Some interesting Burton and Depp news...

[avalons_hps]

Burton Transforms Depp into a Demonic Barber?!

Depp will portray titlecharacter Sweeney Todd - the demon barber or Fleet Street - who slitsthe throats of his innocent (and not-so-innocent) customers.

As of last year, Sam Mendes ('Road to Perdition,' 'Jarhead') wasrumored to be the frontrunner to direct, however he left the projectshortly after '

Comments

[reverendbrian]

I'm getting a bit tired of the Burton/Depp movies lately. Especially after that abomination that was Charlie & The Chocolate Factory

[avalons_hps]

Well, call me insane, but I liked the new Charlie & the Chocolate Factory movie. Mostly because it followed the book more and I like the book better than the origional movie...though the whole time I just kept thinking that it would have been better for Burton to have just gotten Marilyn Manson to play Willie Wonka rather than basically trying to turn Johnny Depp into Marilyn Manson.

Regardless I just have a problem with the fact that anyone wants to make a movie version of Sweeny Todd to begin with. The only saving thought is the idea of it being Burtonized but still...it's not exactly a winner of a play (again, just my opinion).