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It's Official: Johnny Depp Is Fit to Be Todd
In what will be their sixth collaboration, Tim Burton will direct Johnny Depp in a film adaptation of the Stephen Sondheim musical Sweeney Todd, about a murderous 19th-century barber who seeks revenge over his wrongful imprisonment. Depp, says a DreamWorks spokesperson, is expected to do his own singing. Lemme guess — in the style of Keith Richards?
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Aug 17, 2006 10:14 AM
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OK this has been longer in coming than Sweeney's revenge on those who wronged him. I just hope that Depp leaves all his nutty Willy Wonka-isms behind.
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Aug 17, 2006 10:57 AM
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Why do I keep picturing Alfalfa crooning "The Barber of Seville"?
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Aug 17, 2006 11:04 AM
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No one is more perfect for this than Depp! Now if Burton leaves the story in tact it should be good. I am a Burton fan, much of the time, but he wanted to put Superman in Black plastic or something. Hopefully there will be none of that sort of creativity.
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Aug 17, 2006 1:36 PM
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Raven and I were just talking about this (you know, like, in person, the old-fashioned way), and we agree they need to play it (relatively) "straight" and not go all Willy Wonka on it.
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Aug 17, 2006 1:59 PM
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Didn't Depp sing in Jon Water's "Crybaby"?
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Aug 17, 2006 2:23 PM
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Subject: Who will be his Mrs. Lovett?
Discuss.
I'm thinking maybe Catherine Zeta-Jones? Although Paris Hilton has an album coming out....![]<img border=](http://community.tvguide.com/images/emoticons/devil.gif) ">
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Aug 18, 2006 8:26 AM
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