Just because a stage adaptation of Victor Hugo's Les Miserable has been running on Broadway for like a bazillion years doesn't mean a movie is guaranteed big bucks. The Phantom of the Opera is just as popular if not more so, and Joel Schumacher's 2004 version didn't go over so well. They simply can't all be Chicago, and more tend to turn out like Rent, which was friggin' horrible. Then again, musicals aren't really my bag. The only ones that really hit home with me are the more peppy musicals, like Todd Graff's Camp or Adam Shankman's Hairspray.
Tom Hooper has an ace up his sleeve for his Les Miserables, however, and that's an incredible A-list cast. The King's Speech director has rounded up Hugh Jackman, Amanda Seyfried, Anne Hathaway, Russell Crowe, Eddie Redmayne, Sacha Baron Cohen, Helena Bonham Carter, and newcomer Samantha Barks.
USA Today has unveiled some new images from the film, including better looks at Jackman as ex-con Jean Valjean, and Crowe as his dogged pursuer, Inspector Javert. Les Miserables will open on December 7th....
