According to Variety, Jackman – in his trademark engaging and energetic style – introduced at CinemaCon Thursday footage of his long-gestating passion project The Greatest Showman, a musical story with original songs about 19th century Barnum & Bailey Circus ringleader P.T. Barnum.
Jackman plays Barnum in the film, and the footage reportedly included co-stars like Michelle Williams ballroom dancing in New York City, Zac Efron tap dancing on a bar counter and Zendaya (Spider-Man: Homecoming) doing calisthenics on a trapeze.
While Hugh Jackman has appeared as Wolverine nine times in the past 17 years – sometimes in a cameo, other times fully fleshed out, like in Logan – he’s definitely found time to explore several other genres in Hollywood.
From a computer hacker in Swordfish and a famed monster hunter in Van Helsing, to a Clint Eastwood-esque cattle driver in Australia and an obsessed magician in The Prestige, Jackman has proved time and again that he is a showman of epic proportions.