrics for "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum," "Company," "Follies," "A Little Night Music" and the Pulitzer Prize-winning "Sunday in the Park With George," among others, as well as the film scores of "Stavisky" and "Reds" (the latter co-written with Dave Grusin) and the Academy Award(R)-winning Best Original Song "Sooner or Later" from the Warren Beatty movie "Dick Tracy."

Former DreamWorks co-heads Walter Parkes and Laurie MacDonald have produced or executive produced a wide range of critically and commercially successful films, including the Oscar-winning "Gladiator," the "Men In Black" and "Ring" series, as well as "Catch Me If You Can," "Minority Report," and "The Terminal," the latter all directed by Steven Spielberg.

"Sweeney Todd" will mark Richard Zanuck's third collaboration with DreamWorks, having produced "Deep Impact" and "Road to Perdition" for the studio. The film will also mark Zanuck's reunion with Johnny Depp and Tim Burton with whom he produced last year's international hit "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory." Among his many films, Zanuck won a Best Picture Oscar as a producer for "Driving Miss Daisy" and has received the Academy's Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award for consistently producing high quality motion pictures.

Tim Burton is also developing the Paramount production of "Ripley's Believe It Or Not."

Producer/Writer John Logan's most recent screenplays were "The Aviator" and "The Last Samurai," and he was nominated for an Oscar for his work on DreamWorks' "Gladiator."
 
Finally, confirmation. I can't wait for this movie. Thanks for the heads-up HR :up:
 
Kipobe said:
IMDb Ratings for Timmy and Johnny flicks:
Average rating: 7.6/10

Why do people get so pissed by Depp and Burton flicks? Everytime they work together, it produces good fruit. Sure, they do work together alot... but all 5 of those films are basically different genres... so they're exploring new stuff each time.

This next flick will be something new again... though puts me in mind of Ed Wood a bit. I personally am looking forward to it, and I can't help thinking what amazing material this is for Burton. Sadly, not for Elfman. I have no idea what will happen there.
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Sometimes I think I am only one guy, who loves every Burton&Dep movie :eek: :(
 
The only Depp/Burton combo I haven't seen yet is The Corpse Bride but Charlie & the Chocolate Factory, Sleepy Hollow, Ed Wood and Edward Scissorhands are all ****ing brilliant movies. So yeah, bring it on!
 
Bat Brain said:
Finally, confirmation. I can't wait for this movie. Thanks for the heads-up HR :up:
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I wonder if this deal with WB will be part of him doing I AM Legend
 
They are going to "Rent" this movie I know it.

They are going to cut out half the songs and rape the singing...I know it.

But I'll still see it because the musical is one of my favorites.

And to a previous post, Sweeney does not have to be bald. George Hearn.

He's only bald in the new revival which killed the score and the acting was sub-par. **** everyone who thought Pajama Game didn't deserve it.

But yeah. Sweeney Todd is probably going to suck. If you want great musical theatre, buy the taped performance of Todd on DVD starring Angela Lansbury and George Hearn, thats REAL mutha-****in' musical theatre.

Now, if they want to do a musical with Depp, bring Assassins to the screen Burton.

Or bring Follies to the screen someone! Except not, because I want to one day. Sunday in the Park with George! Come on!!!!!!!!!!!!! Not Sweeney Todd, the thing is practically an opera. Unless it retains at least 90% of the score, it won't be right, I just know it. I can feel it.
 
Kipobe said:
Elfman hates musicals. This isn't gonna work
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Yeah, cause Nightmare Before Christmas wasn't a perfect musical with every song written (and most performed) by Danny Elfman... :confused:


To everyone who seems to hate Burton/Depp combo's: I'm sorry, but get stuffed!! :o If you don't like 'em, don't watch 'em. Some of us actually DO like Burton movies, ESPECIALLY when they star Johnny Depp. And how anyone can say it's "always the same movie" is beyond me... Edward Scissorhands, Sleepy Hollow, Ed Wood, CATCF are about as diverse a set of movies and parts as you can get. Even Corpse Bride, which re-hashed a lot of ideas and imagery from TNBC and Sleepy Hollow, was original and splendid in its execution.



I'm looking forward to Sweeney Todd, as I look forward to every new Burton movie. He's only let me down (a little) once or twice in the past, so I'm definitely game for something that sounds this great!
 
But hey, concerning the whole "get stuffed" issue. For those people who love Sondheim and Todd especially, would we not want to see this movie just for our loyalty? So how can we get stuffed if we see it for other reasons than Depp/Burton? It is not fair to use the "If you don't like it, don't watch it" arguement anyway, because seriously, nobody thinks that through. How can we know if we will like/dislike it if we don't see it? And if we hate it, why watch it?
 
I didn't see a thread on Tim Burton's adaptation of Sweeney Todd.

Any thoughts?

Personally, I think Burton is perfect for this material. But. . .as usual. . .there already seems to be a backlash. I think people should wait to see the film before they start complaining.
 
Burton can do it. The only question is: Can Depp sing?
 
There's like... a thousand threads on this, and I've never once seen anyone speak bad about it. It's pretty much understood that Burton is THE director for this film. The handful of people complaining are the ones tired of Burton/Depp collaborations for whatever reason... I mean, they're a bloody hit everytime they're together.
 
Catman said:
But. . .as usual. . .there already seems to be a backlash. I think people should wait to see the film before they start complaining.
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There seems to be a fair number of people who hate anything Tim Burton does.
 
Burton, Depp and Sweeney Todd are such a good fit.
 
Kipobe said:
There's like... a thousand threads on this, and I've never once seen anyone speak bad about it.
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Go to the boards at IMDb. Everyone is complaining there.
 
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