Jackman Film Role Rumors

[jo]

Haha - what a way to wake up! Through mental telepathy through you, guys


Jo

[jo]

Sorryyyyyyy

No truth to the rumor, according to Hugh Jackman's reps!


www.bustle.com/p/sorry-but-that-hugh-jackman-lion-king-casting-rumor-isnt-true-70509

Sorry, But That Hugh Jackman 'Lion King' Casting Rumor Isn't True After All


ByJamie Primeau26 min ago

Almost as quickly as it began, the Hugh Jackman Lion King rumor has officially been busted. On Saturday, news spread that Jackman may play Scar in Disney's upcoming live-action remake. Understandably, the internet rejoiced at the thought of the star taking on the role of the villainous lion. But dreams were dashed when Jackman's rep told Bustle, "There's no truth to this report." (Bustle also reached out to Walt Disney Studios for comment, but did not receive an immediate response.)

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We will see.

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We will see.

[jo]

Also, his name was not included among those which Disney announced for the LION KING live-action adaptation.


deadline.com/2017/07/disney-live-action-tim-burton-dumbo-release-date-aladdin-mena-massoud-naomi-scott-will-smith-1202129485/

Finally, director Jon Favreau was also on hand to share an amazing CG-laden teaser of the forthcoming live-action Lion King starring Donald Glover.

The live-action adaptation of the critically acclaimed film also has James Earl Jones reprising his role as Mufasa from the animated version with Billy Eichner and Seth Rogen as the meerkat and warthog duo Timon and Pumbaa as well as the recently announced  John Oliver  playing the king’s right-hand hornbill Zazu. Despite rumors of Hugh Jackman playing Scar and Beyonce playing Nala, no other casting announcements were made.

Maybe he is still in negotiations?

Although I was quite surprised that he would follow THE GREATEST SHOWMAN with another musical role, as he might get typecast into this kind of roles.


Jo

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So, will it be different from the original animated movie or the stage adaptation, like the new BEAUTY AND THE BEAST ?



It seems that the Jackman rumor was the most exciting of the possible casting

[jo]

The Wrap has also received the same denial from Hugh Jackman's reps --

screenrant.com/lion-king-remake-hugh-jackman-scar-cast/

UPDATE: Following the D23 live-action movie panel, The Wrap reached out to Jackman’s representative, who claimed there is “absolutely no truth” to the report that the actor is voicing Scar. The rest of this article has been left as it was originally published.

What probably fueled the speculation further was Hugh's cryptic message ("Partners") when he posed before the statue of Disney and Mickey Mouse.

Jo

[jo]

How many animal characters has Hugh Jackman portrayed

*Of course there will always be Wolverine!


*A posh rat ( Roddy) in Flushed Away
*An easter bunny ( BunnyMund) in Rise of the Guardians
*A singing penguin (Memphis) in Happy Feet


Didn't happen --

*Larrikins ( a marsupial/bilby ?)
*Lion King ( a villainous lion) ??

[jo]

Hugh as Scar -- as soon as the rumors came flying, some had already started photo-shopping the casting image





If Hugh had been cast as SCAR, this would have been his big number --

[jo]

The original Be Prepared number was vocalized by Jeremy Irons. Sorry, but I thought he was too British-sounding... more like British-nobility-villain!

The number is reminiscent of Hugh Jackman/Blackbeard singing TEEN SPIRIT to his subjects in PAN.





Although of course PAN came much later compared to LION KING.


Jo

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Can't say I'm not disappointed after being so excited. He'd be great in the role, and let's face it, the movie's success is almost guaranteed.

[jo]

Is the gossip still alive about a DC tie-up?

Simon Thompson is an L.A.-based film and entertainment journalist.

Caleb Williams‏ 
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Replying to @showbizsimon
We had heard the same thing

Caleb Williams is with Omega Underground which supposedly broke the story that someone from the production said Hugh will be cast as SCAR in the live-action LION KING adaptation.



I wonder -- could there be another DC project under discussion -- not necessarily LION KING.

Jo

[jo]

Here's a very wild thought --

Hey, maybe he just wanted to look up Kevin Feige, Marvel Studios Chief, who used to be Lauren Shuler Donner's assistant. Kevin worked for Shuler Donner as Associate Producer for the first XMen movie in 1999/2000.

Marvel Studios’ offices, which are housed at Disney’s headquarters...

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www.cinemablend.com/news/1714939/who-the-pokemon-movie-may-be-eyeing-to-play-pikachu

PIKACHU, you guys

[jo]

Not sure if that producer is simply dropping the names of Hugh et al to generate more interest in his film project. He hasn't even talked to any of the actors. Is it just voice-over work or is it a live-action adaptation ( as one site reported)?


Jo

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Oct 19, 2017 9:59:35 GMT -5 jo said:

Not sure if that producer is simply dropping the names of Hugh et al to generate more interest in his film project. He hasn't even talked to any of the actors. Is it just voice-over work or is it a live-action adaptation ( as one site reported)?


