{"id":32751,"date":"2018-11-30T21:01:21","date_gmt":"2018-11-30T21:01:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/?p=32751"},"modified":"2018-11-30T21:01:21","modified_gmt":"2018-11-30T21:01:21","slug":"hugh-jackman-very-confident-greatest-showman-musical-will-happen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/?p=32751","title":{"rendered":"Hugh Jackman &lsquo;Very Confident&rsquo; Greatest Showman Musical Will Happen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"262\" height=\"175\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unilad.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/GREATEST-SHOWMAN-WEB-262x175.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"GREATEST SHOWMAN WEB\" title=\"Hugh Jackman &lsquo;Very Confident&rsquo; Greatest Showman Musical Will Happen\" style=\"float:right;\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" itemprop=\"contentUrl\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unilad.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/greatestshowman.jpg\" alt=\"greatest showman hugh jackman open air sing along\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" class=\"size-full wp-image-514540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unilad.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/greatestshowman.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.unilad.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/greatestshowman-262x175.jpg 262w, https:\/\/www.unilad.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/greatestshowman-702x468.jpg 702w, https:\/\/www.unilad.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/greatestshowman-524x350.jpg 524w, https:\/\/www.unilad.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/greatestshowman-414x276.jpg 414w, https:\/\/www.unilad.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/greatestshowman-828x552.jpg 828w, https:\/\/www.unilad.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/greatestshowman-525x350.jpg 525w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 728px\" \/>20th Century Fox <\/p>\n<p>Before A Star Gets born and Mamma Mia: Here We Proceed Again hit our screens this year, &#8220;theres only&#8221; one musical the world was talking about- The Greatest Showman.<\/p>\n<p>While admittedly I imagined the music was the only good thing about the cinema, which overall was extremely dull, I realize a lot of people loved it.<\/p>\n<p>So much so the cinema topped the box office for weeks on end with the soundtrack doing the same in the government officials charts.<\/p>\n<p> <iframe id= \"jwtmp\" src= \"https :\/\/ unilad.co.uk\/ jwplayer.php? mediaID =P FEHnbs8\" thicknes= \"4 80 \" height= \"2 70 \" ><\/ iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Considering The Greatest Showman is indeed a musical, it wasn&#8217;t long until the gossip mill started moving as fans began calling for a live stage version.<\/p>\n<p>Financially it would shape complete feel as it would have an already secured audience with devotees of the movie hastening to see it.<\/p>\n<p>Also it would be a no brainer creatively as surely the greatest display would truly come alive on the stage, just like it did in the film.<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" itemprop=\"contentUrl\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unilad.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/greatest-show.jpeg\" alt=\"the greatest showman cast\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" class=\"size-full wp-image-595479\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unilad.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/greatest-show.jpeg 960w, https:\/\/www.unilad.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/greatest-show-702x395.jpeg 702w, https:\/\/www.unilad.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/greatest-show-524x295.jpeg 524w, https:\/\/www.unilad.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/greatest-show-414x233.jpeg 414w, https:\/\/www.unilad.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/greatest-show-828x466.jpeg 828w, https:\/\/www.unilad.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/greatest-show-622x350.jpeg 622w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 728px\" \/>20th Century Fox <\/p>\n<p>Well your reveries may just come true as PT Barnum actor Hugh Jackman has offered a promising update on the live version&#8217;s development.<\/p>\n<p>Confirming discussions are indeed happening, Jackman told <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2018\/11\/hugh-jackman-the-front-runner-jason-reitman-sony-interview-1202503447\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Deadline<\/a> he is&#8217; very confident&#8217; a stage show will happen once the team choose what route to go down.<\/p>\n<p>He clarified \ud83d\ude1b TAGEND <\/p>\n<p>There&rsquo;s a cluster of talk. I&rsquo;m not going to lie to you, I&rsquo;ve heard four different possibilities. I&rsquo;m involved but not in charge, if that induces sense. <\/p>\n<p>So I think that the people who are in charge are kind of simply working through the four options. I&rsquo;ve heard at least four options, from a big realm breathtaking, to a traditionally bred West End or Broadway evidence, to something in Vegas, to something in a circus tent. I&rsquo;ve heard lots of different things.<\/p>\n<p> <iframe id= \"jwtmp\" src= \"https :\/\/ unilad.co.uk\/ jwplayer.php? mediaID= cLaRKdDl\" width= \"4 80 \" height= \"2 70 \" ><\/ iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Jackman continued \ud83d\ude1b TAGEND <\/p>\n<p>What I do know is, from doing the workshops which you can see online, it genuinely works in the room. With no sight, with no dress, those chants actually operate. When Keala Settle sings This is Me, I&rsquo;m telling you, there&rsquo;s not a dry eye in the house. <\/p>\n<p>Jim Gianopulos leapt from his chair, led in the different regions of the room&#8211;mid-performance&#8211;and hugged her and said,&#8217; You only booked your first motion picture &#8216;. It genuinely works. So I feel very confident that a live version will come together.<\/p>\n<p>As the Barnum character indeed says,&#8217; madams and gents, this is the moment you have been waiting for&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" itemprop=\"contentUrl\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unilad.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/greatest-showwww.jpg\" alt=\"the greatest showman\" width=\"650\" height=\"328\" class=\"size-full wp-image-595489\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unilad.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/greatest-showwww.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.unilad.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/greatest-showwww-524x264.jpg 524w, https:\/\/www.unilad.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/greatest-showwww-414x209.jpg 414w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 728px\" \/>20th Century Fox <\/p>\n<p>Of course Jackman saying&#8217; I feel very confident that a live version will come together&#8217; isn&#8217;t a corroboration of the news but it definitely sounds like we are close to getting one.<\/p>\n<p>In fact the proof followers very much need may be coming this Thursday( November 29) as Jackman tweeted&#8217; see you this Thursday on The Today Show for the purposes of an exclusive announcement&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">See you this Thursday on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheTodayShow?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"> @TheTodayShow<\/a> for an exclusive proclamation !!  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pGJQxtTHZi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/ pGJQxtTHZi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8212; Hugh Jackman (@ RealHughJackman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RealHughJackman\/status\/1067056731426095105?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">November 26, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<p><p>Since the actor has already said he is involved in the plans for a live version, although we don&#8217;t know in what capability, it would make sense for him to make an announcement.<\/p>\n<p>Suppose we will only have to wait and see&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>If you have a story you want to tell, mail it to stories @unilad. co.uk.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<p>Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unilad.co.uk\/film\/hugh-jackman-very-confident-greatest-showman-musical-will-happen\/\">unilad.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>20th Century Fox Before A Star Gets born and Mamma Mia: Here We Proceed Again hit our screens this year, &#8220;theres only&#8221; one musical the world was talking about- The Greatest Showman. 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