Tag Archives: Hugh Jackman

Les Miserables

by Mark Keizer (Boxoffice.com) (December 7, 2012)

Since its publication in 1862, Victor Hugo's Les Misérables has been adapted for radio, television, film, comic book and, of course, the stage. It has been romanticized, canonized, contemporized, monetized and even sequelized. To director Tom Hooper, these adaptations are the work of pikers. Thus, Hooper has charged himself with creating ...

Jane Fonda In The Butler

by Box Office India (March 31, 2012)

Jane Fonda has signed on to play Nancy Reagan’s character in The Butler. Reagan, wife of famous Conservative US President Ronald Reagan, raised eyebrows due to her anti-war and civil rights activism in the ‘60s and ‘70s. The film, which will be directed by Lee Daniels, is a biopic ...

Hugh Jackman In Les Miserables

by Box Office India (June 18, 2011)

Hugh Jackman is in talks to star in the musical adaptation of Les Miserables, which is to be directed by The King’s Speech director Tom Hooper. If the deal works out, Jackman would play Jean Valjean, the man who steals bread to feed his sister and spends the ensuing years ...