The adaptation of Les Miserables will be released in October two months earlier than planned

This is good news for fans of Hugo’s work. The next film adaptation Les Miserables , directed by Fred Cavayé, was brought forward by two months. Initially scheduled for December 2026, the release of the film of the adaptation of Victor Hugo is now set for October 14, 2026.

In this new rereading, Vincent Lindon will play Jean Valjean the convict unjustly condemned to the penal colony, Tahar Rahim the terrible inspector Javert, Noémie Merlant the unfortunate Fantine, Camille Cottin and Benjamin Lavernhe the ignoble Thénardier, Megan Northam the little Cosette who will be saved by Valjean, Vassili Schneider Marius and finally Marie Colomb Éponine.

The release date brought forward to October Misérables is an idea supported by the distributor Studio Canal + who wishes to thwart the strong competition of the two blockbusters Dune 3 et Avengers : Doomdaywhich will be released on December 16. In cinema marketing, this December 16 already has a nickname, “Dunesday”. For the record, there has already been the phenomenon «Barbenheimer » in 2023, with the release of the films Barbie et Oppenheimerthe same day. Although the release of Misérables was initially scheduled for December 9, that is to say a week before, this quasi-simultaneity would have risked weakening the success of Fred Cavayé’s film in theaters.

An ambitious adaptation of Hugo’s novel

Filming lasted 17 weeks during the summer of 2025. The film was born from a stated ambition: to tackle head-on the “greatest novel in the world”declared Fred Cavayé, as part of the event «The Original+» organized by Canal+. With a budget of 30 million euros, the filmmaker was able to make the film of his dreams, an original adaptation of Jean Valjean’s story. In the aforementioned program, which shows behind the scenes of the filming, Fred Cavayé did not hesitate to say: “The goal was only to remake previous adaptations. I looked for elements that perhaps had not yet been explored.”