08.04.09 HUGH JACKMAN GETS A JAZZ HANDJOB
Hugh Jackman has signed on for The Greatest Showman on Earth, in which he plays a surly lumberjack with a deadly secret… ha, just kidding, he’s the lead in a musical about PT Barnum.
An original contemporary musical to be scripted by Jenny Bicks (”Sex and the City”), the film will be produced by Laurence Mark (”Dreamgirls”), Jackman and his Seed partner John Palermo. It is an outgrowth of their work together on the 81st Academy Awards, on which Jackman was host, Mark was exec producer, and Bicks was part of the Emmy-nominated writing team.
The musical also focuses on his infatuation with singer Jenny Lind — the so-called Swedish Nightingale. It follows the old Hollywood tradition in which tuners were scripted with specific actors in mind. The Lind role is being scripted for Anne Hathaway, who teamed with Jackman in his opening Oscars number. Jackman, who won the Tony Award for “The Boy From Oz,” is determined to make several screen musicals, and the Barnum film adds another to the properties he and Palermo are putting together at Fox. [Variety]
I can’t watch musicals, because no matter how hard I try to be accepting, every time someone breaks into song, part of me always wishes Sir Lancelot would burst in and kill everyone with his sword like in Monty Python. And that hardly ever happens (possible American Idol finale?). But boy, Hugh Jackman sure likes to be the singin’ ‘n dancin’ center of attention. He’s like the male Liza Minnelli.
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HUGH JACKMAN GETS A JAZZ HANDJOB
That would also be a great ending for 16 and Pregnant.
So… Hugh Jackman has a Seed partner named John.
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I’m not sure what that means in Hollywood, but where I’m from, it sounds like the gayest show on earth.
I’m going to need to hear more about this lumberjack.
part of me always wishes Sir Lancelot would burst in and kill everyone with his sword like in Monty Python.
The Mighty Feklahr doesn’t limit this notion to musicals.
chelle0, he’s OK. He sleeps all night and he works all day . . .
So, I shouldn’t hold out too much hope for the flannel then?
Jackman read Barnum’s famous quote “There’s an ass for every seat,” and couldn’t sign on fast enough.
With Jackman in the role, P.T. will stand for Penis Toucher.
Seed partner indeed.
I dated a theatre gal who gave me a jazz handjob once, the enthusiasm was nice, but when she started slapping the head for a “mic check” shit only went south from there.
…interesting. Tell me more.
I guess it’s okay if we agree to call them Musclecals.
“Musicals” sounds too much like “testicles” for Jackman NOT to do’em.
It ain’t over until the bearded lady sings.
Jackman just wants to put his hands down the Bearded Lady’s skirt to solve that mystery once and for all.
Hugh’s perfect for the role. You should see him pitch a tent.
Well, it was either that or the concrete crocodile, I guess I had a 50/50 shot.
Hugh Jackman also believes there is a sucker born every minute, and he has 3:26 PM on October 12 covered.
Hugh loves to jack lumber.
Instead of seeing how many clowns can come out of a car, he’ll show you how many can come in his ass.
How much wood would Hugh Jackman jack if Hugh Jackman could jack wood?
A lot of fucking wood.
Jackman’s Barnum spends a lot of time in the lion tamer’s place asking questions about how he got so good with that stool and whip.
According to my bedsheets, I’m a slumber jack.
If you ate crackers in there, you’d be a crumberjack.
Hugh Jackman will play the ringleader of the ‘O’ ring circus.
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