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High School Takes ‘Sweeney Todd’ Production Too Seriously: 2 Injured With Razor Knife
Two 16-year-old boys in a New Zealand high school were injured when a prop razor knife that was being used for their production of Sweeney Todd ended up actually slicing them. One boy was seriously injured while another was moderately hurt on the opening night of the musical. Both were taken to the hospital and were released the next day, according to Sky.
The students, who attend Saint Kentigern College in Auckland, were using a real razor that had been blunted by being bound in duct tape. Headteacher Steve Cole told Newstalk ZB, “It had been bound in Cellophane, bound in all sorts of things. It was very non-sharp, blunted, and had been through all sorts of health and safety checks. It was a very unfortunate mishap.
Cole apparently hopes the show would resume Friday, although without that specific prop.
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street is a horror musical written and composed by Stephen Sondheim. It made its debut in 1979 and has since been made into a film in 2007 from Tim Burton with Johnny Depp in the lead role.
Sony returns to their own Marvel universe with the upcoming Kraven the Hunter, which has been bumped all over the release schedule. This week, it’s been bumped once more.
There was a time when Sony was going to unleash Kraven in theaters in October 2023, but the film was then bumped to August 2024. It’ll now release on December 13, 2024.
Kraven the Hunter will be the very first Marvel movie from Sony to be released into theaters with an “R” rating, with lots of bloody violence being promised.
Aaron Taylor-Johnson stars as the title character, Marvel’s ultimate predator.
“Kraven the Hunter is the visceral story about how and why one of Marvel’s most iconic villains came to be. Set before his notorious vendetta with Spider-Man, Aaron Taylor-Johnson stars as the titular character in the R-rated film.”
Ariana DeBose will play Calypso in the upcoming Kraven the Hunter movie.
Christopher Abbott (Possessor) is playing The Foreigner, with Levi Miller (Better Watch Out) also on board. Alessandro Nivola (The Many Saints of Newark) will play another villain, but character details are under wraps. Russell Crowe and Fred Hechinger also star.
J.C. Chandor (A Most Violent Year) is directing Kraven the Hunter.
The screenplay was written by Art Marcum & Matt Holloway and Richard Wenk.
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