A Miserable Time Is Being Had In Greenwich! 'Les Miz' Movie Shaping Up!

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Posted: 4/22/12 at 12:29pm

'Les Misérables' is the exciting upcoming British musical film produced by Working Title Films and distributed by Universal Pictures based on the musical of the same name, which is in turn based on an 1862 French novel by Victor Hugo.

The film is directed by Tom Hooper, written by William Nicholson, Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schönberg and Herbert Kretzmer.

Staring Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway, Eddie Redmayne, Amanda Seyfried, Sacha Baron Cohen, Helena Bonham Carter, Samantha Barks, and Aaron Tveit.

The film tells the story of Jean Valjean, a former prisoner who becomes mayor of a town in France. Valjean agrees to take care of Cosette, the illegitimate daughter of Fantine, and must avoid being captured again by Javert, a police inspector.

Development of 'Les Misérables' began in the late 1980s.
After the musical's 25th anniversary concert, producer Cameron Mackintosh announced that the film had resumed development.
Hooper and Nicholson were approached in March 2011 and the main characters were cast in 2011.
Principal photography of the film commenced in March 2012.


'Les Misérables' is scheduled to be released on 14 December 2012











Updated On: 4/22/12 at 12:29 PM

[Princeton Returns]

Posted: 4/22/12 at 12:31pm

That teaser poster with Hugh on is a fan made fake

[Fan2]

Posted: 4/26/12 at 4:27pm

Here's the official Facebook page with photos. There's also quite a few threads with lots of info on the Broadway board. And Russell Crowe tweets quite a bit about what they may be filming that particular day. There's also a few videos on YouTube of filming, including singing.

That poster is for the CinemaCon convention in Las Vegas that is going on - I'm sure that's not the final/official one.
Official Facebook Updated On: 4/26/12 at 04:27 PM