Catching up on (lots of) weekend reading...

USA Today has a nice dual interview with Tim Burton and Johnny Depp regarding their shared taste for the surreal that has resulted in four film collaborations to date. "At times, it's as if our brains are connected by some invisible hot wire that can shoot sparks at any second, " says Depp. Burton concurs. "We like the same obscure things. Like Dean Martin roasts." And the L.A. Daily News has articles on the film, Danny Elfman's music for the film, and Deep Roy, who plays the Oompa-Loompas. (Oompa-Loompii?)

Meanwhile, Time has an interesting profile of Richard Linklater about his forthcoming remake of The Bad News Bears (though they incorrectly report the budget of A Scanner Darkly at $3M instead of $8M), while Salon offers an entertaining interview with Bruce "Don't Call Me Ash" Campbell about his new book and various tangents.

And finally, yesterday's New York Times Magazine offers a fascinating chronicle of Battlestar Galactica's rebirth (even if they give short shrift to the Bryan Singer / Tom DeSanto Galactica sequel series that almost was) and the Chicago Tribune has a stack of interviews with the cast.