Fri 5 Oct 2007

Sweeney Todd, the fictional/true life psychotic English barber/mass murderer of 19th century is once again coming to the big screen courtesy of the (similarly crazed) mind of director Tim Burton. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street is Burton’s big-screen adaption of the Stephen Sondheim musical and stars Johnny Depp in the title role.

The film captures the life of Todd, who once was a normal man, driven to vengeance by his imprisonment and death of wife and child at the hands of Alan Rickman’s (in full Hans Gruber mode) character (with musical interludes). The film is slated for US release December 21st. The first official trailer for Sweeney Todd can be seen after the jump.

Trailer:

FirstShowing also has a larger version of the trailer while the high definition cut can be streamed over at Yahoo Movies.

While I am not a big fan of musicals or films in general boasting lengthy musical-themed respites, Burton’s largely gothic tone to Sweeney Todd has me more than a little intrigued.