Variety reports that Johnny Depp will provide the lead voice in Warner Brothers’ The Corpse Bride, Tim Burton’s stop-motion animated film. With Michael Johnson directing and Allison Abbateand co-producing, The Corpse Bride will also feature the voices of Helena Bonham Carter, Emily Watson, Albert Finney, Richard Grant, Joanna Lumley and Christopher Lee. Filmed in London, the movie tells the story of Victor (Depp), who travels from a 19th-century European village to the underworld for a quick wedding to a mysterious corpse bride (Bonham Carter), while his living wife (Watson) pines for his return. The Corpse Bride will rise in October 2005. [paid subscription required for Variety]