Cohen is Sweeney Todd's Nemesis

Variety reports that Sacha Baron Cohen has confirmed his role in Tim Burton's next flick 'Sweeney Todd' Sacha will play the nemesis of Sweeney Todd, Signor Adolfo Pirelli.

Todd's the barber who teams with the murderess Mrs. Lovett (Helena Bonham Carter) to kill people, grind them up and use them in her meat pies.

Walter Parkes and Laurie MacDonald are producing with Richard D. Zanuck and John Logan. Logan wrote the script.

Cohen's next project will of course be another one of his characters, 'Bruno'