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(ETA: If any of you want to hear the duet Rickman and Depp will be singing (if the number is in the movie), uh, contact me? You know, for fair use and all. *cough*)

Some of you know I'm a bit of a Sweeney Todd fan, to put it mildly.

( Here's the poster. Warning: large image. )

I gotta give big kudos to the designers; if someone said "make me a poster for Sweeney Todd as imagined by Tim Burton", this is pretty much exactly what I'd think it would look like.

When I heard they were (finally!) making a movie of it, my excitement quickly turned to trepidation and then kind of bitter disappointment when I saw that Tim Burton had decided to cast Johnny Depp as Sweeney Todd. Don't get me wrong; Depp is awesome and fabulous and all those things, but a might-as-well-be-opera singer? Not so sure. Sweeney is not just a "musical theater" kind of piece; it requires Singing Voice, not singing voice. So I was frustrated with the whole "Tim, can't you ever cast anyone else?" thing.

But now I am crossing my fingers and holding out hope. Isn't it amazing what the power of a single image can do? Seeing Sweeney's rooms above the shop realized so beautifully, seeing the chair, seeing that the tag line for the film is lyrics from the show instead of something some suit made up... I hope. I hope. I hope Helena Bonham Carter can sing too (I know she can act the role), though Mrs. Lovett's singing role isn't as taxing as Sweeney's.

( Very, very, very light spoilers, though not so much about the plot. Includes the words 'Alan Rickman' and 'orgasm' )

So, yeah. If you want to know the plot, in extensive detail, I posted it in 2002. I figure spoiler comments or questions can go there rather than here so this can just be general "w00t!" about the poster and movie.

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