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VIDEO FLASH: Official Trailer for Les Miserables Film, Starring Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway, Hugh Jackman

Hugh Jackman in Les Miserables
(© Universal)
Hugh Jackman in Les Miserables
(© Universal)

Universal has released an official trailer for the film version of the musical Les Miserables, which is directed by Academy Award winner Tom Hooper. The film is scheduled to be released on December 7, 2012.

The cast features Tony Award winner Hugh Jackman as Jean Valjean, Russell Crowe as Javert, Anne Hathaway as Fantine, Tony winner Eddie Redmayne as Marius, Amanda Seyfried as Cosette, Samantha Barks as Eponine, Aaron Tveit as Enjolras, Colm Wilkinson as the Bishop of Digne, and Helena Bonham Carter and Sasha Baron Cohen as the Thenardiers


In addition, 12-year-old West End actor Daniel Huttlestone plays Gavroche, and other British actors set to appear in the film include Tony winner (and original Broadway cast member) Francis Ruffellle, Bertie Carvel, Adrian Scarborough, Daniel Evans, Caroline Sheen, Hadley Fraser, Killian Donnelly, Mike Jibson, Linzi Hateley, Gemma Wardle, Katy Secombe, Gina Beck, Fra Fee, Alexia Khadine, and Katie Hall.

In the trailer, Oscar nominee Hathaway is heard singing Fantine’s “I Dreamed a Dream.”