PHOTO FLASH: Hugh Jackman, Claude Michel Schoenberg at Les Miserables Movie Rehearsal
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Tony Award winner Hugh Jackman has posted a photograph of himself with Les Miserables composer Claude Michel Schoenberg to his Twitter account. In addition, Jackman has announced he will sing a new song that Schoenberg has composed for the movie.
As previously announced, Jackman will star as Jean Valjean in the movie version of the popular stage musical, which will be directed by Academy Award winner Tom Hooper and be released on December 7, 2012.
The cast will also feature Russell Crowe as Javert, Anne Hathaway as Fantine, Eddie Redmayne as Marius, Amanda Seyfried as Cosette, Samantha Barks as Eponine, Aaron Tveit as Enjolras, and Colm Wilkinson as the Bishop of Digne, as well as Tony Award winner Frances Ruffelle, who will appear in the “Lovely Ladies” sequence of the movie. In addition, Helena Bonham Carter and Sasha Baron Cohen will reportedly play the Thenardiers.
