So that means Les Mis won as many Oscars as Argo. Only Life of Pi won more. Les Mis won Best Making, Best Supporting Actress and Best Sound Mixing (we missed on Best Production Design).

I apologize I'm so far behind on Les Mis news. But I'll be wrapping up the intense coverage soon anyway. I was thinking the end would be with the Oscars and the ( Read more... )

I'm a little slow finishing this. But here is my Q&A meme about what I read in 2012.

( 2012 Book Meme )

Merry Christmas everyone!

NY Magazine (Vulture): The Toughest Scene I Wrote: William Nicholson on Les Misérables

Gold Derby: Watch: Tom Hooper on timelessness and relevance of 'Les Miserables'

This video is from 2 weeks ago: Examiner: Exclusive interview with 'Les Miserables' Director Tom Hooper (video). He talks a lot about why he favored the ( Read more... )

A couple new photos:
Eponine reads Cosette's letter
Marius reads Cosette's letter
Marius (better crop of existing photo)

Variety: Tales can soar beyond both page and stage: Eye on the Oscars: The Writer. A short interview with screenwriter William Nicholson:

A perusal of Nicholson's screenplay (the movie has not yet screened) suggests fans of ( Read more... )

As many if not most of you know, the Les Mis screenings have begun.

I'm sure those of you truly interested in this have been following this yourself. But for now I'll just share just the highlights. As I had to work today and there has been an almost constant flow of Les Mis news there's no way I'm going to keep up with it all ( Read more... )

I was out and about yesterday and didn't have time for a full update.

A new photo of the set on Facebook.

Interview with Hugh Jackman in Rise of the Guardians & Les Miserables. The actual interview was done in May when Hugh was still filming Les Mis, and thus had his Valjean look:

With this nice beard and interesting haircut…
Oh yes, for Les ( Read more... )

A post on IMBd reminded me that I haven't gone through William Nicholson's Q&A for awhile (my last post was Feb. 28).

Posted by Caleb Lee
September 3rd 2012I'm very excited to see Les Miserables, which you wrote the screenplay for. Four questions :) 1. Did you read the book a lot before writing the script? 2.Did you add any new surprises that ( Read more... )

I hadn't been posting these because there are so many of them and they mostly say almost the exact same thing, but because there's so little news of late and because this is a little better than most here it is: IndieWire's "Strong Contenders"In semi-related news, I was at the library the other day and I found an audiobook by William Nicholson, who ( Read more... )

Screenwriter William Nicholson will be part of the London TEDxObserver event (apparently) today (it may have already happened). He will be a guest at the simulcast in Brighton and will be interviewed in one segment of the program. The story in The Guardian mentioned Les Misérables so that may be a topic in the discussion ( Read more... )

I got to thinking how I haven't gone through screenwriter William Nicholson's Q&As for a while. Here are a few new ones. If you have a question you would like to ask him go to his site and fill out the form.

Posted by Theresa Hardman
October 22nd 2011Is it true that you will be writing the screenplay for the film version of the musical "Les ( Read more... )