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Filming of Tim Burton's Sweeney Todd film has resumed

Filming of Tim Burton's Sweeney Todd film has been halted due to the illness of star Johnny Depp's daughter.

Principal photography has begun in London on 'Sweeney Todd'; starring Johnny Depp in the Tim Burton directed screen adaptation of Stephen Sondheim's award-winning musical thriller.

Irish student Jayne Wisener has landed the dream role of Johnny Depp's daughter in the upcoming movie of the Sondheim musical, 'Sweeney Todd'. Though not widely broadcast, the casting was reported in the Irish press at the end of December and a spokesperson for Warner Bros. confirmed that the 19 year old second year student at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow had been cast.

19-year old Jayne Wisener will play imperiled ingenue Johanna in Tim Burton's upcoming film version of Sweeney Todd

Stage and screen star Alan Rickman will play the villainous Judge Turpin in the upcoming DreamWorks film version of Sweeney Todd

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Sacha Baron Cohen--whose film Borat has become a pop culture phenomenon over the last 2 weeks--has been confirmed to play the role of duplicitous barber Pirelli in the upcoming DreamWorks film version of Sweeney Todd.

Variety reports that Helen Bonham Carter has signed on to the Sweeney Todd film to star opposite Johnny Depp as the devilish Mrs. Lovett.

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The 78th Annual Academy Awards took place on Sunday, March 5, 2006. It was Hollywood's biggest night of the year, but with the worlds of stage and screen colliding more often by the day - how could we resist bringing you photo coverage of the night? We couldn't!