Tom Hooper News

The Civi Theatre is set to welcome the French bourgeois, presenting the national tour of LES MISERABLES for a week-long engagement from August 29th through the 31st. More information on LES MISERABLES, visit www.lesmis.com. Tickets for the national tour's stop at the Civic Theatre are available at www.san-diego-theater.com.

On Twitter Watch, Russell Crowe wrote ' '@russellcrowe At last--a good picture of you as Javert and a close-up look at Gymont. 'Leaves of Russell Crowe' http://bit.ly/yp9lAl

A host of some of the best talent in West End musical theatre will join Hollywood stars Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe and Anne Hathaway in the film of Les Misérables. The talented list below will be playing non starring roles in the forthcoming film.

Newcomer Isabelle Allen will play Young Cosette in the upcoming film version of the musical Les Miserables, ScreenTerrier reports. She will play the child version of Amanda Seyfried, who plays Cosette. Allen's character is known for her solo, Castle in a Cloud.

The highly anticipated movie version of LES MIS is currently in production in the UK, and Adelaide Now has just featured a sneak peak of Jean Valjean himself- Broadway's Hugh Jackman in costume. Check out the photo below.

The Music Hall is set to welcome the French bourgeois, presenting the national tour of LES MISERABLES for a limited engagement from December 6th through the 9th.

Daily Mail reports that the cast of Cameron Mackintosh and Tom Hooper's film version of the musical Les Miserables now includes Bertie Carvel (Matilda), Daniel Evans (Sunday in the Park with George) and Adrian Scarborough (Betty Blue Eyes). In addition, several cast members who have performed in stage versions of Les Miserables will star in the film including Caroline Sheen, Hadley Fraser, Killian Donnelly, Mike Jibson, Linzi Hateley, Gemma Wardle, Katy Secombe, Gina Beck, Fra Fee, Alexia Khadine and Katie Hall.

Anchor Bay Entertainment and The Weinstein Company announced today the Blu-ray and DVD release of the 'warm, wonderful and enchanting' (Rex Reed, The New York Observer) film, MY WEEK WITH MARILYN, starring three-time Academy Award nominee Michelle Williams.

The Society of London Theatre has today announced the shortlist for the BBC Radio 2 Olivier Audience Award. The public will vote for the overall winner. The shortlisted shows are BILLY ELLIOT, JERSEY BOYS, LES MISÉRABLES and WICKED.

Neil Morrissey and Samantha Barks will play the roles of Fagin and Nancy from Tuesday 13 March - Sunday 1 April. Samantha Barks will head straight from OLIVER! to start filming the forthcoming Les Miserables film, which has already begun production with scenes being shot in both England and France.

The highly-anticipated film adaptation of Les Miserables will open in movie theatre in December, and according to Daily Mail, the movie will feature brand-new music by the original song writing team. Baz Bamigboye reports that Claude-Michel Schonberg, Alain Boublil and Herbert Kretzmer wrote a song called 'Suddenly' for the movie.

On Twitter Watch, Hugh Jackman wrote 'Day one of Les Mis shoot. Soooo excited!

On Twitter Watch, Rhidian Marc wrote 'We been shootin' guns! You can see the flames in this one! Kick ass.

Sarofin Hall is set to welcome the French bourgeois, presenting the national tour of LES MISERABLES for a week-long, revolutionary engagement from November 6 through the 11th. More information on LES MISERABLES is available at www.lesmis.com. Tickets for the national tour's stop at Sarofin Hall are available via www.houston-theater.com.

On Twitter Watch, Alistair Brammer wrote 'For those that don't know, I'll be playing Jean Prouvaire in the Les Mis movie. For those that don't care, please enjoy your day x love love

Theatre fans everywhere are already itching to see Les Misérables brought to the big screen, and though the film isn't due to hit theatres until December 7, rehearsals have already begun for the new movie. In the video below, 'Cosette' herself, Amanda Seyfried chats about her enthusiasm for the role. Click below to check it out!

Cameron Mackintosh announced today that Ramin Karimloo will extend his run playing 'Jean Valjean' in the legendary musical "LES MISÉRABLES" at the Queen's Theatre until 31 March 2012. David Shannon will then return to the role of 'Jean Valjean' from Tuesday 3 April - Saturday 16 June 2012. He will be followed by Geronimo Rauch who will play the role from Monday 18 June 2012 until Saturday 15 June 2013

The highly anticipated movie version of LES MIS is currently in production, and last night, February 12, several of the stars of the film were in attendance at the 2012 BAFTA Awards. Check out a photo of on-screen rivals Jean Valjean (Hugh Jackman) and Javert (Russell Crowe), as featured on Jackman's Facebook page, below.