‘The Greatest Showman’ Trailer: Hugh Jackman Invents Show Business
Hugh Jackmanis following up his gritty, emotional turn inLoganwith a return to his musical roots inThe Greatest Showman.
The original musical offers a candy-colored portrait of the birth of show business and the rise of P.T. Barnum, the founder of the famous Barnum and Bailey Circus, as the titular “World’s Greatest Showman.”
Jackman plays Barnum, a down-on-his luck, unemployed husband and father who gets the radical idea of starting a circus, hiring a group of outsiders and “freaks” to perform in a place where they’ll be beloved.
The trailer doesn’t feature any of the original songs by Academy Award winnersBenj PasekandJustin Paul(La La Land), but a rousing theme song plays throughout the trailer, as this group of misfits gather together, finding love and family within the circus.
It’s easy to see the musical theater actor is in his element in the trailer, grinning ear to ear the entire time and delivering inspirational exposition like “Everyone is special, and nobody is like anybody else. That’s the point of my show.”
Here’s the synopsis forThe Greatest Showman:
“You clearly have a flair for show business,” Barnum amiably tells Zac Efron’s character, who is resistant to running off and joining the circus.
“For show business? I’ve never heard of it,” Efron responds confusedly.
“Because I just invented it,” Barnum says with a beam.
The Greatest Showmanis directed byMichael Gracey. Hugh Jackman producedThe Greatest ShowmanalongsideLaurence Markand Chernin Entertainment.Michael Arndt(Toy Story 3, Star Wars: The Force Awakens),Jenny Bicks(Rio 2, Sex and the City) andBill Condon(Dreamgirls, Beauty and the Beast) wrote the screenplay.The Greatest Showmanwill hit theaters this Christmas, onDecember 25.
