Future Direction in Hugh Jackman's career

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Bond without the gadgets and the explosions!!

I wonder if anything was ever started on such a project. Hugh has said that he would like to work with Tarantino. I think Tarantino ( if he ever said this) wanted an actor who has strong dramatic skills because the Bond story he may have wanted to pursue is a solitary story - maybe much like The Spy Who Came in From The Cold? I once read a coupla of James Bond books by Ian Fleming...and the Bond character was not the glamour boy that Sean Connery idealized him...but more of tired-of-the-business man with a gun working for the government.

Sadly, Tarantino has said that he is now doing his last movie ( involving a Hollywood queen of gossip)... I wonder why he is giving up filmmaking?

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Look --

www.playbill.com/article/south-pacific-directed-by-michael-mayer-may-return-to-screen-with-michelle-williams-com-205274

Article dated 10 yrs ago. There seemed to be an attempt to lure Hugh to the role.

Michelle W does not have the same charm as Anne for lighthearted roles -- Michelle, to me, is more associated with sadness ( her face) while Anne can be lighthearted ( because of her Princess roles) and dramatic (Les Miserables). She is a better fit with Hugh.

Why oh why are projects like this not followed through?

Wasn't South Pacific revived at Lincoln Center with Kelli O'Hara and Paolo Szot? I saw it - but was not impressed with Szot who played it like other Europeans playing Emile. But I remember it was a hit then, among the best hits of Bart Sher-directed revivals at LCT.

So, audiences may actually like a film remake?

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PS: Hugh has portrayed a Frenchman once - in Les Miserables

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Presumably, they are referring only to the Wolverine role?


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It will tie in with a biopic of the supergroup with Hollywood star Hugh Jackman earmarked to play lead singer Barry Gibb.

Is this still current? That Hugh is earmarked to play Barry Gibb?


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This is Barry Gibb singing "STAYIN' ALIVE"

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Barry singing "To Love Somebody"

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"Words" - sung by Dolly Parton & Barry Gibb

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"Island in the Stream" - with Barry Gibb and Olivia Newton John.

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Hugh Jackman has been suggested for the Barry Gibb biopic...but no official announcement has been made in the past/

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When are you and Shawn going to make a movie musical? Maybe even a remake of a film classic turned musical?... Maybe if you'd like to include the other Canadian, why not adapt the musicalized version of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels? 🎶😂🎶🥳

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A suggestion-reply to one of his Instagram photos --

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Find yourself and live your dreams.Lifes short and be who you want to be.❤️
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After Wolverine, how about returning to Broadway doing Man of La Mancha!


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@hfritz400 he’d be so good in that show!


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@notjustbooksbeth what a wonderful Don Quixote he would be!!!



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@hfritz400 A Bway run takes him too long away from his film career, which now seems to be evolving at a fast speed. Instead of a Bway run, why not a TV special featuring him in Man of La Mancha, with maybe someone like Anne Hathaway as Aldonza? Btw, I was lucky to have seen the original production with Richard Kiley, who set the gold standard for the role. It's how he acted role out which put Kiley as the best cited Don Quijote ( I had also seen Brian Stokes Mitchell in a revival on Bway). Acting out the role is the hallmark performing aspect of this role.

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Good to see you reuniting with The River producer Sonia Friedman. Are you collaborating on something new for the theatre ( which you obviously love)?

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I hope the bargain Ryan Reynolds made with Hugh Jackman to get him back as Wolverine is that he now has to do a musical movies with him.




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Both are excellent action heroes,so film remakes w/ exhuberant dance numbers will suit them. Singin'InTheRain(HughJackman in GeneKelly role;RyanReynolds in DonaldO'Connor role? Recent B'way revival was dance-oriented:MusicMan,w/ HJ as HaroldHill& RR in an enlarged Marcellus role?




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Anne Hathaway as the ingenue in Singin'InTheRain...and as Marian the Librarian in TheMusicMan?

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No harm in trying

With the recent box office success of the Wonka movie ( with Chalamet), the success of the musical numbers from Barbie ( Best Song for Critics Choice) & the reception to Mean Girls -- maybe another film musical is timely for Hugh?

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HughJackman: Ever thought of a film adaptation of the recent revival of TheMusicMan,contemporized for a more modern appeal but essentially within the framework of a period musical?AnneHathaway as Marian? BenjPajak/JeffersonMays/JayneHoudyshell/BarbershopQuartet?
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76 Trombones & 'Til There Was You are instantly recognizable & well-loved. Maybe 1 or 2 new songs? Dance already more emphasized. If the role can be enlarged, how about a guest spot as Marcellus for RyanReynolds ( cameo for Blake as his girlfriend)? Shawn L can direct it. 😊🎶🤩

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I can't believe this -- a thread on BWW with the chatterati thinking of a theatre project for Hugh Jackman & Ryan Reynolds together! Usually, Hugh is often dissed on that board for being on Broadway

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#14Musical or Play for Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman
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Reynolds as Rodney Hatch, Jackman as Whitelaw Savory in ONE TOUCH OF VENUS. With Laura Osnes as Venus.

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#15Musical or Play for Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman
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Hugh & Ryan have tremendous chemistry which will likely translate very well on stage. Hugh has the range for any genre while Ryan can handle comedy, action & maybe drama as well.

Hugh has committed to a long run in the past (TheMusicMan) but I am not sure that Ryan would want to do that, given his film commitments & business ventures.

Maybe the most practical thing is for them is to do a new or a remake of a musical comedy movie. Maybe something like Singin' In The Rain ( Hugh in the Kelly role & Ryan in the O'Connor role...with someone like Anne Hathaway as the ingenue). Just an example of what could suit them.

