Jul 22 2009 Tim Burton's 'Alice in Wonderland' Trailer: Yup, That's a Tim Burton

Really, no further description is necessary or possible. Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland could only exist as one thing, and this is it:

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Jul 14 2009 'Alice in Wonderland' People Holding Animals

Start modeling your group Halloween costume early: Empire has some new photos of the characters of Alice in Wonderland holding some living things. If Helena Bonham Carter cradling a pig doesn't get you excited about Tim Burton's seemingly-predestined adaptation, I don't know what to tell you.

Jun 23 2009 Inside the Reflective Surface: New 'Alice in Wonderland' Images!

Elijah Wood in Eccentric Zombie Carrot Top costume says "Hello." USA Today and Yahoo have posted some new shots from Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland, and I think you'll be surprised how much they look like the results of a "celebrities as Alice in Wonderland characters" Photoshop contest:

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Oct 7 2008 Anne Hathaway and Tim Burton's Girlfriend Join 'Alice'

Well, it was only a matter of time: Helena Bonham Carter has been cast as the Red Queen in Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland. Just like she was cast in Planet of the Apes, Big Fish, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Corpse Bride, and Sweeney Todd--every Tim Burton film for the last eight years. Anne Hathaway is in it now too. From THR:

Anne Hathaway, who is generating buzz for her performance in "Rachel Getting Married," has signed for a role in "Alice in Wonderland," which Tim Burton is directing for Disney.

Helena Bonham Carter also has joined the film.

The movie, which stars Mia Wasikowska as Alice and Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter, will use a combination of live action and performance-capture technology to tell the Lewis Carroll story.

Hathaway is playing the White Queen, a benevolent monarch who is deposed and banished by her sister, the Red Queen (Carter), who has an affinity for crying out, "Off with their heads!" The White Queen needs Alice to slay a creature known as the Bandersnatch.

The news comes as a shock only to Helena Bonham Carter, who has just learned she's probably being dumped for Anne Hathaway.

Nov 27 2007 'Sweeney Todd' Clips Highlight Singing, Cleavage

IESB got ahold of nine new clips from Tim Burton's Sweeney Todd, which you may now watch at your leisure. I've better labeled the scenes so you can pick and choose which you want--just like Old Country Buffet, but without inevitable diarrhea!

Clip 1 - Helena Bonham Carter's massive cleavage tells Johnny Depp his wife is dead. Johnny Depp explains that he's re-inventing himself in the vein of Prince, and will now be known as Sweeney Todd.

Clip 2 - Johnny Depp sings to a razor.

Clip 3 - Alan Rickman accuses a boy of "gandering at [his] ward," which doesn't seem to hold any of the double-entendre you'd hope it would.

Clip 4 - Sacha Baron Cohen engages in a shaving competition with Johnny Depp, and does a startlingly accurate impression of a singing matador Waluigi. This apparently wasn't the goal of contest, and he loses.

Clip 5 - Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter discuss how he murdered a man and shoved him in a chest. Meahwhile, you wish you were watching the previous scene, where he murdered a man and shoved him in a chest.

Clip 6 - Johnny Depp's promotional singing for his barber shop proves ineffective, largely due to his continued mentions of vengeance.

Clip 7 - Helena Bonham Carter and Johnny Depp sing a song about eating priests vs. eating poets, I think.

Clip 8 - A small boy (through song) promises no harm will come to Helena Bonham Carter as long as he's around. He obviously doesn't realize I'm much larger than him, and would wring his scrawny little neck and do as I please with the woman.

Clip 9 - An official comes to check out the awful smell reportedly coming from Helena Bonham Carter's chimney. Again, it's not as sexual as you hope it's going to be.

Enjoy.

Nov 21 2007 See/Hear Johnny Depp Sing in 'Sweeney Todd'!

Up until now, all of the previews we've seen of Sweeney Todd have been strangely devoid of both song samplings (considering it's a musical) and Johnny Depp dressed like Red Skelton (considering that wouldn't make sense). This new clip solves both of those issues.

Enjoy the song and hobo attire, under the cut.

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Oct 4 2007 'Sweeney Todd' Trailer Shows It's Tim Burton-iest Ever

I'm not necessarily saying this negatively, but from the looks of this trailer, Sweeney Todd might be the most Tim Burtoniest Tim Burton movie ever made by Tim Burton. Johnny Depp? Check. Helena Bonham Carter? Check. Creepy 19th century production design? Check. A color palette consisting entirely of black, white, and blood red? Check (save for Sacha Baron Cohen's lurid ringmaster Waluigi getup). I'm just worried this is Tim Burton's way of saying, "I'm dying, so let me get this all out of my system."

UPDATE: I just realized Danny Elfman is not present, so we can probably rest assured Burton isn't dying.

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Trailer [Yahoo!]