THE GREATEST SHOWMAN

[annetter]

Nov 27, 2016 7:03:54 GMT -5 jo said:

I have it from a very reliable source that the postponement is NOT true at all!!


They actually start filming on Monday, November 28, 2016!






Jo

HALLELUJAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[jo]

Annette --

I hear everything is camera-ready now -- so they are all set!

We first heard about the project in 2009 -- after almost 7 1/2 years ( announced in August 2009), the movie is about to film now! What a wait for Hugh...and for us


Jo

[jo]

From The Showman himself

http://instagram.com/p/BNWtm6hDkha

Break a leg, Sir!

[jo]

Other Break-a-Leg wishes --

Shawna Hamic ‏@shawnahamic 3m
3 minutes ago

@realhughjackman Just wanted to wish you the most spectacular '1st day of school' ever! I know it will be the 'Greatest!' Have a blast.

TheGreatestShowman 
🎩
‏@tgsmovie 9m
9 minutes ago

TheGreatestShowman 
🎩
Retweeted Hugh Jackman
BREAK A LEG @realhughjackman @zacefron @zendaya

Richard Grayson ‏@bludhaven_inc 9m
9 minutes ago

@realhughjackman and add a wolverine to the mix then it will be the greatses show on earth .

Margaret Reed ‏@margaretreed90 41m
41 minutes ago

@realhughjackman I Know It's Going To Be Good Hugh!Can't Wait To Enjoy Your Acting & That Beautiful Voice Of Yours!Have A Great Day!

Rebecca Gardner ‏@bwayfan88 42m
42 minutes ago

@realhughjackman yes!! I'm excited for this one! Have fun!

Susanne Schlesiger
‏@sushisue79
@realhughjackman I'm looking forward to that movie! Great topic! Great actor... Have a nice day Hugh!!!

[jo]

Zombiecoops ‏@scrapmymemories 26m
26 minutes ago

@realhughjackman My daughter was in Barnum when our local theater group did it last year! Favorite song! Museum song. #barnum

AJ ‏@thisistherealaj 17m

@realhughjackman I know you'll do Barnum justice. Youre following in giant footsteps with @crawfordmichael No presure at all HJ

faywilcocksonLove the musical, are you going to do it?!!!

I think some people think that this is a film adaptation of the stage musical called BARNUM.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnum_(musical)


Maybe FOX should officially announce that this is a new original movie musical! Music by Pasek and Paul. Screenplay by Michael Arndt.

[jo]

Paul Mitchell ‏@mrmitchell78 1h
1 hour ago

@realhughjackman To use a line from another musical, "Oh what a circus, oh what a show!"..

Er... EVITA

As sung superbly, with a touch of sarcasm, by Antonio Banderas from the film adaptation --

www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CHdWDepZHI

[jo]

Media pickups --

LightsCameraJackson
Verified account
‏@lcjreviews 1m
1 minute ago

Hugh Jackman announces filming has begun on P.T. Barnum musical "The Greatest Showman on Earth".

[jo]

As for the crackers --


From the Amazon store :

About the Product
Barnum's Animal Crackers in the fun circus-themed box were introduced in 1902. Barnum's are low in saturated fat and are cholesterol free. They are also a good source of calcium. Barnum's Animal Crackers have been a kid favorite for generations. These classic cookies have the same flavor you remember.

As for the film --

Will we see live animals in the movie?

[jo]

Keala Settle
‏@kealasettle

Keala Settle Retweeted Hugh Jackman
.Let's DO THIS.

Pasek and Paul
‏@pasekandpaul
Pasek and Paul Retweeted Hugh Jackman
Here we go!!!

Yahya Abdul-Mateen
Verified account
‏@yahya 3h
3 hours ago

Yahya Abdul-Mateen Retweeted Hugh Jackman
This is going to be a special one y'all! Break legs brother! @realhughjackman See you soon!

[jo]

Pasek and Paul ‏@pasekandpaul 5h
5 hours ago

Day One. It begins!

[mamaleh]

Looks like the official title was indeed truncated to THE GREATEST SHOWMAN, Earth being implied.

Ellen

[jo]

It's actually more emphatic and more eye-catching!

Plus it no longer connotes a link to the Charles Heston film, THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH!


Jo

[jo]

Keala is one funny lady

In reply to Pasek and Paul
Keala Settle ‏@kealasettle Nov 28
@pasekandpaul @realhughjackman @zacefron @zendaya @heyitsjustin also I bet u I'm gonna break that chair! #polynesianstyle

[jo]

The Observer writes about the burgeoning career of Pasek and Paul on Broadway and in Hollywood --

observer.com/2016/11/title-millennial-musical-theater-composers-go-from-great-white-way-to-la-la-land/


And a mention of the Barnum movie musical --

Chances are, they won’t be beginning a new Broadway show this time. Hollywood beckons. They have written the tunes for The Greatest Showman, which is Hugh Jackman as P.T. Barnum. “They have been rehearsing the movie, but now that’s tapering off, and they’ll start shooting at the end of the month,” says Pasek, who has yet to come up with a “Sucker” song (as in “There’s One Born Every Minute”).

Some say Barnum never said that infamous line about "suckers" -- maybe that is why there is no such song

[jo]

Yay!!

Is this the Barnum look

Hugh Jackman ‏@realhughjackman 2m
2 minutes ago

Great to bump into you - Kate Woods. Director of Corelli.

