The first trailer for Les Miserables has been released. The trailer shows Anne Hathaway singing "I Dreamed a Dream" over the trailer as we see bits and pieces of the different characters and a little bit about the story, but the trailer doesn't give much away.
Set in 19th century France the film tells the story of Jean Valjean, a former prisoner who becomes major of a small time of a town in France. Valjean agrees to take care of Cosette the illegitimate daughter of Fantine, and must avoind being captured by Javert, a police inspector.
The cast ensemble along with Anne Hathaway is Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Eddie Redmayne, Amanda Seyfried, Sacha Baron Cohen, Helena Bonham Carter, Samantha Barks and Aaron Tveit.
The film is set for release on the 14th December in the US and 11th January in the UK
Dark Shadows opens this week at the cinema and is another team up of the fabulous duo Tim Burton and Johnny Depp. The film is based on the fantasy comedy soap opera Dark Shadows that ran between 1966-1971.
Depp plays Barnabas a vampire who was turned by a witch called Angelique (Eva Green) after breaking her heart, he is buried alive for 200 years and when he wakes up in the 70's what was his wealthy estate has fallen into disrepair and so has what is left of his disfunctional descendants. He wishes to restore his families name, but when Angelique finds out she plots revenge and tries to win him back.
Depp looks brilliant in this film like he does in most of his films when a slightly disfunctional/weird character is involved.
Along side Johnny Depp and Eva Green the film also stars Michelle Pfeiffer, Jonny Lee Miller, Chloe Morezt, Gulliver McGrath, Helena Bonham Carter and Jackie Earl Haley.
With director Tim Burton on board you know that this is going to be a good film, and it is most definitely going to be a bit weird like most Burton films. But i am really looking forward to seeing this film, mainly because i love Johnny Depp and when ever he teams up with Tim Burton a good film always comes out.
Its already had some mixed reviews with an average rating of 52% on Rotten Tomatoes but you should still check it out.
Dark Shadows is being released on the 11th May so don't forget to check it out.
(don't forget to check back for a review of the film)
