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Hollywood’s taking another shot at Les Miserables—the classic Victor Hugo story set during the 19th century June Rebellion (not the French Revolution!). Though the story’s probably better known in the States for its Broadway version than as a French novel, it’s been interpreted on screen without the songs, most recently in 1998. That version, starring Liam Neeson, Uma Thurman, Geoffrey Rush and Claire Danes, wasn’t quite a box office smash. But this time around the story’s getting an all-star writer to match its cast. Tom Hooper, who wrote The King’s Speech (and dates Imitation’s Tara Subkoff) is penning the script. Russel Crowe is playing Inspector Javert, Hugh Jackman is Jean Valjean and Anne Hathaway‘s just signed on to play Fantine. Unlike the 1998 version this one’s a musical, and a musical led by the beloved Jackman. It’s Hathaway’s first musical, and a big change from The Dark Knight. Meanwhile, IMDB lists Helena Bonham Carter and Geoffrey Rush as Madame and Monsieur Thenardier, the inn-keepers, which would inject the perfect amount of fun into the otherwise pretty depressing story. Who do you think should play Cosette?