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MovieMusicals.net – By Andrew Hartman
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According to anonymous sources, director Tim Burton and actor Johnny Depp, who together have worked on five major motion pictures will team once more for the upcoming movie musical adaptation of Stephen Sondheim’s ‘Sweeney Todd.’

‘Sweeney Todd’ first opened on Broadway in 1979 and is currently on Broadway in its second revival. Depp will portray title character Sweeney Todd – the demon barber of Fleet Street – who slits the throats of his innocent (and not-so-innocent) customers.

An official announcement is expected in the coming weeks.

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Infinitum Nihil, Johnny Depp’s production company is working on the JP Donleavy cult classic, The Ginger Man. Depp will star in the movie as student Sebastian Balfe Dangerfield to begin filming in Ireland next year. It is reported that the author Donleavy is currently expanding the character role of ‘Brendan Behan’ for Shane MacGowan. Says Donleavy, “Behan only appears briefly in the book. I am writing a bigger part for Shane – Mr Depp wants him in the movie.”

According to dogmatika.com, Infinitum Nihil also have the rights to Joseph Gangemi’s Inamorata, a tale of supernatural Philadelphia in the 20s and are in talks with Canongate to acquire the rights to The People’s Act of Love, James Meek’s ‘Siberian Apocalypse Now’.

In 2005 they acquired Nick Hornby’s A Long Way Down and have director Bruce Robinson signed up to direct Hunter Thompson’s The Rum Diary.

What’s next for Depp after finishing POTC and other current commitments is the autobiographical tale of Austalian Gregory David Roberts, a former heroin user who turned to bank robberies to support his habit in the 1970s.

Following a series of robberies, Roberts eventually was captured and sentenced to a lengthy jail term. But after two years he escaped from Melbourne’s Pentridge Prison, beginning an odyssey that took him to New Zealand, India, Afghanistan and Germany, where he was finally recaptured and extradited back to Australia.

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Scotsman.com – HOLLYWOOD superstar Johnny Depp is poised to buy the film rights to a Scottish author’s critically acclaimed novel – by William Lyons.

The actor, known for his versatility and love of British culture, is in negotiations with Canongate publishers to acquire an option on James Meek’s Siberian classic The People’s Act of Love.

The deal, which is yet to be finalised, will give Depp’s production company, Infinitum Nihil, sole rights to any film adaptation of the acclaimed epic.

As yet no actors have been approached to star in a film but it has been likened to a Siberian Apocalypse Now with a possible pairing of Depp and Russell Crowe.

Last night, Canongate owner Jamie Byng refused to discuss further details until a contract had been signed. But he said: “We are in discussions. It is pretty much agreed.”

Depp founded his own movie production company in 2004 to develop projects for which he is expected to either star in or produce. So far it has announced three films, including the adaptation of Hornby’s novel, A Long Way Down. [more…]

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The much loved Captain Jack Sparrow is set to return next year in the sequel to smash sea faring adventure Pirates of the Caribbean.

Once again thrown into the world of the supernatural, Sparrow (Johnny Depp) finds out that he owes a blood debt to the legendary Davey Jones, Captain of the ghostly Flying Dutchman.

With time running out, Jack must find a way out of his debt or else be doomed to eternal damnation and servitude in the afterlife. And as if this weren’t enough, the Captain’s problems manage to wreck the wedding plans of a certain Will Turner (Orlando Bloom) and Elizabeth Swann (Keira Knightley), who are forced to join Jack on yet another misadventure.

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Warner Bros. Pictures has announced that Johnny Depp and Kate Winslet will narrate the IMAX film documentary entitled, Deep Sea 3D, directed by Howard Hall. The film features music by Danny Elfman.

Deep Sea 3D features close up encounters with some of the most strange and exotic sea creatures with every creature dependent on each other for survival, so the cooperation that exists between these ocean dwellers is required for all to flourish and grow.

The film opens March 3, 2006.

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Gore Verbinski has become a very sought after director in Hollywood. With hits such hits such as The Ring and Pirates of the Carribbean, his movies are a box office success. His latest film is a departure from his genre and action adventure hits and instead dives into mind of Dave Spritz played by Nicholas Cage in the dark drama The Weather Man – by Robert Sanchez/Scott Huver of IESB

Question: Can you talk a bit about pirates? how hard was it to get two more sequel scripts that were just as good as the first one?

Verbinski: We don’t have those scripts yet [LAUGHS]. We’re just making the movie. No. We actually have a pretty good second script and the third script is still on the operating table. And we’re in triage constantly, everyday. I don’t recommend making two movies at once. I think that we’re going to get there, but it’s just madness. You’re like building ships and the ships aren’t ready and you have four hundred extras. There’s a lot of fun and I think that the second movie is strong and clever and has a lot going on. The third movie we’re still working on.

Question: So you’re not doing like lord of the rings and shooting them both at the same time?

Verbinski: No. We are. We are. We’re shooting scenes in the third movie without even knowing what the hell we’re doing.

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The Keith Richards-in-Pirates of the Caribbean II rumor has gone back and forth so many times, I suppose we won’t be able to believe anything until we see him onscreen, mascared and bantering with Johnny Depp. Still, Orlando Bloom is going around telling people that Richards is definitely going to be involved in the Pirates sequel. — by Karina Longworth for Cinematical.

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For role in ‘Corpse Bride,’ the actor had a 15-minute chat with the director – Hanh Nguyen for the Orlando Sentinel.

LOS ANGELES — Kids know Johnny Depp for his colorful characters such as swaggering pirate Jack Sparrow and eccentric confectioner Willy Wonka.

In his latest guise, Depp gives voice to the stop-motion animated puppet hero Victor in Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride. While filming Charlie and the Chocolate Factory for Burton, Depp was called upon to create Victor on short notice. After shooting a scene as Wonka, the actor rushed to the Corpse Bride recording studio, where he assembled a persona based on a 15-minute session with Burton.

“[Victor] was born in that little bit of time, and I didn’t hear him for the first time until . . . they were recording,” Depp says. “So the preparation for this, I was remiss basically. I should be flogged.”

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It always starts with a phone call in the middle of the night. “I’ll hear a voice and he will say, ‘What are you doing?’” says the actor. “I’ll say, ‘I’m sleeping, Tim.’ Then I’ll hear a pause and he will say, ‘Can you meet me for dinner next week?’ I’ll say, ‘Sure. Where. New York. OK.’” – by Cindy Perlman for Chicago Sun-Times.

That’s how the collaboration usually begins with Johnny Depp and director Tim Burton, who have teamed up for some of the best work of both their careers, including “Edward Scissorhands” (1990), “Ed Wood” (1994), this summer’s megahit “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” and the new “Corpse Bride,” which opened Friday.

“When Tim makes that first call, there is no subject. There is no project. There is nothing. It’s just that I’m going to be having a salad with Tim in a week — and it’s always been that way,” Depp says.

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TORONTO — Johnny Depp never forgot what Marlon Brando told him. Or exactly how Brando sounded, since Depp does a spot-on imitation of the late legend – By Barbara Vancheri, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

Brando (“Bless him,” Depp interjects) once asked the younger actor how many movies he made a year. “I said I don’t know, sometimes two, sometimes three.”

Brando cautioned Depp to watch himself. “I said, ‘Why’s that?’ and he said, ‘It’s because we only have so many faces in our pockets.’ After all this time later, I realize how right he was,” Depp says. “He was very, very wise.”

Depp’s pocket has produced some unforgettable faces, from James M. Barrie and Captain Jack Sparrow to Ichabod Crane, Ed Wood and Edward Scissorhands.

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