Balls, Fury

The new, second trailer for Balls of Fury that has just appeared on Yahoo (and can be downloaded now) is really not funny. At all. Christopher Walken has a moment towards the end, sure, but that's about it for anything that would make growns ups like you, me, mummy and daddy crack a smile.

Walken's one of those guys who has such a distinct delivery that you can practically imagine his take on any role before you see it - which might save you a few quid and a lot of grimacing in this case.

The only other point of interest in the whole trailer is the use of music from Kung Fu Hustle.

Spin, Spin, Spin The Wheel Of Justice

Alan Rickman has joined the ranks of Tim Burton's Sweeney Todd cast as Judge Turpin. This sounds great to me, particularly if he does another of his wonderful Frankie Howerd impersonations. The question now, however, is what part - if any - does Jim Broadbent have? He was previously announced as being onboard, also (it was presumed) as Turpin. Earlier in the year he left the Hairspray movie-of-the-musical-of-the-movie, to be replaced by Christopher Walken and at the time it was assumed his taking a role in Sweeney Todd played some part in this... now, I'm not so sure.

Can anybody shed any light on this? Whatever's going on, I hope Mr. Broadbent is well and that we will be seeing him in Burton's film, or at the very least, some other films very soon.