**UPDATE: The disc art has been released!**
The boys and girls over at DVD Active got word today that Paramount has officially announced the DVD street date for “>Sweeney Todd (review), Tim Burton’s all-singing grand guignol epic.
The disc will hit shelves on April 1st, 2008 (not a joke), with both single- and double-disc editions being available. The only feature on the single will be a featurette called “Burton + Depp + Carter = Todd”. The double disc, however, will come with a lot more including:
“Sweeney Todd is Alive: The Real History of the Demon Barber” featurette
“Musical Mayhem: Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd” featurette
“Sweeney’s London” featurette
“The Making of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” featurette
“Grand Guignol: A Theatrical Tradition” featurette
“Designs for a Demon Barber” featurette
“A Bloody Business” featurette
“The Razor’s Refrain” featurette
Moviefone “Unscripted with Tim Burton and Johnny Depp” feature
Sweeney Todd Press Conference
Photo gallery
Trailer
And, of course, the HD-DVD will be out on the same day with all the goodies from the two-disc standard. Click here to pre-order Sweeney Todd through Evilshop!
– Johnny Butane
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