Johnny Depp headlines film version of "Sweeney Todd"

Filming of Tim Burton's "Sweeney Todd," a feature film version of the classic Broadway musical, was halted this week due to the illness of star Johnny Depp's daughter. Lily-Rose Depp has been released from the hospital after nine days of treatment for what is thought to have been a serious case of blood poisoning.
Depp’s spokesperson Robin Baum confirmed that Lily-Rose is now “doing much better” and has been taken back to the London hotel.
A representative from the Sweeney Todd production said: “We have adjusted the schedule to accommodate [Johnny’s] needs at this moment. We understand that [Lily-Rose] is improving. Obviously, everybody at the studio is certainly with them in their good spirits.”
Depp plays the main character in the film, which is a screen adaptation of Stephen Sondheim’s macabre musical about a vengeful London barber in 19th-century London. It marks the sixth time that Depp and Burton have joined forces, with past movies including ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,’ ‘Ed Wood,’ ‘Edward Scissorhands’ and ‘Sleepy Hollow.’
The story of Sweeney Todd is of a wrongfully imprisoned barber in Victorian England who sets out to seek revenge on the judge who imprisoned him. He is helped by Mrs. Lovett, who bakes Sweeney's victims into "the worst pies in London."
The film also stars Helena Bonham Carter, Alan Rickman, Sacha Baron Cohen and Christopher Lee with the stars doing their own singing for the film, which is scheduled for a late 2007 release. Carter has the role of Mrs. Lovett which was originated by Angela Lansbury on Broadway in the late 1970s and won her a fourth Tony Award. The great Patti Lupone played the role in a Broadway revival of the show last season and was Tony nominated for her performance.
Carter has some mighty big shoes to fill.