Johnny Depp to star as murderous barber

[Jared Moya]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — 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://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/...-sweeney_x.htm

[nizrulesall]

Heh, sounds cool. Depp is such a good actor (although i didnt think charlie and the chocolate factory was that good...) and i like it when he plays the darker roles.

[meyou123]

I agree that Johnny Depp is a great actor...not just anyone could have played the role of Jack Sparrow like he did.

In that role Jack tried to show everyone how "bad and mean" he was...when reallly he was a decent guy. He wanted everyone to think that he was the most feared pirate ever to live....when actually he was someone who would stand up for a rightous cause when push came to shove. Not many actors can play that kind of split personality role. But he did it and did it well.

I will probably check out this movie.

[fleecy]

hell, i'd watch johnny depp read the phone book :)