Hugh Jackman Projects in Development
Hugh Jackman will be starring in the new film version of Boublil and Schönberg's musical Les Misérables, based on the novel of the same name by Victor Hugo. Jackman will be playing the coveted role of Jean Valjean (prisoner 24601). Filming will start in early 2012.
Jackman has confirmed that he will return to the Great White Way during the 2013 / 2014 season as the lead in Houdini, a play written by The Social Network screenwriter Aaron Sorkin.
Hugh Jackman has said he is very much attached to the project Unbound Captives, a romantic epic which will co-star Robert Pattinson and Rachel Weisz.
20th Century Fox has announced they have acquired an untitled action adventure pitch that will be scripted by Lost's Carlton Cuse. Hugh Jackman is slated to star in the project and Shawn Levy will direct.
After several initial delays, The Wolverine is scheduled to begin filming in mid 2012. Based on a story by Frank Miller and Chris Claremont, this movie will take Logan to Japan where he has to deal with the Japanese mafia and the problems that arise due to his own bestial nature.
Alicia Silverstone, Jennifer Garner and Olivia Wilde co-star with Hugh Jackman in the new film, Butter, which is scheduled for release in 2012.
Fox studio has just bought Matt Lieberman's spec script Personal Security for Hugh Jackman, where he will play a "tough Gotham police detective" forced to play bodyguard to a spoiled heiress.
Jackman may star in The Greatest American Showman, a contemporary musical based on the life of P.T. Barnum. The female love interest part is being written with Anne Hathaway in mind.