Jo

Yeah it's probably to generate interest, but the idea is so funny I think it's live-action or something like that...but the actors would probably just do voice-over work. This seems even less credible than that Scar thing from earlier this year but I thought I'd share in case there is some truth to it

[jo]

The Scar rumor came up because Hugh was seen at the Disney premises ( presumably for something else, given the official cast announcement for LION KING later on). What was disappointing was the cancellation of the LARRIKINS project because of the corporate moves of Universal affecting the acquisition of DREAMWORKS ANIMATION. That would have been his 4th voice-over work after FLUSHED AWAY, HAPPY FEET, and RISE OF THE GUARDIANS.

At this point, I am more keen to see Hugh involved in more serious projects ( with some box office potential, not just arthouse movies) in his next few films to showcase that he does have excellent acting chops!

Jo

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Oct 19, 2017 10:08:54 GMT -5 jo said:

The Scar rumor came up because Hugh was seen at the Disney premises ( presumably for something else, given the official cast announcement for LION KING later on). What was disappointing was the cancellation of the LARRIKINS project because of the corporate moves of Universal affecting the acquisition of DREAMWORKS ANIMATION. That would have been his 4th voice-over work after FLUSHED AWAY, HAPPY FEET, and RISE OF THE GUARDIANS.

At this point, I am more keen to see Hugh involved in more serious projects ( with some box office potential, not just arthouse movies) in his next few films to showcase that he does have excellent acting chops!

Jo

I'd love for him to play a villain or do a comedy. I recently saw Butter which wasn't very good but he was hilarious in it

[jo]

Con-science

[jo]

I'd love for him to play a villain or do a comedy

Sadly the one role that cast him in a villainy role in a tragi-comedy was in A STEADY RAIN! That was one of my favorite performances by Hugh Jackman -- he was annoying but at the same time funny/comedic as the macho alpha male rogue cop Denny. Towards the second act, as his character went down the physical, mental and emotional abyss, the character became sympathetic and even pitiful. But in the end, when he was already thinking of what he did in the end, his face took on a nobler countenance ( as if a foreshadowing of the self-sacrifice that he was about to do). I cannot forget the tear that went down his cheek ( in repeated performances, which I was lucky to see at close range) as he was reminiscing with the character of Daniel Craig.

Too bad Spielberg's interest in the play as a potential film project did not last long, while the producers toyed with the idea of the film adaptation.

That role could have won Hugh at least an Oscar nod!


Jo

[jo]

Michael Mann has been interviewed recently ( article is dated October 24, 2017), featured in this article ( in French)

There might be a Hugh Jackman connection --

www.ecranlarge.com/films/news/1002729-comanche-michael-mann-prepare-un-western-remake-de-la-prisonniere-du-desert-avec-hugh-jackman


Excerpts, as translated by GOOGLE --

Michael Mann does not idle and multiplies the projects: a mini-series, a biopic, a film of SF and a western.
The Lumière Festival of Lyon welcomed prestigious names for its new edition. Alongside Wong Kar-Wai, winner of the 2017 Lumiere Award, we could find Guillermo del Toro (for the excellent La Forme de l'eau), Tilda Swinton and also Michael Mann.

The director of Collatéral was presenting the restored version of his movie Heat. Our colleagues at Libération took the opportunity to interview him from every angle and especially about his future projects. Michael Mann explained working on a biopic Enzo Ferrari but also Hue 1968, a mini-series taking place during one of the most violent battles of the war in Viet Nam. He also teased a mysterious science fiction project without saying more.

If he did not say too much about these three projects, at the microphone of Liberation, he mainly gave details on a western that was entrusted to him:


"There is another idea that I was asked to make, which is called Comanche. The action takes place in 1871. It is a very ambitious scenario that follows four characters whose trajectories will gradually converge, in the middle of the same landscape that is transformed, like a boat drowning slowly.

In fact, it's the same story as John Ford's The Prisoner of the Desert, except that it took a lot of very problematic freedoms. Cynthia Parker had nothing to do with the character who was inspired, nothing of a Natalie Wood. She was a wealthy wife and mother of five, in her forties, who did not speak English, ripped off from her family to be assimilated to whites. She will try to escape several times, before committing suicide. It's not really a funny story. "

This is a project that makes us salivate in advance and that looks very dark as it should. Michael Mann has no idea when the project could emerge on our movie screens, however, he said in another interview with AFP that the actor Hugh Jackman could be in the game. To be continued…

*Is the ENZO FERRARI project still pushing through? Is Hugh attached to the role of Enzo? If so, when is it filming?

*Is Hugh also interested in the future project mentioned in the article? Is this movie project replacing ENZO FERRARI ... or are both projects viable? And is Hugh be possibly attached to both, even on a preliminary basis?


Jo

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I think this could be the AFP ( Agence France Presse) article that was referred to in the above article --

www.laprovence.com/article/france-monde/4664629/au-festival-lumiere-michael-mann-decortique-son-chef-doeuvre-heat.html

Article is dated October 15, 2017.


