Les MiserablesAfter taking The King’s Speech to the Academy Awards last year and winning the film Best Picture and the Best Director award for himself, Tom Hooper returns behind the camera to bring one of the most renowned novels, itself adapted into one of the most beloved musicals, to the big screen.

With its stellar cast made up of Anne Hathaway, Russell Crowe, Hugh Jackman, Amanda Seyfried, Sacha Baron Cohen, Eddie Redmayne, Samantha Barks, and Helena Bonham Carter, Hooper’s adaptation of Victor Hugo’s original novel is surrounded with Oscar buzz already.

USA Today have debuted nine great new images from the film, giving us a look at almost all of the top-billed cast, with the exceptions of Baron Cohen and Bonham Carter.

The first trailer for the film is expected to debut tomorrow, so be sure to come back for that when it hits, because smart money says it’s going to be spectacular.

The screen musical is of course a hard genre to do well, but I have every faith in Hooper and his fantastic cast that this will be one of the finest we’ve seen in recent years.

Les Misérables will debut in the US on 14th December this year, putting it in prime position for a run at the awards season shortly after, coming to the UK early in 2013 on 11th January. For now, the nine new images for your viewing pleasure. And as usual, you can click to enlarge.

 

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