Depp, Burton let hair down for musical
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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.
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Disney's uneven procession  of theatrical adaptations of its beloved film properties hits a  sour note with this charmless rendition of its smash 1989  animated film. Especially disappointing coming after the recent  superb version of "Mary Poppins," "The Little Mermaid" should  manage to attract its target audience through its title alone,  but longtime hit status seems far from assured.
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LONDON - Johnny Depp reckons he's no great movie pinup - he just has a "weird job."   Arriving for the premiere of his latest movie, "Finding Neverland," at London's Leicester Square, Depp played down his movie star image as fans lining the red carpet screamed his name.   "I wouldn't say I'm a heart throb," he said, as his wife, French singer and actress Vanessa Paradis, looked on...
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In a summer of sequels, the third go-round for Johnny Depp and his not-so-merry miscreants leaves Richard Schickel with a sinking feeling
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For Johnny Depp, there are films and there are Tim Burton films. The Hollywood actor has teamed up with director Burton for the sixth time in "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street", a blood-spattered adaptation of Stephen Sondheim's musical that has impressed the critics.
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A play by former Czech president Vaclav Havel is delayed after a row over casting his wife in the lead role.
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It was an off-Broadway rave, but this play has more trite than bite
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For Johnny Depp, there are films and  there are Tim Burton films.
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While the notoriously misguided film, âXanadu,â might seem a peculiar choice for resurrection, there is something almost as unusual about those behind it: all six of the musicalâs above-the-title producers are Broadway neophytes.
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Distributor Miramax isn't ready to roll out the musical on Christmas Day.
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Johnny Depp will reprise his role in the two films, to be shot simultaneously.
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Andrew Lloyd Webberâs latest production of Gaston Lerouxâs immensely popular musical turned out to be a huge disappointment. It appears more like a personal showcase for Webberâs music rather than the esthetic execution of director Joel Schumacher.
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Mood and melody go a long way in both the Beatles-themed musical and Brad Pitt's take on a Western outlaw.
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Broadway's record-breaking musical "A  Chorus Line" has made a lukewarm return to the stage with  critics' praise mainly limited to the show's original concept  when it debuted 31 years ago.
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Johnny Depp's latest movie Finding Neverland might be a treat for his fans but not for Peter Pan writer, JM Barrie's family, who find it offensive.
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Director Tim Burton was too shy to ask actor Johnny Depp to be his son's godfather and made his wife Helena Bonham Carter do the asking instead.
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Supposedly, a young Alfred  Hitchcock saw a London-based production of J.M. Barrie's "Mary  Rose" and hoped to direct a screen version. His dream never  came to fruition. But if it had, the film likely would have  made Hitch's bombs -- "Torn Curtain" or "Stage Fright" anyone?  -- seem like classics.