Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street "I think the reason `Sweeney Todd' has endured for 150 years is that it's a really good story...a very gripping tale. It's a story about revenge and how revenge eats itself up," says Stephen Sondheim, the creator of the acclaimed stage musical "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street," which has been adapted into a film directed by Tim Burton. "In that sense it's a tragedy in the classic tradition about someone who goes out for revenge and ends up destroying himself." Read Full Production Notes

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End Success can be a tough taskmaster…and coming off of “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest,” which garnered more than $1 billion internationally and took third position for the top grossing films of all time, Jerry Bruckheimer and Gore Verbinski were absolutely determined to once again rise to, and then go beyond, audience expectations. “It's scary when you make a picture that's such a huge success,” confesses Bruckheimer. “You never quite know. It was against conventional wisdom that a pirate movie based on a theme park ride could be such a hit. Then we came back with the second film, and it's common knowledge in our business that a sequel will make 20 to 30 percent less than the first one. And yet, `Dead Man's Chest' made almost double of what `The Curse of the Black Pearl' took in.” Read Full Production Notes

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest Some 53 years later, it took the very same studio's “Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl” to spectacularly re-invent and reinvigorate a moribund genre which once again is delighting millions. From childhood classics like Treasure Island and Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates, to such classic films as “The Black Pirate,” “The Buccaneer” and “The Crimson Pirate,” the swashbuckling tales of high seas derring-do both nefarious and noble were seemingly neverending. Read Full Production Notes

Charlie & The Chocolate Factory Acclaimed director Tim Burton brings his vividly imaginative style to the beloved Roald Dahl classic Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, about eccentric chocolatier Willy Wonka (Depp) and Charlie, a good-hearted boy from a poor family who lives in the shadow of Wonka's extraordinary factory. Long isolated from his own family, Wonka launches a worldwide contest to select an heir to his candy empire. Five lucky children, including Charlie, draw golden tickets from Wonka chocolate bars and win a guided tour of the legendary candy-making facility that no outsider has seen in 15 years. Dazzled by one amazing sight after another, Charlie is drawn into Wonka's fantastic world. Read Full Production Notes

Finding Neverland The boundless imagination of the man behind Peter Pan and the poignancy of his journey combine in this emotional tale inspired by events in the life of Scottish author James Mathew Barrie. In Finding Neverland, director Marc Forster (Monster's Ball) and an accomplished cast including Johnny Depp, Kate Winslet, Dustin Hoffman and Julie Christie take a fictional look at the creation of Peter Pan, the classic of children's literature that speaks directly to the child in all of us. Finding Neverland traverses both fantasy and everyday reality, melding the difficulties and heartbreak of adult life with the spellbinding allure and childlike innocence of the boy who never grows up. Read Full Production Notes

Secret Window Secret Window began its voyage to the screen when Columbia Pictures' executives became intrigued by Stephen King's suspense stunner Secret Window, Secret Garden part of the Four Past Midnight collection, which prompted one reviewer to write: "Four spell-binding tales of evil. These are can't-tear-your-eyes away stories that burn your imagination." The studio approached writer/director David Koepp to adapt the novella to the screen, according to the film's producer Gavin Polone. Columbia Pictures has enjoyed a fruitful relationship with Koepp that included his masterful screenplays for the recent hit films Spider-Man and Panic Room. Read Full Production Notes

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl The thrilling tale of a daring rescue mission aimed at reversing an ancient curse, “Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl” is an irreverent wink at the famous Disney theme park attraction. When the idea was first presented to the production executives at Disney, they could think of only one producer able to handle the scope and intricacies of such an undertaking. Michael Eisner, Chairman and CEO of the Walt Disney Company, Dick Cook, Chairman of Walt Disney Studios, and Nina Jacobson, President of the Buena Vista, initially approached Jerry Bruckheimer to orchestrate this extravaganza, and Jerry was only too anxious to get underway. He has always wanted to make a motion picture about pirates. Read Full Production Notes