King's Speech Director Tom Hooper to Direct LES MISERABLES

Academy Award winning director Tom Hooper (King's Speech) is set to direct his next feature film, Les Miserables, for Universal Pictures. The movie will actually be a full blown version of the popular musical. According to Deadline this will definitely be Hooper's next movie.

The script for the film was written by Bill Nicholson, and production is scheduled to begin before the end of the year, somewhere in Europe. 

I'm a big fan of the stage play musical and Hooper should do a great job brining it to life on the big screen. This could be a pretty epic musical film. I didn't really care that much for the 1998 Liam Neeson film version directed by Billie August. But I think this is something to look forward.

Here's a little description of what the story is about:

Jean Valjean is released after spending 19 years in prison for stealing a loaf of bread. As a result, he is a bitter and desperate man. Due to the kindness of a Bishop, Valjean is able to find God and is motivated to be a good man. Eventually he rises to become the Mayor of Montreuil-sur-Mer and a factory owner. Unfortunately, he has also broken his parole and Javert, a policeman, is after him. As one of his workers, Fantine, is about to die, Valjean promises to take care of her daughter, Cosette. After Valjean purchases Cosette from the money-grubbing Thenardiers (where she had been lodging), the show moves 9 years to the future where Cosette has become a woman. With the French Revolution ensuing, Cosette falls in love with a student revolutionary, Marius. After a battle, Marius falls unconscious in the sewer of Paris. Before Valjean dies, he manages to save Marius so that Marius and Cosette can be wed.

What do you think about Hooper taking on Les Miserables?

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