Hugh Jackman is trading in his superhero claws for a suit and tie as he is set to star as doomed American politician Gary Hart in Jason Reitman‘s upcoming film, The Front Runner. Set to premiere in select theaters, then on a much wider release, in the thick of the 2018 election season this November, UPROXX reports Reitman’s latest is a based-on-a-true-story tale whose subject really was a prime contender for the Democratic Party’s presidential ticket leading up to the 1988 elections.