So does Burton's Sweeney Todd have the potential to rock?

[angelophile]

Yes, yes, apparently it does. Johnny Depp's no Ray Winstone, but Tim Burton's adaptation of the Stephen Sondheim musical boasts regulars Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter along with Alan Rickman, Tim Spall, Sacha Baron Cohen, Tony Head and Peter Bowles. And if any musical was made for Tim Burton it's this one.

In unrelated news, I hadn't heard about this before, but apparently Terry Pratchett's The Colour of Magic is being adapted by the same team that did the slighly lacklustre Hogfather, with David Jason as Rincewind and Sean Astin rumoured as Twoflower.

Both those parts seem woefully miscast to me, but there's Christopher Lee once again playing Death, apparently and a Tim Curry villain so maybe it won't be all bad.