Les Misérables Wants Swift & Seyfried

Offers are on the table for Taylor Swift and Amanda Seyfried to play Eponine and Cosette respectively in Tom Hooper's big screen adaptation of Les Misérables according to Twitchfilm.

The pic would take the world famous musical--based on Victor Hugo's book--and make it sing once again.

Swift seems to have beaten out Lea Michele, Scarlett Johansson and Evan Rachel Wood for the role. Seyfried's role is that of the daughter of Anne Hathaway's character Fantine, odd when you consider there is only a 3 year age difference between Seyfried and Hathaway (Seyfried will no dout play the adult Cosette for the later part of the story).

The script for this adaptation was penned by William Nicholson, which Cameron Mackintosh will produce. This time dialogue has been introduced in the script--amidst the singing

The story follows the struggle by ex-con Jean Valjean (Hugh Jackman) to outrun his past and his relentless pursuer - the uncompassionate police inspector Javert (Russell Crowe). Sacha Baron Cohen has been cast as a villain Thenardier in the pic. Eddie Redmayne ("Black Death," "My Week With Marilyn") will play the role of Marius

The film hits theaters on December 7th 2012.