Alan Rickman will be wiggling his larynx in a cinema near you at the end of the year – he’s signed on for Tim Burton’s Sweeney Todd musical.
Rickman will star alongside Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter and Sacha Baron Cohen in the DreamWorks and Warner Bros co-production.
Seeing as Todd is based on the Stephen Sondheim Broadway show of the same name, with Gladiator’s John Logan penning the film version, Burton clearly felt a bit of British theatrical class was needed.
Alan’s character, Judge Turpin, is classic Rickman – a sleazy lawgiver who falsely imprisons Depp’s Todd, which sounds like a perfect opportunity to whisper sinisterly, bark insults and generally ham it up.
The film starts production next month in London.
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