Briefly: Universal has seemingly decided that the new film adaptation of
Les Miserables, starring
Hugh Jackman,
Russell Crowe, and
Anne Hathaway and directed by
Tom Hooper (
The Kings Speech), makes a good Christmas present. (A present for Universal, at least.) The film has been pushed back to a December 25 opening.
It doesn't hurt that the December 25 berth has less competition now than it did not long ago, as
Ang Lee's
Life of ...