Missing ‘La La Land’? ‘The Greatest Showman’ is coming
LAS VEGAS (AP) — “City of Stars” might still be stuck in your head, but the Oscar-winning “La La Land” songwriting duo Benj Pasek and Justin Paul already have another big screen musical on the horizon: “The Greatest Showman” starring Hugh Jackman as P.T. Barnum.
20th Century Fox on Thursday unveiled a fever dream of a trailer at CinemaCon for the musical drama, set to bow on Christmas Day.
The Michael Gracey-directed P.T. Barnum story looks like a slightly less kinetic “Moulin Rouge” but with all the requisite bright colors and elaborate song and dance numbers.
”The Greatest Showman” also stars Zac Efron, Zendaya, Michelle Williams and Rebecca Ferguson.