Les Mis Filming Has Started- Page 15

[Fan2]

Posted: 8/10/12 at 7:26pm

I picked up the EW issue today, and that photo of Amanda and Eddie isn't in it, so I don't know where that scan came from.

[jo]

Posted: 8/10/12 at 7:46pm

Maybe it is from the IPAD edition, because on the page where there are no photos, there are instructions to "TAP to see exclusive photo"?

Updated On: 8/10/12 at 07:46 PM

[jo]

Posted: 8/12/12 at 2:00am

Cute cartoon from a Colm Wilkinson site. Very apt as the Olympics come to a close and as we await the movie release.


Passing the candlesticks!







Updated On: 8/12/12 at 02:00 AM

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 8/12/12 at 2:05am

Here's the source: http://sassycolm.tumblr.com/post/29133667293

Here's more of that artist's work: http://jedees.tumblr.com/tagged/my-art

[maila]

Posted: 9/7/12 at 12:35pm

follow @LesMiserables on twitter and when they reach 24601 followers, they will post a "special video from the set", at this time it has already 24556 followers. so hopefully soon!

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 9/7/12 at 12:40pm

Direct link: https://twitter.com/intent/user?screen_name=lesmiserables

Although they're not a particularly interesting account; I don't know why they retweet some of the most boring/insipid stuff out there.

[maila]

Posted: 9/7/12 at 5:25pm

the "special video from the set" , nothing really new. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-B7RBVbntM&feature=youtu.be

[jo]

Posted: 9/7/12 at 8:17pm

Eddie makes a charming Marius!

But I was distracted by what was happening on the lower right-hand side of the clip. That looks like Hugh giving a film-newbie barricade boy some acting tips.

The set is impressive. You can see Cafe Musain ( aka Cafe de les amis de l'ABC) on the right hand side, too. Plus details like that mattress shielding a window?

Is this where Valjean is singing Bring Him Home?

[phantom8019]

Posted: 9/7/12 at 9:01pm

Any clue when we might see a new trailer? I really want to see more footage from this film!!!

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 9/7/12 at 9:02pm

It looks like Hugh Jackman is talking to Alastair Brammer, but I'm not entirely sure.

[Fan2]

Posted: 9/7/12 at 9:10pm

I believe you are correct, that's West End actor Alistair Brammer. I also think West End actor Jonny Purchase is on the roof - I remember him tweeting that he was "going to sleep on the roof" while Hugh sang "Bring Him Home."

[jo]

Posted: 9/8/12 at 12:12am

It looks like there is going to be a lot of " spotting the West End actors" on this set - which would likely see many key songs being sung. And Aaron Tveit - the only one from Broadway, apart from Hugh ( and Eddie, too ).

[Fan2]

Posted: 9/8/12 at 9:09pm

At the end of a story about the movie Anne Karenina at Toronto Film Festival:

>>Bevan and partner Eric Fellner have also produced another 2012 Holiday biggie, Les Miserables, for Focus’ parent company Universal. ”The fact that they sang all the songs live [instead of pre-recording] is not only unprecendented, it makes a big difference,” Bevan says. They just showed it to the studio to great results, and Bevan says every actor from Hugh Jackman and Russell Crowe on down deliver as do Cameron Mackintosh who was heavily involved in the production and a great asset to director Tom Hooper who is following up his Oscar winning work in The King’s Speech.<<


Universal Has Seen Les Mis

[jo]

Posted: 9/8/12 at 9:31pm

Great news!!

I hope this means they are slightly ahead of their tight post-production schedule, if this means Hooper has completed his first edit, way ahead of the start date for adding the orchestrations ( October 10).

I am also excited to read --

>>>They just showed it to the studio to great results, and Bevan says every actor from Hugh Jackman and Russell Crowe on down deliver...<<<

Great hopes and expectations from this movie musical!!

[Proper Villain]

Posted: 9/10/12 at 9:25pm

Here's the Japanese movie poster.

[aasjb4ever]

Posted: 9/10/12 at 9:31pm

Gorgeous. I hated how they had the title growing organically out of Cosette’s hair in the trailer.

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 9/18/12 at 1:22pm

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118059394

[jacobsnchz14]

Posted: 9/18/12 at 2:07pm

At least it avoids THE HOBBIT by a week which would probably, in all reality, be #1 at the Box Office that week or two.

[Wildcard]

Posted: 9/18/12 at 2:13pm

I don't think Universal ever expected Les Mis to be #1 anyway. Chicago, Dreamgirls, Mamma Mia, etc., none of those movies opened at #1 and were still hits in the long run

[jacobsnchz14]

Posted: 9/18/12 at 2:17pm

One can't help but hope, though. :) But you are right about the other movie musicals you mentioned.

[sabrelady]

Posted: 9/18/12 at 5:52pm

YEAH well, I'm working Christmas so somebody will hafta lemme know if it's worthwhile seeing. ( grumbles dramatically)

[NoName3]

Posted: 9/18/12 at 7:00pm

Never mind. Sorry I didn't see your post Lizzie.

Updated On: 9/18/12 at 07:00 PM

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 9/18/12 at 7:03pm

You don't say!

[best12bars]

Posted: 9/19/12 at 9:01am

The new Christmas opening date also gives them an extra 10 days for post production finessing, which I'm sure made a lot of people happy.

All they have to do is open it no later that 12/31/2012 (and run it for at least a full week in a Los Angeles movie theatre, which is easily a done deal) for it to qualify for the 2012 Oscars.

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

Posted: 9/19/12 at 9:22am

In terms of Oscar potential alone (and not quality or even financial success...though this is the kind of film that needs a lot of "prestige" buzz to do well, sorry, I don't think the name alone will be enough--see PHANTOM, RENT, and THE PRODUCERS) I do worry that this new release date means the film won't be finished in time to be screened for the important groups they need to build buzz: critics' circles, the HFPA and the guilds. This happened last year with EXTREMELY LOUD AND INCREDIBLY CLOSE and GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTTOO, the films were not finished in time to be screened for some groups, they failed to gain that early buzz and ultimately had disappointing showings both at the Oscars and at the box office (EXTREMELY LOUD picked up a random Best Picture nod and a Suporting Actor bid for Max Von Sydow, but the movie was DOA, and GIRL... was more successful but I think it had the potential to do a lot better).
We'll see, perhaps the extra time will indeed result in a better product and audiences will still flock to it, but I worry.
Here's Anne Thompson's (who's a very insightful Oscar columnist) take on the whole thing:

Universal Pictures would have loved to put "Les Miserables," Tom Hooper's follow-up to the Oscar-winning "The King's Speech," onto the fall festival circuit to build support and buzz. But the Working Title/Cameron Mackintosh epic period film adaptation of the global hit musical wasn't anywhere near ready.
Thus it is not a huge surprise that the studio is pushing back the movie, which stars Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe and Anne Hathaway, from December 14 to the last possible day that it could still recoup some major holiday business: December 25. It will open after "Zero Dark Thirty" and "The Impossible," opposite Quentin Tarantino's "Django Unchained."

This late a break could have an impact on the awards race if the movie isn't ready to screen by late November for critics groups such as the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which nominates Golden Globes contenders, and the New York and LA Film Critics. This movie should be catnip for Oscar voters: it's got scale, scope, and top actors in period garb and settings.




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Updated On: 9/21/12 at 09:22 AM