She was last seen in the big screen adaptation of Les Misérables and word is that Samantha Barks has landed a role in Universal Pictures' reboot of Dracula.

The Hollywood Reporter report that Barks is attached to play a figure from Eastern European myth known as a baba yaga – a young woman who is transformed into a vicious witch in the film that sees The Hobbit's Luke Evans as the legendary vampire.

Boardwalk Empire's Charlie Cox, Thor Kristjansson and Game of Thrones actor Art Parkinson have also joined the film with Parkinson set to play Dracula's son Ingeras.

Penned by Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless and will be directed by first-time feature filmmaker Gary Shore, Dracula also has Dominic Cooper and The Amazing Spider-Man 2's Sarah Gadon attached to the film.

Barks will next be seen in John Stephenson's The Christmas Candle alongside Lesley Manville.

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To kick off the week, and help brighten up a drab Monday morning, I have some Les Misérables goodness to share...

Today, we are celebrating the musical phenomenon of LES MISÉRABLES with National ‘Sing Your Day’, as the box-office sensation comes to Blu-ray and DVD. The day is in association with fab musical charity Nordorf Robbins and there are several ways we’d love you to get involved...

OFFICIAL LONDON FLASH MOB - fans have been invited to stop head down to St Pancras at 1pm today to help create a new World Record.  With over 2,000 people signed up on Facebook to sing alongside top-selling classical artist Laura Wright, it is sure to be a spectacular sight!

• We’d love any support you can offer to flag the event – with a tweet using #SingYourDay

• We will be sending around a video from the day at around 4pm today – it would be great if you could post this on the site

SING YOUR DAY - we are encouraging fans to film or photograph themselves singing at any particular time in their day, in an effort to make even the most mundane daily tasks more musical!

All fans need to do is upload the video or photo to their Facebook page and tag the official Facebook page (@LesMiserablesMovieUK) or tweet a link using #singyourday or #LesMis

• If you are dying to let your inner Hugh Jackman out, please feel free to get involved yourselves.

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LES MISÉRABLES IS OUT TODAY ON DVD AND BLU-RAY

Following the success of Seth MacFarlane's Ted, it has emerged that Les Misérables babe Amanda Seyfried has entered negotiations to star in his forthcoming comedy Western Million Ways to Die in the West.

The Hollywood Reporter report that Seyfried would appear alongside Charlize Theron assuming both sign on the dotted line for the film that features a meek farmer who backs out of a gunfight, breaking up with his girlfriend as a consequence.

He befriends the wife of an outlaw when she offers to teach him how to shoot, falling for her just as her husband reappears on the scene.

Oscar host MacFarlane is set to direct and star in the feature, which is scheduled to begin production in May from a script written by him and his Ted writing partners Alex Sulkin and Wellesley Wild.

Seyfried returns to cinemas for Justin Zackham's comedy The Big Wedding in May and will be heard in Blue Sky's Epic as Mary Katherine.

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THE BIG WEDDING OPENS ON MAY 31

Golden Globe winning actor Hugh Jackman has said that he would be interested in performing in another musical adapted to the screen.

The Les Misérables actor who immortalises Jean Valjean in Tom Hooper's adaptation of the beloved classic said that he would like to star in something "lighter" revealing to E! Online prior to winning the Golden Globe for Best Actor "I think I want to do maybe a lighter one next time. What about some dancing in the next one?"

Jackman returns to cinemas with James Mangold's The Wolverine on July 26 alongside Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy's Svetlana Khodchenkova, which will see Jackman in Japan as the iconic Marvel hero for the sixth time.

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THE WOLVERINE OPENS ON JULY 26

Les Misérables opens in UK cinemas in January, and director Tom Hooper has described it as one of the most rewarding experiences of his career.

Speaking to Flicks and Bits the Oscar winning filmmaker said that it was a unique challenge to adapt one of the most beloved musicals of all time for the big screen explaining "I thought that there was an amazing opportunity to work in a very emotional way with this film, because of the way it combines this extraordinary story with the power and transcendence and pull of the music.
I'm interested in telling stories where there's strong emotional connections that pre-exist between the audience and the story I'm telling.

One of the things that was so exciting about doing The King's Speech was the emotion it provoked in audiences around the world. It made me very much want to make my next film with a subject that would provoke even stronger emotions."

Les Misérables opens on January 11 and features the stellar cast of Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Amanda Seyfried, Anne Hathaway, Helena Bonham Carter, Isabelle Allen, Sacha Baron Cohen, Eddie Redmayne and Samantha Barks.

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LES MISÉRABLES HITS UK SCREENS ON JANUARY 11

With Zack Snyder's Man of Steel flying into cinemas next summer, Oscar winner Russell Crowe has opened up about his forthcoming role as Jor-El.

The Les Misérables actor told MTV "It afforded me a wonderful opportunity to put a specific thing in the minds of 14-year-old boys, and that is that the bravest thing you can do, the most important thing you can ever do, is love."

Crowe is the latest actor to take on the iconic role of Superman's Kryptonian father, following in the footsteps of the late, great Marlon Brando who portrayed Jor-El in Richard Donner series of the late 70's.

The character was more recently portrayed by Terence Stamp and Julian Sands in the popular and long running WB series Smallville that featured Tom Welling as Clark Kent aka Kal-El aka Superman.

Man of Steel opens on June 14 featuring Henry Cavill as Clark Kent alongside Amy Adams, Kevin Costner, Diane Lane, Laurence Fishburne, Michael Shannon, Christopher Meloni and Harry Lennix.

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MAN OF STEEL OPENS ON JUNE 14

The reports were true! It has been confirmed that The Dark Knight Rises heroine Anne Hathaway will star in Steven Spielberg's Robopocalypse.

Hathaway was linked to the project back in September, and up until now she hadn't spoken publicly about the forthcoming sci-fi project from the legendary director.

Speaking to Empire, the actress who will next be seen in Tom Hooper's Les Misérables said "If Robopocalypse happens I will be in it and I believe it's quite real, though you never want to hang your hat on anything."

She revealed that the appeal of working with Spielberg was too great to turn down adding "Whenever I'm taking time off, I always joke to my team that I'm on vacation unless Steven Spielberg calls. And I was on vacation and Spielberg called. So I was like, 'OK, put my money where my mouth is'."

Hooper's Les Misérables opens on January 11 and features the stellar cast of Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Amanda Seyfried, Helena Bonham Carter, Isabelle Allen, Sacha Baron Cohen, Eddie Redmayne and Samantha Barks.

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LES MISÉRABLES OPENS ON JANUARY 11 ACROSS THE UK

She was last seen as Selena Kyle in Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Rises and while she'll return to cinemas in Tom Hooper's Les Misérables word is she has entered talks for Steven Spielberg's Robopocalypse.

The Hollywood Reporter report that Hathaway is in line to star alongside Thor: The Dark World hero Chris Hemsworth who is also in talks for the film.

Tom Rothman is set to producer and recently said in a statement "If you are in politics, you dream of a call from the White House, in baseball, from the Yankees, in movies, from Steven Spielberg.

Robopocalypse is the kind of important epic entertainment, a big movie with big ideas, that Steven does better than any filmmaker on earth. I am honoured beyond measure that he asked for my help on it and fired up to do whatever I can for him, Stacey, the outstanding DreamWorks team, and all of my friends at Fox.

I enjoyed the idea of being unemployed for a week, but this will be way more fun."

Robopocolypse is based on Daniel H Wilson's 2011 book and is set for an April 2014 release.

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LES MISÉRABLES IS OUT ON JANUARY 11