Although the Hugh Jackman vehicle The majuscule Showmandidn’t seat well with critics , it perform well enough at the box position that Fox is wait to try on again by bring another melodious to the big screenland — and its next story has a very weird , fantastical spin .
The studio is looking to cast Ansel Elgort ( Baby Driver ) as the legendary Danish author Hans Christian Andersen , famous for his fay story like The Princess and the Pea and The lilliputian Mermaid . But instead of retelling a fanciful variant of Andersen ’s life as an writer , the moving-picture show - melodious will see Andersen trap in his own resourcefulness , figuratively imprisoned in the creation of his most famous fairytales . It ’s based on a script from Mary Poppins Returns writer David Magee , with music written by Wicked ’s Stephen Schwartz .
So at least the premiss is a bit more fantastically out there than Greatest Showman , but we ’ll have to wait and see how uncanny Fox ’s next musical actually gets . We ’re picturing Hansel & Gretel : Witch Hunters and The Brothers Grimm meets Frozen . That ’s probably close , veracious ?
[ The Hollywood newsman ]
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