Following his Academy Award-winning drama The King's Speech, British director Tom Hooper now turns his hand to the celebrated musical Les Misérables for a star-studded motion-picture adaptation of the stage sensation. Based upon Victor Hugo's classic 1862 French novel of the same name and set against the backdrop of early 19th century France, Les Misérables tells the enthralling story of broken dreams and unrequited love, passion, sacrifice and redemption as prisoner Jean Valjean (portrayed by Hugh Jackman; Australia) breaks parole and finds himself hunted for decades by the ruthless Police Inspector Javert (Russell Crowe; A Beautiful Mind) before ultimately finding himself embroiled in the Paris Uprising of 1832.
Appearing alongside Jackman and Crowe in the cast of Les Misérables are Anne Hathaway (The Dark Knight Rises), Sacha Baron Cohen (The Dictator), Helena Bonham Carter (Dark Shadows), Eddie Redmayne (My Week with Marilyn), Amanda Seyfried (In Time), Eddie Redmayne (My Week with Marilyn), Samantha Barks (Les Misérables: 25th Anniversary Concert) and Aaron Tveit (Gossip Girl).
Les Misérables will be released on Christmas Day in the U.S. and arrives in the UK on January 11th, 2013.