The article has been translated automatically --

Excerpts :

The American filmmaker is also working to make possible the filming of a western called "Comanches" - with Hugh Jackman - which will take place in 1873 in the United States at the heart of this Indian people "warrior" and trader.

Years back, wasn't Hugh supposed to be interested in a western written by the actress Madeleine Stowe called UNBOUND CAPTIVES?


Of course the COMANCHE project sounds a lot bigger and more interesting, especially if Michael Mann is able to put in his cinematic vision to it!


Jo

[jo]

Finally found an English article from Playlist which must have translated the original article ( which appeared in France's LIBERATION) --

theplaylist.net/michael-mann-comanche-avatar-20171023/

Michael Mann Talks New Project ‘Comanche,’ Praises ‘Avatar’
Kevin Jagernauth October 23, 2017 10:18 am News



Michael Mann doesn’t put projects in front of the camera, until they’re absolutely ready, but it doesn’t mean he’s some kind of Stanley Kubrick perfectionist. The director still has “Ferrari” brewing, and is at work on the TV series “Hue 1968,” however, there’s a couple more feature film projects cooking on the stove.


Stopping in Paris for the Lumière de Lyon Film Festival, the director spoke with Liberation and revealed he’s got an intriguing sounding western on his desk. It’s a film that’s based on the true story of  Cynthia Parker, who was kidnapped at the age of 10 by a Comanche war band, and lived most of her adult life with them, learning their language and culture. She was eventually “rescued” at the age of 34, but wasn’t able to adjust to western society, and was devastated about losing her Comanche family.


“….there is this other idea that I was offered to do, which is called ‘Comanche.’ The action takes place in 1871,” Mann said (via Google Translate). “It is a very ambitious [story] that follows four characters whose trajectories will gradually converge…

 In fact, it’s the same story as John Ford‘s ‘The Searchers,’ except that film took a lot of very problematic freedoms. Cynthia Parker had nothing to do with the character who was inspired [the one played by] Natalie Wood. She was a wealthy wife and mother of five, in her forties, who did not speak English, ripped from her family to be assimilated by whites. She tried to escape several times, before committing suicide.”


Mann told AFP he has Hugh Jackman attached to the project, though we wonder if they might be mixing that up with “Ferrari,” which the actor is also set to star in.



Also brewing for Mann is “a science fiction project,” though no other details were given. However, he did say he was excited about new technologies that allow filmmakers to create whole words, and shared special praise for an unlikely movie.

“James Cameron‘s work is underestimated. ‘Avatar‘ is an extraordinary achievement. It exceeds all the expectations that can be projected on one of his projects. Cameron has always been several frontiers ahead in this area, as he invents technology himself to support his vision,” Mann said (probably more eloquently; again, Google Translate).
So, it looks like there’s at least one person looking forward to ‘Avatar 2.’

Playlist asks if Michael Mann might have confused his Ferrari project with Comanche when he mentioned that Hugh is attached to the Comanche project.

Hmm... Michael Mann may be 70, but I don't think he is senile? If there is any mistake, it could be the original French interviewer who might have made the mistake?

But would Hugh express that he is up "to something else" ( in the words of Ruby) -- if it was the Ferrari biopic? That is already widely known buzz, even if no formal announcements have been made.

Both sound exciting -- hope he gets to make both. ENZO FERRARI could be a strong biopic, given the fiery reputation of the real Enzo! Plus we are talking about the person who gave the marque for the most famous racing car and the most-wanted luxury road and sports car! COMANCHE sounds like it might appeal to a broad market -- westerns are loved when done well and there seems to be a revival of interest in the genre. Even LOGAN is praised for its Western vibe!

Both will suit Hugh's masculine appeal on the big screen, although the story of Enzo takes place later in his life... while COMANCHE will likely have a superhero western hero!

We'll see...

Jo

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Fans are fantasizing about Hugh's new roles --

*Of course with the strong possibility of Disney acquiring the FOX film studio -- casting Hugh as Wolverine in THE AVENGERS ( whatever sequel!) is the most vociferous fan suggestion!

*A few tweets saying Hugh is rumored for KINGSMAN 3?

*Someone wants to cast Hugh and DDLewis in a remake or new version of JACK THE RIPPER. He suggests that casting can go either way.

*The latest photo of Hugh with Idris Elba has also spawned some talk about casting them in a remake of GUYS AND DOLLS ( with Hugh as Sky and Idris as Nathan).

[jo]

This is NOT real news or even a real rumor -- it is just a humor piece, given the current political and social scene

Humor...not rumor

www.phillyvoice.com/take-sneak-peek-whats-store-show-biz-2018/


It's fun to road ( don't get offended) and even includes this forecast about a new Hugh project

July: Steve Bannon returns to Hollywood to produce an all-white version of “Porgy and Bess” starring Hugh Jackman as Porgy and Kristen Chenoweth as Bess. A leaked clip of Jackman singing an update of “Bess, You Is My Woman Now” (“Bess, You Are Presently My Significant Other”) is leaked and goes viral.