Johnny Depp To Lead 'The Corpse Bride'

[Tuesday, June 29th, 2004]
Johnny Depp has signed on to voice the lead in the stop animation sequel The Corpse Bride, according to Variety.

Already booked to play Willy Wonka in the Burton-directed Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Depp has just made a deal to provide the lead voice in Corpse Bride, the stop-motion animated film Burton is co-directing with Michael Johnson and producing with Allison Abbate.

Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Emily Watson, Albert Finney, Richard Grant, Joanna Lumley and Christopher Lee will provide character voices for the latter film, being made in London simultaneously with "Charlie."

Latter film shares the stop-motion animation technique used in the Burton-produced "The Nightmare Before Christmas," as well as a similarly charming but macabre setting. In a 19th-century European village, Victor (Depp) travels to the underworld for a quickie wedding to a mysterious corpse bride (Bonham Carter) while his living wife (Watson) pines for his return.

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