Hugh Jackman & Daniel Craig Ready to Go Steady

The Wolverine star and current 007 team up for a Broadway play...and other casting coups

By Erik Pedersen May 28, 2009 1:32 PMTags
Daniel Craig, Hugh JackmanTRB/FAME Pictures, INCO/FAME Pictures

Prepare to get wet.

Hugh Jackman and Daniel Craig are making plans to appear in A Steady Rain together on Broadway this fall. According to a report in the New York Post, the stage drama tells the story of two Chicago cops whose friendship is rocked by a case.

No word on whether the stars will be forced to remove their shirts. (But we highly recommend it.)

Though best known as action heroes, Jackman is no stranger to Broadway, having won a Tony for the Peter Allen musical bio The Boy from Oz, and Craig has appeared onstage in England. Also worth noting, both are famous, handsome and really well-built.

And while Wolverine and 007 are away from the multiplexes, reliable action figure Tom Cruise is going to Wichita with Cameron Diaz, the Valkyrie star's rep confirmed to E! News. The action comedy is about a secret agent and a woman and, well, isn't that usually enough? Expect it next summer.

Now let's talk about A Couple of Dicks. Seann William Scott and Adam Brody are all set to bring the funny in the buddy cop movie starring Bruce Willis and Tracy Morgan, per the Hollywood Reporter. Kevin Smith rolls cameras Monday.

Though Dr. Drew Pinsky isn't hunky man-candy, his just-announced third season of Celebrity Rehab, set for early next year, sounds as addictive as earlier installments. With Heidi Fleiss, Dennis Rodman, Mindy McCready and Mackenzie Phillips among the celebs looking to straighten out, this sobering dramafest sounds front-loaded for good television and, we hope, some actual healing and recovery.