The Sixth Collaboration Between the Eccentric Actor and Visionary Director
by Sanem Z / Hot Movie News Crew
DreamWorks Studios has announced the official start of production on Sweeney Todd, says The Hollywood Reporter.
Official word from the studio Wednesday confirmed the project's lead talent and provides additional detail on the movie version of the award-winning Stephen Sondheim musical thriller that will be directed by Tim Burton and star Johnny Depp.
The DreamWorks and Warner Bros. co-production is scheduled to go before cameras in London at Pinewood Studios on Feb. 5 with an anticipated late 2007 release.
Depp will star as the titular Demon Barber of Fleet Street, marking the sixth collaboration between the eccentric actor and visionary director.
The story of Sweeney Todd is of a wrongfully imprisoned barber in Victorian England who sets out to seek revenge on the judge who imprisoned him.
A highly acclaimed stage revival of Todd is now playing in New York starring Michael Cerveris as the bloody barber and Patti LuPone as his gleeful accomplice.
Previous Burton-Depp films include Charlie, Corpse Bride, Ed Wood, Edward Scissorhands and Sleepy Hollow.
Paramount will distribute for DreamWorks domestically and Warner Bros. will handle international distribution.
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Depp will star as the titular Demon Barber of Fleet Street, marking the sixth collaboration between the eccentric actor and visionary director. 
