BONES Posted August 17, 2006 Report Share Posted August 17, 2006 Depp to star in Burton's 'Sweeney Todd' Wed Aug 16, 11:25 PM ET LOS ANGELES - Johnny Depp is going from woozy buccaneer to murderous barber. Depp is reuniting with director Tim Burton ("Charlie and the Chocolate Factory") to play the title role in a film adaptation of Stephen Sondheim's musical "Sweeney Todd," about a 19th-century barber seeking bloody revenge over his wrongful imprisonment. The star of "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest," this year's biggest hit with a domestic gross of $400 million, is expected to do his own singing, said Marvin Levy, spokesman for DreamWorks, which is co-producing "Sweeney Todd" with Warner Bros. "Sweeney Todd" marks the sixth collaboration between Depp and Burton, who scored a blockbuster in summer 2005 with "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory," in which the actor played the reclusive candyman Willy Wonka. Their other films together are "Tim Burton's Corpse Bride," "Edward Scissorhands," " Ed Wood" and "Sleepy Hollow." The filmmakers plan to start shooting "Sweeney Todd" early in 2007. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060817/ap_en_mo/people_depp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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