Filmmaker Bill Condon (The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn) is set to rewrite the script for a planned movie musical starring Tony winner and Oscar nominee Hugh Jackman as circus showman P.T. Barnum. According to The Hollywood Reporter, The Greatest Showman on Earth will be directed by visual effects artist and commercial director Michael Gracey. Jackman initially signed on to play the three-ring circus pioneer in Th…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:23AM on October 25, 2013