(Anne Hathaway) young daughter, Cosette (Amanda Seyfried), their lives change forever. In December 2012, the world's longest running musical brings its power to the big screen in Tom Hooper's sweeping and spectacular interpretation of Victor Hugo's epic tale. Hugh Jackman plays Jean Valjean, a Frenchman released from
Toulon prison after 19 years of imprisonment for stealing bread and failed
attempts of escaping from the prison. Russell Crowe appears as Inspector Javert, a police inspector who releases Valjean on parole, then later dedicates his life to imprisoning him again. Anne Hathaway portrays Fantine, a struggling factory worker and mother of an illegi-
timate child, Cosette. She is eventually forced to turn to prostitution. Amanda Seyfried will be seen as Cosette,
the illegitimate daughter of Fantine who has grown into a beautiful
teenager under Valjean's care and falls in love with Marius. Sacha Baron Cohen plays Thénardier, a common thief who is also an innkeeper. He is also the father of Éponine (played by Samantha Barks) and Gavroche (played by Daniel
Huttlestone), while Helena Bonham Carter appears as Madame Thénardier, the unscrupulous innkeeper's wife who, along with her husband, houses and abuses Cosette until Valjean "buys" her from them after Fantine's death. Ultra talented Eddie Redmayne portrays Marius Pontmercy, a student revolutionary who is friends with the Thenardiers' daughter, Éponine, but falls in love with Cosette.
HOLLYWOOD SPY HEADLINES
Your poster treat for today is the new poster for upcoming fantasy
thriller HOST which is to hit cinemas next March starring Saoirse Ronan
and that god-awful Max Irons (remember his crimes against
acting in RED RIDDING HOOD?). The movie adaptation of Stephenie Meyer's novel takes place in a world where aliens known as Souls have the ability to infiltrate a human's mind and body. Saoirse Ronan stars as Melanie Stryder, one of the few left who have not been taken over by this alien race. In TV news, THE CROW director Alex Proyas will helm new sci fi drama EVOLVE for ABC. Based on a planned trilogy of novels by Tim Lebbon the show will be set two years after a biological disaster. With a toxic Los Angeles sealed off, a small group of survivors living outside the quarantine zone embark on a mission to learn the truth behind the catastrophe and discover a race of people with superhuman abilities.
acting in RED RIDDING HOOD?). The movie adaptation of Stephenie Meyer's novel takes place in a world where aliens known as Souls have the ability to infiltrate a human's mind and body. Saoirse Ronan stars as Melanie Stryder, one of the few left who have not been taken over by this alien race. In TV news, THE CROW director Alex Proyas will helm new sci fi drama EVOLVE for ABC. Based on a planned trilogy of novels by Tim Lebbon the show will be set two years after a biological disaster. With a toxic Los Angeles sealed off, a small group of survivors living outside the quarantine zone embark on a mission to learn the truth behind the catastrophe and discover a race of people with superhuman abilities.
EUROPA REPORT TRAILER
When it comes to video material, your trailer for today is the first one for upcoming science fiction thriller THE EUROPA REPORT. As you will see yourself the trailer is extremely atmospheric and creepy and fills your bones with chills with the eerie music! Starring Daniel Wu, Christian Camargo, Michael Nuqvist and Sharlto Copley, this science fiction adventure follows a contemporary manned mission to Europa – the fourth moon of Jupiter - the place thought by scientists to hold the greatest probability for alien life in our solar system. When unmanned probes suggest that a hidden ocean exists underneath the icy surface of the moon and could contain single-celled life, an interna-
tional crew of six embark on a privately funded mission to the edges of our solar system to confirm the data and explore the truly revolutionary scientific discoveries that lie in the Europan ocean.The long and ambitious journey tests the psychological and physical limits of the crew as they travel further into the depths of space.
I still don't buy the goatee for Russell Crowe's Javert. EUROPA looks...interesting (though I can't view the video from here).
ReplyDeleteit's a very unusual trailer, Joshie, not much to see but it's still very eerie and scary
DeleteLes Miserables????, I'm feeling miserable!
ReplyDeletewhy so miserable, Lurk?
DeleteHugh Jackman AND Russel Crowe? Sounds like a movie for the ladies to line up and drool!
ReplyDeleteEddie Redmayne is also a droolworthy material....
DeleteNever heard of him.
