In the weeks leading up to the announcement that The Walt Disney Company would be purchasing 21st Century Fox’s film assets, a rumour surfaced that Marvel was keen to have Hugh Jackman reprise his role as Wolverine as part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Although he indicated back during the build up to Logan that the prospect […]
Logan enters screenplay awards race with surprise WGA Awards nomination
Superhero smash hit Logan has become an unlikely horse in the awards race after its screenplay won a surprise nomination in the Writers’ Guild of America shortlist. Scott Frank, Michael Green and director James Mangold are nominated in the Best Adapted Screenplay category for the film, which is Hugh Jackman’s last outing as Wolverine after […]
Fox wanted The Greatest Showman to be a jukebox musical
After close to a decade in development, the Hugh Jackman-headlined musical The Greatest Showman finally made it to the screen this month. One big selling point of the film was its original music numbers, but director Michael Gracey has revealed to Den of Geek that 20th Century Fox was originally pushing for a ‘jukebox musical’, […]
Hugh Jackman was given the terrible advice to leave X-Men franchise as he was told it would bomb
It’s hard to imagine anyone else but Hugh Jackman bringing out the claws and leaping across our screens as the X-Men’s resident savage, Logan. However, it turns out that the Wolverine actor was warned, before the first X-Men was released, to quickly call time on the role in order to move past what was expected to be a box […]
Movie Review – The Greatest Showman (2017)
The Greatest Showman, 2017. Directed by Michael Gracey. Starring Hugh Jackman, Zac Efron, Rebecca Ferguson, Zendaya, Michelle Williams, Paul Sparks, Keala Settle, Diahann Carroll, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Austyn Johnson, Cameron Seely, Sam Humphrey, Eric Anderson, and Natasha Liu Bordizzo. SYNOPSIS: Inspired by the imagination of P.T. Barnum, The Greatest Showman is an original musical that celebrates the […]
Second Opinion – The Greatest Showman (2017)
The Greatest Showman, 2017. Directed by Michael Gracey. Starring Hugh Jackman, Zac Efron, Rebecca Ferguson, Zendaya, Michelle Williams, Paul Sparks, Diahann Carroll, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Ziv Zaifman, and Natasha Liu Bordizzo. SYNOPSIS The Greatest Showman is the tale of entertainment revolutionary P.T. Barnum (Hugh Jackman) and the extraordinary lengths he went to bring spectacle to […]
Movie Review – The Greatest Showman (2017)
The Greatest Showman, 2017. Directed by Michael Gracey. Starring Hugh Jackman, Zac Efron, Rebecca Ferguson, Zendaya, Michelle Williams, Paul Sparks, Diahann Carroll, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, and Natasha Liu Bordizzo. SYNOPSIS: We meet a young Phineas Taylor Barnum, whose father is a tailor. Barnum and his father visit rich people’s houses, where Barnum becomes enamoured with Charity, the […]
Hugh Jackman has a very interesting story behind his initial pitch for The Greatest Showman, and it involves some blood
Let it never be said that Hugh Jackman is not a slave to his craft. Sure, a die-hard method actor like Christian Bale drops, and gains weight more often than Ant-Man, but his dedication pales in comparison to the story below. See, Hugh Jackman has wanted to get The Greatest Showman — a film that tells […]
UPDATE: Marvel wants Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine for MCU appearance, Jackman says “the ship has sailed”
While the chances of Marvel Studios ever getting its hands on the X-Men appeared to look very slim in the wake of Fox’s ongoing success with the franchise, it now appears to be a very real possibility, with Disney said to be closing in on a deal to purchase 20th Century Fox’s movie assets. Of […]
Listen to The Greatest Showman soundtrack online
Here at Flickering Myth HQ we’ve been lucky enough to see The Greatest Showman, and whilst you’ll have to wait until December 20th for our review to drop, Atlantic Records have released the entire soundtrack for your streaming pleasure. It’s recommended that you save the playlist for until you’ve actually seen the film, as it’s […]
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