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Depp plays murderous barber
17/08/2006 12:51 - (SA)
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 $400m, is expected to do his own singing, said Marvin Levy, spokesperson 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, with the film due in theatres late next year.
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