Depp picks up the scissors again for “Sweeney Todd”

Posted by Matt Holmes on August 17, 2006 – 10:11 am | 4 comments

sample_SweeneyTodd_Logo.jpgIt’s official, Tim Burton’s next movie will be an adaptation of the dark musical Sweeney Todd for DreamWorks StudiosJohnny Depp has been cast in the lead role, which will mark the 6th time the pair have worked together in their careers.

Some info from Dark Horizons..

“Official word from the studio Wednesday confirmed Johnny Depp’s involvement along with additional details on the movie version of the award-winning Stephen Sondheim musical thriller about a murderous barber wrongfully imprisoned who later seeks revenge on the judge who sent him up the river”.

Shooting will start on the movie in February at Pinewood Studios and is tentatively set to be released in the fall next year.

I’m so exicted about this project. I’ve been begging my girlfriend to take me to see Sweeney Todd after seeing a brief scene of the musical in Kevin Smith’s Jersey Girl. With Tim Burton helming, Johnny Depp staring and inevitably Danny Elfman composing, this is one of my most anticipated movies for the upcoming year.

Which Tim Burton/Johnny Depp team up is your favourite?

Edward Scissorhands (1990)
Ed Wood (1994)
Sleepy Hollow (1999) (MY PICK!)
Charlie and The Chocolate Factory
(2005)
Corpse Bride (2005)

source – dark horizons

4 Comments

Peter Willis on August 17, 2006 at 10:46 am

Definitley Edward Scissorhands for me, though I did enjoy Corpse Bride too. Never seen Ed Wood.

jen on August 21, 2006 at 7:41 pm

Edward Scissorhands is by far my favourite Tim/Johnny double act! But i do love them all, with the exception of Charlie which was average film and i aint seen Ed Wood.

campos,liz on August 29, 2006 at 5:10 am

i will watch anything involving j.depp…i have managed to collect all his movies including the ones where he appears in cameo shots..the only one i don’t have is THE BRAVE…TSK TSK..i’ll find it one way or the other

i guess my favorite would be “FINDING NEVERLAND”.
hard decision

die hard fan

Burtonite_Elfmaniac on October 31, 2006 at 11:41 pm

Hard, Hard……….Sleepy Hollow…..no, Edward Scissorhands!

It’s a tie.

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