The Greatest Showman Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Showman P.T. Barnum (Hugh Jackman) creates the Barnum & Bailey circus in 1881.

Plot

What's the story about?

Plot

Inspired by the imagination of P.T. Barnum, The Greatest Showman is an original musical that celebrates the birth of show business & tells of a visionary who rose from nothing to create a spectacle that became a worldwide sensation.

Cited as verbatim plot from foxmovies.com

Comedy Drama Musical

Top Cast

The lead cast starring in The Greatest Showman.

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  Hugh Jackman

  ... P. T. Barnum

  Real Steel 2, Prisoners

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  Zac Efron

  Baywatch, Charlie St. Cloud

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  Michelle Williams

  Oz: The Great and Powerful, Shutter Island

• Z
  Zendaya

  The Odyssey, Dune: Part Two

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  Rebecca Ferguson

  ... Jenny Lind

  Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, Mercy

Crew Behind the Film

The The Greatest Showman behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

The film's director Michael Gracey last directed Better Man and Daughter Of Smoke and Bone. The film's writer Jenny Bicks last wrote What a Girl Wants and Left Tern.

Director

Michael Gracey

Screenwriters

Jenny Bicks
Bill Condon
Michael Arndt

Producers

Hugh Jackman
Laurence Mark
John Palermo

Production Details

What we know about the The Greatest Showman movie production.

Key Facts

• The project has been in development since 2009 (first posted on Movie Insider, 07/21/09)
• Director Michael Gracey said the film would be a "return to the classic film musical." He likened it to West Side Story, Mary Poppins and The Sound of Music (Hollywood Reporter, 6/21/2016).
• Pic will have a contemporary musical score, and the studio is in talks with British singer-songwriter Mika to write music and lyrics. The Lind role is being scripted for Anne Hathaway, who teamed with Jackman in his opening Oscars number.

Production Updates for The Greatest Showman

Oct 2017

Completed

Changed The Greatest Showman movie production status. The movie is ready for release.

Mar 2017

Post-Production

Changed the movie production status to Post-Production. The movie is now in the editing and finishing stages.

Sep 2016

Pre-Production

Changed the movie production status to Pre-Production. Production is set to begin in the fall.

Jun 2016

Pre-Production

Changed the movie production status to Pre-Production. Preparations are underway to start production.

Jan 2015

Pre-Production

Changed the movie production status to Pre-Production. Looking to shoot summer 2015.

Oct 2013

Development

Changed the movie production status to Development. Bill Condon has signed on to rewrite 20th Century Fox's contemporary musical. Michael Gracey is attached to direct. Hugh Jackman is attached to star. Last announced in August 2009.

Jul 2009

Development

Changed the movie production status to Development. The movie is likely in scripting, budgeting, or stuck in "development hell."

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