Les Misérables - From Theater to Cinemas

From the theater stages of Broadway, New York and East End, London, the most awaited movie adaptation of the year – Les Misérables. With a power-cast including Oscar winner Russel Crowe, Hugh Jackman, Anne Hathaway, Amanda Seyfried to name a few and directed by Academy Award winning director, Tom Hooper.

MOVIE TRAILER

Les Misérables will be showing in cinemas nationwide on January 16, 2013.

Here is the press release from Solar Entertainment Corporation:

PRESS RELEASE

Les Misérables is the motion-picture adaptation of the beloved global stage sensation seen by more than 60 million people in 42 countries and in 21 languages around the globe and still breaking box-office records everywhere in its 27th year. Helmed by The King’s Speech’s Academy Award®-winning director, Tom Hooper, the Working Title/Cameron Mackintosh production stars Hugh Jackman, Oscar® winner Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway, Amanda Seyfried, Eddie Redmayne, Aaron Tveit, Samantha Barks, with Helena Bonham Carter and Sacha Baron Cohen.

Set against the backdrop of 19th-century France, Les Misérables tells an enthralling story of broken dreams and unrequited love, passion, sacrifice and redemption—a timeless testament to the survival of the human spirit. Jackman plays ex-prisoner Jean Valjean, hunted for decades by the ruthless policeman Javert (Crowe) after he breaks parole. When Valjean agrees to care for factory worker Fantine’s (Hathaway) young daughter, Cosette, their lives change forever.