DeleteBy the way, have you seen what I have done to your beloved Anzie?
http://www.shamefulpromotions.com/2012/11/game-of-thrones-odd-couple.html
he's in the pictures, Danzel :)
DeleteI haven't, but if you put my Annzie to shame, prepare to have your ass kicked by me :)
Les Mis looks splendid. The visuals, the costuming, the music, the story all add up to a feast for the senses. I do love those pics as well. The richness of the colours and the atmosphere is just wonderful.
ReplyDeleteI do wish that the trailer for Europa had been a bit longer as the story sounds intriguing.
it's a lovely VOGUE photo shoot, I love it when magazines do such photo sessions with the whole cast of a film.
DeleteI haven't had a VOGUE in my hands for years and years. Too many lovely things I can't afford to buy and it makes me sad to look at it.
DeleteI've never had a VOGUE in my hands, darling, if that's any consolation to you :PP
DeleteLes Mis looks so over the top and so overdone I'm gonna have to skip that one. I saw a preview for it at the movies and almost had to get out of my seat until the preview was over. No way could I sit through the entire movie.
ReplyDeleteLOL.... well, it's not easy swallowing Anne Hatthaway singing her heart out in some of the scenes.
DeleteOh, I may even go out on Christmas day to see Les Mis. I love live theater and musicals, so I'm all over this movie. Should be entertaining. :))
ReplyDeleteyou will probably go home after the film singing the songs :)
DeleteI read on another blog that those fab Les Miz portrait photos were taken by Annie Leibovitz for Vanity Fair. Great, aren't they?
ReplyDeletePardon me, VOGUE as I now see imprinted on each one, LOL!
DeleteI love the work Annie used to do for Rolling Stone Mag back in the day.
Deleteyep, Debs, it's for VOGUE :) Although Leibovitz did have amazing photo shoots for VANITY FAIR too. And for ROLLING STONE as Annzie says
DeleteCarter and Cohen look a little out of place
ReplyDeletemy opinion as well, but they say their characters are like that in the novel too
DeleteCan't wait for Les Miz! As for The Host, well I'm not fond of Twilight at all and this one has some similarities, but I might give it a shot because I like Saoirse. She's eons better than that darn K-Stew!
ReplyDeleteP.S. Looks like you changed your comment system again Dez, well at least I can still comment this time :)
I had to put OPEN ID comment form because I've been getting up to 15 spam comments a day and even though Blogger catches them and sends them to my spam box, I still get notifications on them in my personal e-mail and it became tiresome...
DeleteI think Les Mis might make me like Russell Crowe again. And I am totally excited over the casting of Helena and Sacha in those roles..PERFECT!!
ReplyDeleteAs for The Host...not so much a Stephanie Meyer fan, but the story sounds interesting ans Saorise is pretty incredible, so just maybe!
I wonder if there's an antiMeyers fanclub somewhere... we should join the army if there is :)
DeleteLove the portrait type pictures. Well done for the era.
ReplyDeleteI miss you Dezzy! I managed to kill my netbook just about the time my blog break started so I'm feeling even more cut off now. Ugh.
.......dhole
hey, Donnzie, I was wondering how on Earth can you live without me for such a long time :)
Delete"The Host" ??????
ReplyDeletebut there is another movie with the same tittle!
(a very good Hong-Kong fantasy/sf one made by
Joon-ho Bong )
the "new" one don't seems to be very original!
I'm curious to see the Hollywood version of "Les Misérables" !
(didn't see the trailers: they always give too much informations about the movie!)
yep, nothing written by Stephenie Meyers is worth our attention, Samwise. she's truly horrid.
DeleteI'm the best! I can recognize a bad work with only a small resume !
DeleteTHE EUROPA REPORT looks like the graphics are going to be great. It's hard to tell from what little they gave us in the trailer (tease). The storyline sounds great though!
ReplyDeleteit really is a teaser, isn't it? :)
DeleteIt was. It made me wonder why they even released it?
Deletewell, to tease us :)
Deleteles miserables is a movie that I would like to see Dezzy:))
ReplyDeleteme too, Gloria :)
Deletepass, i i will pass... i am so going to pass and i don't mean a football
ReplyDeleteand not gas, God forbid, you may pass the gas only to some other lad or lass, not to my imperial Dezzas :)
DeleteSorry I'm so late, sweetheart. I had a horribly busy day yesterday. :(
ReplyDeleteI cannot wait for Les Mis and these posters are exquisite. It is one of my favorite musicals of all time.
Anything by Stephenie Myer is bound to suck, but I like Saiorse, so I may give this a chance.
hope it was work busy, and not busy in some bad way, Melsy :)
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