They worked together some 21 years or so ago?

Did she visit him on the set of GREATEST SHOWMAN


Jo

[jo]

I'm glad they seemed not to have gone for a "realistic" portrayal of Mr.Barnum!

Hugh is looking great in the period costume!

Besides, I don't remember that Jim Daly or Michael Crawford were made up to look like the real P.T.Barnum in the stage musical - so there is already a precedent.

I do prefer Hugh in this film looking a lot like Hugh Jackman himself


Jo

[mamaleh]

That reminds me of his PRESTIGE look, not bad at all.

Ellen

[jo]

Some people say he looked like Valjean, not realizing that he was costumed for his new movie

Hugh actually specializes in the 19th century look --

*Angier
*Valjean
*Leopold

and

*Barnum


PS: He also looks good as someone from other centuries --

*Tomas The Conquistador
*Van Helsing ( both the leather outfits and what he wore to Dracula's Ball)
*Arthur, the King of Camelot, in Night at the Museum
*Er...Blackbeard, too

[njr]

Dec 1, 2016 17:54:44 GMT -5 jo said:

Yay!!

Is this the Barnum look

Hugh Jackman ‏@realhughjackman 2m
2 minutes ago

Great to bump into you - Kate Woods. Director of Corelli.

They worked together some 21 years or so ago?

Did she visit him on the set of GREATEST SHOWMAN


Jo

And even Hugh gets the spelling of Correlli incorrect!

Nancy

[jo]

As Dear Evan Hansen bows officially on Sunday on Broadway, the publicity is even more intense on the songwriting team of Pasek and Paul.

In this article, there is also mention of working with Hugh Jackman --

www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/20161204_Pasek_and_Paul_looking_at_big_kudos_in_film__theater.html

by David Patrick Stearns, CLASSICAL MUSIC CRITIC

NEW YORK - In worlds where hits are never assured, songwriters Benj Pasek and Justin Paul are looking at double-barrel success with possible Oscar and Tony Award nominations - even if they're too busy to think that far ahead.


On this chilly Manhattan morning, Philadelphia-born lyricist Pasek and Connecticut-raised composer Paul are at Jungle City Studios, fortified with acai-berry smoothies, anticipating the arrival of Hugh Jackman. He plays P.T. Barnum in the forthcoming musical film The Greatest Showman, for which they're writing the songs.
"Unbelievably talented and an unbelievably hard worker," Pasek says of Jackman. "So everybody has to work as hard as him."

"He makes you feel bad about yourself," Paul says, "in an inspiring way."

And a peek at their songwriting style ( although this may or many not be exactly how they handled the score for SHOWMAN) --

Old-time songwriters sat at an out-of-tune piano with a burning cigar, but Pasek and Paul were often seen at Arena Stage, sprawled on the theater floor, peering deep into their laptops.

The term songwriters doesn't quite fit them. Even Leonard Bernstein recycled songs from show to show. Pasek and Paul are more like musical dramatists: Everything they do is fashioned with great specificity to whatever dramatic problem is at hand. The starting point is what they call "a third collaborator" - as in the libretto or already sketched story line. From there, they zero in on what's needed and where the song's narrative starts and ends. Sometimes, they write separately.

"It's in this lumpy, claylike state as we're trying to get it into shape," Paul says. "What we're trying to approximate is what might come out of one voice."...

[jo]

http://instagram.com/p/BNig-5PAaCK

[jo]

www.silive.com/news/index.ssf/2016/12/production_crew_causes_road_cl.html#incart_river_index

Production crews with lights, wardrobes and backdrops could be seen near some of the houses on Richmond Road.

(Staten Island Advance/Kristin Dalton)

By Kristin F. Dalton | [e-mail]

December 02, 2016 at 4:48 PM, updated December 02, 2016 at 6:23 PM



STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Traffic is being diverted in Historic Richmond Town due to the presence of a production crew.

Richmond Road at the intersection of Arthur Kill Road is closed and police are diverting traffic down St. Patrick's Place.

Police officers on scene would not comment on what was being filmed at the location.

Production crews with lights, wardrobes and backdrops could be seen near some of the houses on Richmond Road.
Expect mild delays in the area as a result of the closure. 

Exterior scenes filming?


Jo

[mamaleh]

I know where that is--I grew up right around there. I still go to that part of the Island (Staten, not Long) for dental visits.

Too bad I'm all caught up on cleanings and such.

Historic Richmondtown (which my friends and I used to mockingly call Hysterical Richmondtown) features a colonial village that tourists frequent. Volunteers dress up (or at least they used to) as early settlers and guide visitors. Barnum lived way past colonial times--but maybe they're making use of some of the set-up there.

Ellen

[jo]

Ellen,

Interesting that the story takes place in the 19th century mostly -- and maybe that is why period architecture will likely be important.

I am keen to know if the musical score particularly suits the period or the characters from the past. Pasek and Paul have written for more contemporary characters ( such as for their new Broadway musical Dear Evan Hansen) - have they turned back the time for melodies and lyrics that harken back the past? And has Michael Arndt ( who won an Oscar for a more contemporary family-friendly movie) written a screenplay that tells the story with a nod to the look and cultural notes of the past?

" A magical, old-school Hollywood musical style ", maybe?




Jo

[jo]

Btw, here's a graphical work of Barnum's residence --