Manuel here catching us up on a project that is primed to be billed as "The next La La Land." Not only is Michael Gracey's upcoming musical The Great Showman scheduled for release next Christmas (just in time for the holidays and awards season) but it features music by La La Land duo Benj Pasek & Justin Paul, who'll soon no doubt be credited with single-handedly bringing the original movie musical back to life.
Focused on the life of P.T. Barnum, the film has suffered through a long development period but is finally shooting here in New York...
The Great Showman stars Hugh Jackman, Zac Efron, Michelle Williams, and Zendaya, who was just last month spotted in Brooklyn shooting the film.
I'd somehow forgotten about the film yet Zac and Hugh have really stepped up their social media game these past few months so I figured we should take this time to enjoy their bromantic affair and mainly just gawk at their pics from the set of the film:
Over here, we're glad Efron is finally headed back to where he belongs (musicals!) and curious to see what Michelle can do with a plum musical role (one originally intended for Ms Anne Hathaway) but we're mostly looking forward to Jackman having some fun in a musical role (no Le Mis brooding here, we hope!) What say you?