Hugh Jackman Says He Will Star in Les Miz Film
Tony Award winner Hugh Jackman will play Jean Valjean in the film version of the international hit musical Les Miserables, he told a Toronto radio station.
Talking by phone to radio station 98.1 CHFI on June 27, in advance of the July 5 start of a concert engagement at Toronto's Princess of Wales Theatre, Jackman ( The Boy From Oz ) said, "I do have a desire to do a movie musical. Looks like that's coming true because I'm gonna do Les Miserables , the movie version of it, next year. I'm excited. That's something I need to bring my A-game for."
Jackman, who will take the role of moral hero Jean Valjean, said the film of Les Miz , which has its roots in the London, Broadway and international hit produced by Cameron Mackintosh, will start filming next year, after he shoots "Wolverine 2" this fall. The decades-spanning drama is drawn from the novel by Victor Hugo.
Paul Bettany ("Priest," "Wimbledon") has been mentioned in press reports to play Inspector Javert, who doggedly pursues the reformed thief Valjean.
Tom Hooper, the Oscar-nominated director of "The King's Speech," is expected to direct the film. Given the socially turbulent early 19th-century period in which the tale is set (fighting at the barricades, anyone?), the movie version produced by Working Title Films is to be a big-budget experience teeming with a large cast. Universal will distribute. No casting has been officially announced.
The stage musical is by Alain Boublil (book), Claude-Michel Schönberg (book and music) and Herbert Kretzmer (lyrics). William Nicholson has been mentioned as screenwriter.
Jackman also said that his career high so far was starring as Peter Allen in Broadway's The Boy From Oz , for which he won the Tony Award as Best Actor in a Musical. Despite the bad reviews for the show, he said it was an extraordinary experience for him. He added that he is most happy when he is on a stage in front of an audience.
Hooper's film credit before the Best Picture-nominated "The King's Speech" was "The Damned United," about an English football coach. He was also director of the acclaimed miniseries "John Adams.
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Jackman, who was seen on screen in "X-Men Origins: Wolverine," is also known for his film roles in the "X-Men" trilogy, "Someone Like You," "Swordfish," "Kate and Leopold," "Van Helsing" and the recent "The Fountain" and "Happy Feet" (in voice).
He has a new graphic novel project coming up called Elvis Van Helsing as co-writer. It's the story of Elvis Yang, an adopted son of a Korean couple, who has no girlfriend, lives in his parent's basement, and is in his six year of college.
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Good news from the movie: Richard Roxburgh (Count Dracula) and Silvia Colloca (Verona) are married! They met through the set and now they’ve REALLY become husband and wife. Congratulations to them!
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1. No hardcore criticism of this movie. (A bit of criticism is ok.) Yes, the effects were great. They made them look so real, especially the giant bats and werewolves. That’s one thing I love about Van Helsing.
Next were the characters. Two of my favourite characters had to be Anna Valerious and Count Dracula. Anna played by Kate Beckinsale had a very head-strong personality and very determined to seek vengeance on Count Dracula. She’s beautiful and strong (Physically and mentally), a very good example for us women. (Of course we don’t have to count in beauty).
Count Vladisclaus Dracula played by Richard Roxburgh was also my favourite character as he is evil, cool, seductive and powerful. His evilness and coolness has attracted my attention to him. Now I like Count Dracula, be it from the movie or in Bram Stoker’s novel.
This movie has mixed genres as well. Action, horror and romance. I love this kind of mixture which makes everything so exciting.
To me, of course this movie is GREAT. It’s my all time favourite movie. I’ve watched it in the cinema theatre 2 times, bought the movie-based novel and bought the VCD.(I was in such a rush to buy it that I never noticed the DVD!
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