IIRC, Hugh was offered the film adaptation of City of Angels by the late Larry Gelbart, but he wasn't interested at that time. It was my impression that he would play both Stone & Stine.

Or maybe a brand new musical comedy for them.

Maybe directed by Shawn Levy (who is directing Deadpool & Wolverine -- he says he used to be a musical theatre nerd in the past. He directed HJ in Real Steel & RR in a few comedies. He is also a producer of the stage adaptation of Stranger Things now playing in London ( he directed some episodes of the TV show) and was recently nominated by the DGA for his directorial work in All The Things That We Cannot See.

All three are great friends.

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#16Musical or Play for Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman
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jo said: "Hugh & Ryan have tremendous chemistry which will likely translate very well on stage. Hugh has the range for any genre while Ryan can handle comedy, action & maybe drama as well.

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Maybe the most practical thing is for them is to do a new or a remake of a musical comedy movie. Maybe something like Singin' In The Rain ( Hugh in the Kelly role & Ryan in the O'Connor role...with someone like Anne Hathaway as the ingenue). Just an example of what could suit them.

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Ryan attended Opening Night of The Music Man with Shawn Levy & wife Blake Lively. He left his good friend Hugh ( they have a longtime ongoing feud bromance) a gift in his dressing room. He superimposed his head image on a famous Gene Kelly pose ( presumably from Singin' In the Rain).


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One project that has had Hugh Jackman's name long-attached to it is THE GOOD SPY.

He is still listed on IMDB & IMDB-Pro as rumored casting in the role of Robert Ames.

There was a relatively more recent update on the project - change in producers/financiers & director, covered in this Variety update in May 2022.

variety.com/2022/film/global/robert-ames-hany-abu-assad-good-spy-1235274080/

The movie is based on the book of Kai Bird, a Pullitzer-winning author. He also wrote the book that was eventually retitled for the film adaptation as OPPENHEIMER!

One of the new distributors is CAA Media Finance, which helped distribute The Father & The Son.

It is very hard to find photos of Robert Ames, the top CIA intelligence officer in the Middle East then. I found one which the BBC unearthed when The Good Spy was published.




Doesn't look like a spy, huh?


I really hope Hugh Jackman is still attached to this project... and that the project will soon start filming. It seems that after the reshoots... and promo campaign for Deadpool&Wolverine... Hugh Jackman may have some free time.

I like the prospects for this film - looks like it can appeal to the general public -- a geo-political thriller in a continuing hot spot in the world! It can also be a good awards-bait movie!


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A summary of the book from GoodReads --

A summary from GOOD READS.


The Good Spy: The Life and Death of Robert Ames

Kai Bird
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Goodreads Choice AwardNominee for Best History & Biography (2014)

The Good Spy is Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Kai Bird’s compelling portrait of the remarkable life and death of one of the most important operatives in CIA history – a man who, had he lived, might have helped heal the rift between Arabs and the West.

On April 18, 1983, a bomb exploded outside the American Embassy in Beirut, killing 63 people. The attack was a geopolitical turning point. It marked the beginning of Hezbollah as a political force, but even more important, it eliminated America’s most influential and effective intelligence officer in the Middle East – CIA operative Robert Ames. What set Ames apart from his peers was his extraordinary ability to form deep, meaningful connections with key Arab intelligence figures. Some operatives relied on threats and subterfuge, but Ames worked by building friendships and emphasizing shared values – never more notably than with Yasir Arafat’s charismatic intelligence chief and heir apparent Ali Hassan Salameh (aka “The Red Prince”). Ames’ deepening relationship with Salameh held the potential for a lasting peace. Within a few years, though, both men were killed by assassins, and America’s relations with the Arab world began heading down a path that culminated in 9/11, the War on Terror, and the current fog of mistrust.

Bird, who as a child lived in the Beirut Embassy and knew Ames as a neighbor when he was twelve years old, spent years researching The Good Spy. Not only does the book draw on hours of interviews with Ames’ widow, and quotes from hundreds of Ames’ private letters, it’s woven from interviews with scores of current and former American, Israeli, and Palestinian intelligence officers as well as other players in the Middle East “Great Game.”

What emerges is a masterpiece-level narrative of the making of a CIA officer, a uniquely insightful history of twentieth-century conflict in the Middle East, and an absorbing hour-by-hour account of the Beirut Embassy bombing. Even more impressive, Bird draws on his reporter’s skills to deliver a full dossier on the bombers and expose the shocking truth of where the attack’s mastermind resides today.

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Will Hugh Jackman be the Halftime Entertainment for the Las Vegas National Rugby League Doubleheader Opener?

articles.listnr.com/sport/hugh-jackman-in-talks-to-lead-nrls-las-vegas-entertainment/

Triple M’s Gus Worland has revealed close mate and Australian Hollywood superstar Hugh Jackman is in talks to be the NRL’s entertainment act for the competition’s blockbuster doubleheader in Las Vegas next season.

Check the link for what Gus Worland shared re the possibility of HJ performing in Las Vegas. At around 2'10" of the clip.


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The National Rugby League (NRL) today confirmed the match ups for the four clubs competing in the exciting Round One 2024 NRL Telstra Premiership matches planned for Las Vegas.

Sydney Roosters v Brisbane Broncos
Manly Warringah Sea Eagles v South Sydney Rabbitohs

The double-header will be played at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas on Saturday, March 2, 2024 (local time) broadcast live to Australia and New Zealand (Sunday, March 3, 2024).

Hmm... hasn't Hugh Jackman been announced to attend the Melbourne Global Citizen Now meet, due on March 4-6, 2024? Las Vegas doubleheader will be March 3, Melbourne time.


Can Hugh do both?

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