Interesting that Julia will only be a small part in the film. But then, she didn't figure too prominently in the pilot for the '91 Series and her participation was almost nonexistent in the '04 pilot. True, in both of those cases the role was to be expanded in the TV series - but there's also the possibility that this film will kick off a franchise. We saw comments like that a year or so ago, Variety mentioned it last month, and back when Jackie Earle Haley's and Bella Heathcote's casting was reported in The Wall Street Journal, it was also reported that Warner Brothers is supposedly hoping to make a DS trilogy (though that was the first I've heard of a trilogy - and who knows where WSJ got the info?). If that's true, perhaps Burton & Co. have deliberately kept Julia's part in this film small with the intention of expanding her in subsequent films should they get made...
It's very nice to see you posting, usffan. I'll definitely check out the SNL clip when I get a chance later today.
And as for Angelique's absence in hoDS, we don't actually know that she was involved in that Barn's curse. I've always found it interesting that Barn says, "When they put this curse upon me..." But I definitely agree that Angelique's presence in this film should make for a much richer story.