Director Tim Burton has reportedly cast actress Helena Bonham Carter as the female lead in his big screen version of the Stephen Sondheim’s musical Sweeney Todd according to Sawfnews.com
She will play the role of Mrs. Lovett – a murderess who dispenses her victims’ bodies in meat pies, and becomes the passionate accomplice of the Demon Barber of Fleet Street, played by Johnny Depp, reports Moviehole.
Shooting for the film begins early next year for a late 2007 release. (ANI)
