Tim Burton stating, "I basically wasted a year. A year is a long time to be working with somebody that you don't really want to be working with." "Sleepy Hollow", released in late 1999, had a supernatural setting and contained another offbeat performance by Johnny Depp as Ichabod Crane, a detective with an interest in forensic science rather than the schoolteacher of Washington Irving's original tale. With "Sleepy Hollow", Burton paid homage to the horror films of the English company Hammer Films. Christopher Lee, one of Hammer's stars, was given a cameo role. A host of Burton regulars appeared in supporting roles
Johnny Depp the swashbuckler film series "Pirates of the Caribbean" (2003–present), the fantasy films "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" (2005) and "Alice in Wonderland" (2010), the animated comedy western "Rango" (2011) (in which he voiced the title character), and most recently "" (2018). Depp has collaborated on nine films with director, producer and friend Tim Burton. Depp is regarded as one of the world's biggest film stars. He has gained praise from reviewers for his portrayals of screenwriter-director Ed Wood in "Ed Wood", undercover FBI agent Joseph D. Pistone in "Donnie Brasco", author J. M. Barrie in " Finding Neverland", and Boston