Tim Burton & Johnny Depp Team For 'SWEENEY TODD' Movie Musical Adaptation — Page 3

Johnny can sing. Before he got into acting, he was in a band. He does sing a little bit in Crybaby, though for some reason most of the singing is voiceover by someone else. Have not figured that out yet. At any rate, Johnny can sing.

I love all Johnny + Tim pairings. Granted, I like Johnny always. But that's just me.

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The more I think about this the more it bothers me.
I am getting closer and closer to PLUMLAND as each moment passes.

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my heart just sank......alot

I personally would much prefer to see Depp as Anthony.

AIN'T IT COOL.COM SEEMS TO THINK THEY'RE RIGHT TOO
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http://www.aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=22141

HERE'S MY TAKE ON IT:
Oh I'm sorry but no.
It was announced long ago that "Sweeney Todd" was going to be adapted into a musical-movie, but not by Burton. IMDB already has Mendes listed as director.

And besides, we're not kidding ourselves here. This "new news" was announced yesterday and carries little to NO truth. It's unconfirmed and no hard-core official sources, so a lot of us Bway folk aren't believing it until we see proof. We were already spoofed last week when it was rumored Stephen Spielberg was going to make a "Mary Poppins" remake based off the musical and not the Disney movie... Ergo, we're having a hard time believing this.

Tim Burton has a knack of making his movies "his own", spinning an other-wise already perfect tale to add a little of his flair. And Sondheim would not permit that. At all. Tim Burton should do this ONLY if Sondheim in on his ass the whole time. I've heard Johnny Depp had a singing gig career a while ago, but he always plays man-boys, and I cannot see him in the role of Sweeney.

This is just all too unconfirmed for me to put too much energy in it. It's bad timing too, seeing as the Broadway revival is giving this classic Sondheim all the success it needs currently.

My advice. Before you believe anything you see about a musical-movie, go to the musical first, namely, the Broadway fans, before getting excited.

We're ALLLLL over this already

Just suppose for a moment that this would be true. Sure, SOME have reason to be happy because the rumor is Burton and Depp. But can we stop for a minute, just a minute, and think about source material. This is Sondheim we're talking about. With names behind him like Lansbury, LaPone, Cerveris, and Hearn. Backed by the Great White Way. Ain't no way the Master of American Musical Theatre would hand over a project like this to Burton. No offense to Burton.

Updated On: 1/8/06 at 03:01 AM

i didnt mean to sound rude i love the musical i just cant see him playing that part im sorry...bad choice of words

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Ya im pretty out of it right now....so it is just a rumor?

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IMDB relies on user submissions, and is thus extremely unreliable for anything except movies that have already been released. And Ain't It Cool has been wrong before.

So what does this all come to? "A rumor from reliable sources". Let's say it's true. Fine. The Mendes story was true, too, and he's dropped the project. Development Hell can wait this one out, too.

*stokes the flames*

I've been fixated on seeing Shuler Hensley do the role for ages, but it's extremely unlikely.

Anyway, I think it would be a hoot if actors like Lansbury, Hearn, Cariou, LuPone, etc. could make cameos as Sweeney's victims or Mrs. Lovett's customers.

Updated On: 1/8/06 at 03:36 AM

I think we'll have to wait til it comes out to say...

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This story is being picked up by a few movie sites besides AICN - here's two more, and I'm sure some more will pick up the story as Monday rolls around:

http://www4.freezedriedmovies.com/news/index.php?Action=Full&NewsID=4176

Burton and Depp reteam for 'Sweeney' movie?
Posted by: Nishinshu January 7th 11:30pm

Fresh off the chocolatey goodness 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' brought to the box office, it looks like Tim Burton and Johnny Depp are about to reteam for another project. The duo are rumoured to be teaming up for a musical pic 'Sweeney Todd' based on the broadway musical of the same name. While nothing has been confirmed yet, this project would be perfect for the duo, Read on for the delightful details.

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=12608

It's interesting what the people on the Sweeney Todd message board at the Internet Movie Database site have to say about this (plus there's a lot of other topics on this movie there also). Someone posted that Depp said in an interview promoting "Charlie..." that he's glad he didn't have to sing because he's not a very good singer.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0408236/board/nest/33233354

Updated On: 1/8/06 at 08:43 AM

Anyway, I think it would be a hoot if actors like Lansbury, Hearn, Cariou, LuPone, etc. could make cameos as Sweeney's victims or Mrs. Lovett's customers.
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I figure Lansbury as Mrs. Mooney, Cariou as Jonas Fogg, and Ken Jennings as the 'Foriegner'.

Oh, and Depp is so wrong for Sweeney, it's unbelievable. Let's not forget, Sweeney's been on an Australian prison farm for 15 years, then spent months on a raft. Ron Perlman should play Sweeney. (And Tracey Ullman should play Mrs. Lovett.)

They can easily make SWEENEY TODD from one of many sources that are not the musical, all of these rumors revolve around the making of a movie of "Sondheim's TODD."

The Charlie and the Chocalate Factory was NOT a remake of the musical movie, it was a different adaptation of the book.

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