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Michael Gracey to Direct P.T. Barnum Biopic THE GREATEST SHOWMAN ON EARTH Starring Hugh Jackman

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: August 17th, 2011 at 1:36 pm

Back in August 2009, we reported that Hugh Jackman was set to star in the P.T. Barnum biopic The Greatest Showman on Earth and a short two years later that project now has a director.  THR reports that commercial director Michael Gracey will helm the project which focuses on the legendary circus owner/swindler and his infatuation with opera singer Jenny Lind aka “the Swedish Nightingale”.  Back in 2009 we reported that Anne Hathaway was being courted for Lind but now it appears that the role is wide open.  Jenny Bicks (Sex and the City) wrote the script, and Jackman will produce alongside John Palermo and Laurence Mark.  This is the second film Gracey has signed to direct this month.  We reported on August 3rd that he had signed on to direct Disney’s China-set Snow White film (because we needed another fucking Snow White movie) The Order of the Seven.

Hit the jump for a recap of Jackman’s other projects.

Fox Thinks Hugh Jackman is THE GREATEST SHOWMAN ON EARTH

by Nicole Pedersen    Posted: August 3rd, 2009 at 9:02 pm

20^th Century Fox liked what they saw at this year’s Oscars.  They especially liked the part where their specialty label won a whole mess of awards – but they thought the musical numbers were pretty good too.  According to Variety the studio has attached show-host extraordinaire Hugh Jackman to play the lead in a musical biopic of PT Barnum called “The Greatest Showman on Earth”.  The contemporary musical will reunite Jackman with some of the key players at 2008′s telecast including, maybe, Anne Hathaway.  More after the jump…

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