Look At Sacha Baron Cohen And Ben Kingsley In These HUGO CABRET Set Photos

So many sources to give credit to for this one. Via The Playlist, Facebook, and Blackbookmag. Here are first look at Sacha Baron Cohen as the train station inspector and Ben Kingsley as silent French filmmaker Georges Méliès on the set of HUGO CABRET, the 3D children’s book adaptation directed by the great Martin Scorsese. Check out couple more shots after this jump. Doesn’t Kingsley look like he could someday play Mr. Monopoly to you?..

Based on the best-selling children’s historical fiction book by author Brian SelznickThis is Scorsese’s first children-centric movie and this is also the first movie that he’ll shoot in 3D. I’m hoping that this could also mean that next year’s summer, Scorsese might visit Comic-Con ’11 to promote the movie.
Asa Butterfield, the kid who made some of us unleash our tears in The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas is set to play the title character, an orphan living in a train station.
Chloe Moretz, (Kick-Ass, 500 Days Of Summer, LET ME IN) one of the most in demand teen actress since Dakota and Abigail, is set to play the female lead, Isabelle
Sacha Baron Cohen plays the station inspector.
Ben Kingsley plays silent filmmaker George Melies, a pivotal character in the story
Emily Mortimer plays the station’s flower shop girl, Lisette
Michael Stuhlbarg plays Rene Tabard, a film restorer.
Also starring Jude Law, Ray Winstone, Christopher Lee, Helen McCrory, Frances de la Tour (Alice in Wonderland), and Richard Griffiths (The History Boys)

Screenplay by John Logan (The Aviator), production starts in London this June. Produced by Graham King Films, distributed by Sony, HUGO CABRET will hit theaters on December 9th, 2011

Here’s the official synopsis of the book…
ORPHAN, CLOCK KEEPER, AND THIEF, Hugo lives in the walls of a busy Paris train station, where his survival depends on secrets and anonymity. But when his world suddenly interlocks with an eccentric, bookish girl and a bitter old man who runs a toy booth in the station, Hugo’s undercover life, and his most precious secret, are put in jeopardy. A cryptic drawing, a treasured notebook, a stolen key, a mechanical man, and a hidden message from Hugo’s dead father form the backbone of this intricate, tender, and spellbinding mystery.