Tim Burton News

John Doyle's 'Sweeney Todd' to run at ACT in San Francisco before it hits the road.

Dreamgirls, as well as its stars Jennifer Hudson and Eddie Murphy, are among the winners of the 2006 Golden Globe Awards

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

Bourne cuts to the heart of Edward Scissorhands with his approachable dance interpretation, picking up on the despair of the title character's struggle for acceptance in a superficial anywhere American neighborhood...

Matthew Bourne's Edward Scissorhands opened at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles December 13...

Theatre veterans Helen Mirren, Michael Sheen and Peter Morgan are among the winners of the 2006 Los Angeles Film Critics Awards

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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This year's Broadway Unplugged concert may well have been the best of the three: every song and singer were perfectly matched and beautifully performed, and almost no singers were able to leave the stage without being called back for an extra bow

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.

Audiences celebrate the North American Premiere of 'Edward Scissorhands,' the new dance-musical devised, directed, and choreographed by Matthew Bourne, at San Francisco's Orpheum Theatre from Nov. 11 through Dec. 10.

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The original London cast of Matthew Bourne's dance piece Edward Scissorhands, based on Tim Burton's 1990 gothic fantasy, will star in the show's US national tour

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

Tickets are on sale now for the North American premiere of 'Edward Scissorhands,' the enchanting, tender, and witty theatrical sensation from the mind of Michael Bourne, at San Francisco's Orpheum Theatre Nov. 11 - Dec. 10.

The upcoming film adaptation of Stephen Sondheim's Sweeney Todd, directed by Tim Burton and starring Johnny Depp as the demon barber of the title, will begin filming in February of 2007

Matthew Bourne's hit production of the classic ballet Swan Lake will glide into London's Sadler's Wells for a six-week run that will begin on December 13th

More tour dates--including Brooklyn--have been added to the upcoming US tour of Matthew Bourne's dance piece Edward Scissorhands, based on Tim Burton's 1990 gothic fantasy

Jim Broadbent--who was previously rumoured to play Wilbur in the upcoming Hairspray but whose role in that film will instead be portrayed by Christopher Walken--may have signed on to the cast of Tim Burton's upcoming Sweeney Todd film