The Greatest Showman is an upcoming American biographical musical drama film directed by Michael Gracey, and written by Jenny Bicks and Bill Condon. It stars Hugh Jackman, Zac Efron, Michelle Williams, Rebecca Ferguson and Zendaya, and tells the story of how P. T. Barnum started the Barnum & Bailey Circus. The film is scheduled to be released by 20th Century Fox on December 25, 2017 in the United States.