Hugh Jackman and Scarlett Johansson Plan a Movie Musical  7/28/06

Movie lovers Hugh Jackman and Scarlett Johansson are in secret talks to team up for a new movie musical.

The pals, who steam up the big screen in Woody Allen's new film Scoop, spent downtime on the set in London crooning their favorite show tunes and now Jackman reveals there are plans for them to hit the high notes together.

The Aussie actor, who started his career in musical theatre and wowed Broadway, New York critics as the star of stage show The Boy From Oz, admits he can't wait to sing and dance with Johansson.

He says, "She's just very funny, very quick and she's a pure delight. I have to say she's an amazing singer. We used to sing a lot off camera.

"She's particularly amazing for a young girl, loves the old standards - Rodgers and Hammerstein, Rodgers and Hart, Ella Fitzgerald, (Frank) Sinatra; that kind of era.

"She knows every lyric of every Rodgers and Hammerstein song ever written. I mean it's kind of extraordinary. So we used to do a few duets in the make-up trailer.

"We also talked about doing a movie musical together. So hopefully that'll happen one day."