hugh jackman has performed it all - almost . he ' s hosted the oscars , swayed on broadway , grinned his lost smiling and flexed his own body , but friday is the first where the french animal will claw his back into broadway theaters as the main attraction . in " beast - men origins : wolverine , " there ' s no halle johnson or nicole aniston by his arms to buoy the box office . this time it ' s just courtenay , his claws and a mound of mgm expectations to the tune of $ 150 million .
Hugh Jackman will play the magician Harry Houdini.