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New York Daily News – That was Johnny Depp ditching Sunday’s Academy Awards in favor of a burger and a bottle of red at a late lunch with friends at PJ Clarke’s. On a break from filming two sequels to “Pirates of the Caribbean” in the Bahamas with Oscar nominee Keira Knightley, Depp “was in eccentric mode,” reports a Lowdown spy. Sporting a beige hat, round glasses and a scruffy beard, Depp daintily cut his burger in half before eating it. “He looked really jovial,” said the spy.
New York Post – Michael Riedel.
JOHNNY Depp checked out the hit revival of “Sweeney Todd” last weekend, prompting speculation that Edward Scissorhands would soon swap his shears for a razor and some Barbasol.
Depp is indeed interested in playing the Demon Barber of Fleet Street, but on the big screen, not on Broadway.
He and director Tim Burton are fans of the Stephen Sondheim musical and have been discussing the possibility of doing a movie version.
Any thoughts on who should play Mrs. Lovett?
I (mara) added movie info sites (PotC 1, Finding Neverland,
Secret Window, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Ed Wood) to jdorg
with lots of info. You can access them here.
We are desperately looking for some personal movie reviews for these
two movies (as well as the other ones), so if you have some, please send
them in!
Enjoy reading!
Johnny was photographed in the Bahamas tentatively 4 days ago…on February 28th, relaxing in the sun,
you can find some pics of this….sexy….moment by clicking here
Here’s already a preview…
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Today I (mara) added both the Chocolat and the Charlie and the
Chocolate Factory movie info sites to jdorg with lots of info. You can access
them here.
We are desperately looking for some personal movie reviews for these
two movies (as well as the other ones), so if you have some, please send
them in!
Now enjoy reading!
(Los Angeles)- MovieCityNews – The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror films has announced the nominations for the 32nd Annual Saturn Awards.
The Academy was founded in 1972 to honor and recognize genre filmmaking. Over the years, the Academy has expanded their reach to include other film genres. The organization also honors television, home entertainment and video games.
The Saturn Awards honor the most popular and successful film releases of the year. The genre film continues to dominate and control the box office with its’ imaginative and creative stories. These films are the crowd pleasers.
This year’s show will be hosted by top comedian Jeffrey Ross. The show will take place on May 2 in Universal City. For additional information, please go the Academy website: www.saturnawards.org.
Warner Brother’s Charlie & the Chocolate Factory has received a total of 4 nominations:
— Best Fantasy Film (Prod: Brad Grey, Richard D. Zanuck)
— Best Performance by a Younger Actor: Freddie Highmore
— Best Music: Danny Elfman
— Best Costume: Gabriella Pescucci
while it’s Corpse Bride received one:
— Best Animated Film (Prod: Tim Burton, Allison Abbate.)
A total of 33 films were nominated this year with 7 of the 33 produced by Warner Brothers.
The colorless land of the living has just become paved with a bright red carpet and is illuminated by Oscar gold for director Tim Burton -by Tim Lammers, Web Staff Editor.
Naturally, that’s because the film genius’ stop-motion opus, “Corpse Bride,” is one of this year’s Academy Award nominees for Best Animated Feature. And while Burton plans on attending the ceremony March 5, he regrets to inform that the film’s stars, Victor Van Dort and the Corpse Bride, won’t have a seat at the ceremony.
“No puppets allowed — only pawns,” Burton told me, laughing, during a recent @ The Movies interview.
It’s only appropriate that Burton treat his puppet stars like royalty. After all, he is clearly humbled by the recognition of the Academy after toiling 10 years on the project. And holding steadfast with what some consider as a dying art form in the burgeoning age of computer-animated films is not an easy thing to do.
The wonderful thing about Burton’s work is that, in addition to Elfman, he’s created a solid company of players that we’ve come to depend on as viewers to always fulfill the filmmaker’s unique visions.
Chief among them is Depp, who teams with Burton for the fifth time with “Corpse Bride.” He previously teamed with the director on “Edward Scissorhands,” “Ed Wood,” “Sleepy Hollow” and just a couple months prior to “Corpse Bride,” “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.”
“I really do enjoy working with him and in this case for me I was really lucky because there was some cross-over.
Expressindia.com – Andamans – Oscar-winning film-maker Peter Weir will begin shooting Shantaram in November 2006. This Johnny Depp-starrer will be shot in several locales in India, including the scenic Havelock Island in the Andamans. While the details of the Mumbai schedule are still awaited, Weir has confirmed some parts will be filmed on the Radha Nagar beach at Havelock.
Winnipegsun.com – Louis B. Hobson – Johnny Depp has bowed out of The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, the true story of magazine editor Jean-Dominique Bauby, who suffered a paralyzing stroke at age 43.
“Everybody wants Johnny these days. We couldn’t hold him to the project, so we’re in the process of casting a French actor to fill the role.
“Johnny really wanted the role but he won’t be available for a couple of years, and we couldn’t wait.”
Zee News – Los Angeles, Feb 14: British starlet Keira Knightley revealed that her “Pirates of the Caribbean” co-stars including heartthrob Johnny Depp were making fun of her for winning an Oscar nomination.
“He just laughed at me,” Knightley said when asked what Depp’s reaction had been when he learned of her nomination while the pair were filming the two “Pirates” sequels in the Bahamas.
“They’ve all been taking the piss out of me mercilessly,” she joked to reporters at a luncheon thrown in Beverly Hills for this year’s crop of Oscar nominees, referring to her cast members’ poking fun at her.
“Every time I do a take, they go, ‘is that an Oscar-nominated take, then?’”