Tim Burton's "Sweeney Todd" On Hold
Production Tim Burton's adaptation of "Sweeney Todd" has been put on hold as star Johnny Depp cares for his daughter.
According to British tabloid The Daily Mirror, the star's four-year-old daughter, Lily Rose, is stricken with an illness, and as a result, Depp has decided to postpone work on the tale of the demon barber of Fleet Street until she recovers.
However, the production staff may lose their jobs if Depp doesn't return to the set soon.
Johnny Depp in Tim Burton's "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"
"He does not want to come back until Lily-Rose gets the all-clear," said an unnamed source. "The plan is to re-employ everybody when she gets better."
"Sweeney Todd" tells the story of an English barber/serial killer. The tale was adapted into a popular musical by Stephen Sondheim.
Burton and Depp have enjoyed a fruitful working relationship over the years. They last collaborated on "Corpse Bride" in 2005. Helena Bonham Carter, Sacha Baron Cohen, and Alan Rickman are also slated to star in "Sweeney Todd."
Source: Dark Horizons
According to British tabloid The Daily Mirror, the star's four-year-old daughter, Lily Rose, is stricken with an illness, and as a result, Depp has decided to postpone work on the tale of the demon barber of Fleet Street until she recovers.
However, the production staff may lose their jobs if Depp doesn't return to the set soon.
Johnny Depp in Tim Burton's "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"
"He does not want to come back until Lily-Rose gets the all-clear," said an unnamed source. "The plan is to re-employ everybody when she gets better."
"Sweeney Todd" tells the story of an English barber/serial killer. The tale was adapted into a popular musical by Stephen Sondheim.
Burton and Depp have enjoyed a fruitful working relationship over the years. They last collaborated on "Corpse Bride" in 2005. Helena Bonham Carter, Sacha Baron Cohen, and Alan Rickman are also slated to star in "Sweeney Todd."
Source: Dark Horizons
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on Mar 14 2007 03:48 PM Get well soon to his kid, but can someone make that getting well part faster? i really wanna see this movie because the musical was awesome, and im stoked for the movie. (Reply to this) |
on Mar 14 2007 03:48 PM aww that sucks :/ but hey is comprehensible. Good luck to Depp. (Reply to this) |
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on Mar 15 2007 11:14 AM His daughter was just released from the hospital, they are starting production again, its not like they just stopped production recently, it was at the end of February. Apparently from a US Weekly column, his daughter is in a much better state than before and in that British tabloid column, that whole "unnamed" source thing saying about how everyone is going to get laid off because of this and they are going to hire new people, is complete BS. The only reason this was added to the column was probably to add to some interest to the article, and the dates are inncorrect as well but what are you going to get for British tabloids. (Reply to this) |
on Mar 15 2007 12:52 PM In reply to this comment (#858088) Good to hear. (Reply to this) |
on Mar 15 2007 01:03 PM [b]ANIMATED? YES? NO?[/b] Does anybody know if this is animated or not? Is it sillicon stop-animation like "Corpse Bride"? (Reply to this) |
on Mar 15 2007 03:25 PM In reply to this comment (#858090) [b]ANIMATED? NO.[/b] It's not animated, it's going to be live-action. (Reply to this) |
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on Mar 15 2007 09:18 PM In reply to this comment (#858090) heh no, is live action..but that's actually a good idea! (Reply to this) |
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