It looks like those rumors that Sweeney Todd was being watered down to fit a PG-13 rating may have been just that: rumors. DreamWorks now claims they’ve always wanted the movie to be R and that it will indeed be rated-R when it hits theaters this Christmas.
Of course that doesn’t necessarily mean Burton isn’t being pressured to tone it down. It could have been that the studio wants a softer-R than whatever throat slashing madness Burton has in store for us. But Variety sources insist that rumors that Burton is being forced to cut back on the violence are unfounded. Apparently the studio hasn’t even seen the whole film yet, and won’t for several weeks.
It sounds like DreamWorks has confidence both in Burton and the movie; they’re opening it wide on Christmas and letting Burton make the movie he wants. Sweeney Todd fans should be happy. It never made sense that DreamWorks would try to shoot for a PG-13 in the first place. It’s not like they didn’t know what they were getting in Sweeney, this is after all a movie about a barber who slits his patients throats and then lets his neighbor resell the bodies as food.
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I saw the play when iI was a freshman in high school and I loved it. However I hate scary movies but I want to see this movie so bad. I would love to know if it would be one of those movies that I could go see with out being scared to death. But i can't wait to see Johnny Depp sing in it because he is an amazing actor.
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It looks like those rumors that Sweeney Todd was being watered down to fit a PG-13 rating may have been just that: rumors. DreamWorks now claims they’ve always wanted the movie to be R and that it will indeed be rated-R when it hits theaters this Christmas.
December 5th, 2007 at 23:52
I saw the play when iI was a freshman in high school and I loved it. However I hate scary movies but I want to see this movie so bad. I would love to know if it would be one of those movies that I could go see with out being scared to death. But i can't wait to see Johnny Depp sing in it because he is an amazing actor.