SWEENEY TODD trailer coming at the weekend

Need a reason to see THE HEARTBREAK KID? How about the SWEENEY TODD trailer, although of course you could just see it online instead.

by Matt Holmes

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The good news...The first trailer for the much anticipated Tim Burton movie SWEENEY TODD will play in theatres over the weekend. The bad news...It will only be attached to prints of the Ben Stiller comedy THE HEARTBREAK KID.The good news.... It will most likely be viewable online too! And the further good news....Cinema Blend have seen the trailer and say it's great...
Musicals are by definition weird, and Sweeney Todd is weirder than most. And the trailer is good, really good. Or it is until Johnny Depp gets singing. Then it gets even weirder than you€™d expect. It€™s not that his voice is bad, it€™s just that watching Johnny Depp belting out a tune in Tim Burtin€™s typically dark, dank, world simply feels incredibly wrong.
Depp's signing has been a worry for many during the discussions we've had over the 12 months since this movie was announced and I will say this.... If CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY showed us anything, it's that there's nothing worse than a mis-firing Johnny Depp. I love Depp and 99% of his work is absolutely superb... but when he goes wrong, it's painful to watch because he puts himself so out there. Fingers crossed for SWEENEY TODD. It's a tale I love from a director who has been one of my favourites. Please don't suck!
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Matt Holmes is the co-founder of What Culture, formerly known as Obsessed With Film. He has been blogging about pop culture and entertainment since 2006 and has written over 10,000 articles.