Tom Hooper Talks ‘Les Misérables’ Rerelease, Says He’s Hoping to Get Back to Big-Screen Filmmaking
14.02.2024 - 11:02
/ variety.com
Alex Ritman It’s been almost 12 years since the release of “Les Misérables,” Tom Hooper’s adaptation of the hit musical and a triumphant follow-up to the director’s 2010 Oscars-dominating smash hit “The King’s Speech.” It was a film that earned more than $442 million globally and saw Anne Hathaway famously declare “it came true” after winning the Academy Award for best supporting actress. It’s also been almost five years since Hooper’s most recent feature, “Cats,” an expensive adaptation of another hit musical that didn’t quite land with the same splash. But as a remastered “Les Misérables” heads back to U.K.
cinemas in time for Valentine’s Day (in the U.S. it’s scheduled for Feb. 23), Hooper hints to Variety that he’s ready to return to feature filmmaking, with several projects nearing.
“I’m certainly quite close on a couple of things,” he explains. “I’ve been busy. I’m very happy to get back behind the camera.” Since “Cats,” which Hooper hasn’t widely discussed since its release, the director has mostly focused on commercial work (recent clients include Vodafone, McDonald’s, Santander and Vanish).
But he admits that going back in the studio for the remastering of “Les Misérables” has made him want to get behind the camera once again for another movie. “Particularly for the big screen,” he says. “And when you’re a parent and you end up watching a lot of films not on the big screen, you’re reminded what an incredibly powerful medium it is.” Remixed and remastered in Dolby Atmos and Dolby Vision, the new version of “Les Misérables” gives “people who remember it from its original release the chance to see it in this fresh way,” Hooper says.
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