ArnoldTim Burton letting the studio make the decisions for him on Sweeney Todd...
According to The Sunday Mail the studio heads at Warner Bros. would like their upcoming adaptation on murderous barber to caontain less blood. Tim Burton's upcoming adaptation of 'Sweeney Todd,' starring Johnny Depp as the Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Didn't meet the spproval of the Warner Bros heads and they've handed down lengthy cuts they'd like to see for the final version of 'Sweeney Todd,' which comes out in December (American theaters).
Apparently some of the scenes were so greusome that crew members were getting nauseous and leaving set. the studio heads want less blood spraying from the necks of the Demon Barber's victims, fewer dead corpses hanging around the sets and want a scene chopped were Helena Bonham Carter (who lives below the Demon Barber and uses his dead bodies for her pies) and a ten yera old boy are carving up a victim. According to Sunday Mail's sources, "
"The thing is, the studio really likes the film and they want to make it accessible to as big an audience as possible - which means stemming the blood flow. But that's a bit difficult for a story involving a guy who gets high slitting throats."
The studio is hoping that the musical, coming out around Christmas, will have a wider appeal. They want a PG-13 rating in the US, and a 15 in the U.K. Sounds to me, though Burton is reportedly upset about the changes, that the studio ehads should mind their own damn buisness and wreck a potentially good flilm so that 13 year-olds can go and see it. It's about a homicidal barber, and you're going to cut the blood? Ridiculous.
Apparently some of the scenes were so greusome that crew members were getting nauseous and leaving set. the studio heads want less blood spraying from the necks of the Demon Barber's victims, fewer dead corpses hanging around the sets and want a scene chopped were Helena Bonham Carter (who lives below the Demon Barber and uses his dead bodies for her pies) and a ten yera old boy are carving up a victim. According to Sunday Mail's sources, "
"The thing is, the studio really likes the film and they want to make it accessible to as big an audience as possible - which means stemming the blood flow. But that's a bit difficult for a story involving a guy who gets high slitting throats."
The studio is hoping that the musical, coming out around Christmas, will have a wider appeal. They want a PG-13 rating in the US, and a 15 in the U.K. Sounds to me, though Burton is reportedly upset about the changes, that the studio ehads should mind their own damn buisness and wreck a potentially good flilm so that 13 year-olds can go and see it. It's about a homicidal barber, and you're going to cut the blood? Ridiculous.
I can't imagine Tim Burton really going for the EP's butting in with their take on what they're after!?!
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