Film
Wednesday, 2 August 2006
Jackman lines up remake of musical
Hugh Jackman is planning to star in and produce a remake of the 1956 musical 'Carousel'.
Variety reports that Jackman would play Billy Bigelow, a carnival barker who returns from purgatory to make amends for the mistakes he made in life.
Negotiations are currently taking place with the Rodgers & Hammerstein Organisation to use the music and lyrics the duo wrote for their original 1945 stage musical.
Jackman sung the role of Bigelow in a 2002 Rodgers and Hammerstein tribute concert at Carnegie Hall.
