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Russell Crowe Reportedly Set to Face Off Against Hugh Jackman in Les Miserables

Though Anne Hathaway is still just rumored to be a potential addition to Tom Hooper’s musical film adaptation of Les Miserables , star Hugh Jackman is already getting some company for the December 2012 release. According to Variety, Russell Crowe will play foil to Jackman’s Jean Valjean as Inspector Javert. Could Crowe’s past experience singing with his bands 30 Odd Foot of Grunts and The Ordinary Fear of God have given him the casting edge?

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Russell Crowe Reportedly Set to Face Off Against Hugh Jackman in Les Miserables

Jewish Hero Judah Maccabee Has New Screen Champion: Mel Gibson

This just in from sister site Deadline: Warner Bros. is developing a Joe Eszterhas-penned project about the tale of warrior-hero Judah Maccabee, who led a second-century revolt against Hellenistic overlords in the name of the Jewish people. The project’s producer and possible director? Mel Gibson .

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Jewish Hero Judah Maccabee Has New Screen Champion: Mel Gibson