Cats allegedly headed for big screen
Cats allegedly headed for big screen
#1Cats allegedly headed for big screen
Posted: 2/8/16 at 11:15am
according to Broadway.com. some very sad news. Tom Hooper rumored to direct. Heaven help us all. http://www.broadway.com/buzz/183757/andrew-lloyd-webbers-cats-may-finally-prowl-on-to-the-big-screen-directed-by-les-mizs-tom-hooper/
"Contentment, it seems, simply happens. It appears accompanied by no bravos and no tears."
Updated On: 2/8/16 at 11:15 AM
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#3Cats allegedly headed for big screen
Posted: 2/8/16 at 11:37am
Oh well. As I try to be positive, if Cats revival/movie allows grandmas to bring their little ones to the theater and they get excited about being on the stage, then a service has been done for a new generation.
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#4Cats allegedly headed for big screen
Posted: 2/8/16 at 11:39am
A live action Cats film would be terrible. But Grumpy Cat for Grizabella would be fantastic.
#5Cats allegedly headed for big screen
Posted: 2/8/16 at 11:42am
Seeing as it was reported in The Sun, I highly doubt that any of the reported information is even true.
#6Cats allegedly headed for big screen
Posted: 2/8/16 at 12:40pm
this article is not from The Sun, it's Broadway.com
"Contentment, it seems, simply happens. It appears accompanied by no bravos and no tears."
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#7Cats allegedly headed for big screen
Posted: 2/8/16 at 12:43pm
Imaging if they showed a 3D version in cinemas. It's would be a stoners wet dream.
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#8Cats allegedly headed for big screen
Posted: 2/8/16 at 12:53pm
Why god why? First we have to deal with revival and now a movie version?
#9Cats allegedly headed for big screen
Posted: 2/8/16 at 1:00pm
Well you could always just not see it.
....but the world goes 'round
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#10Cats allegedly headed for big screen
Posted: 2/8/16 at 1:04pm
Saw the original. That was enough for me
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#11Cats allegedly headed for big screen
Posted: 2/8/16 at 1:06pm
Let's hope it's better than Les Mis...a 3D version really would be cool!
#12Cats allegedly headed for big screen
Posted: 2/8/16 at 1:07pm
gypsy101 said: "this article is not from The Sun, it's Broadway.com"
Broadway.com may be the article you listed, but the information itself was originally reported in The Sun.
Updated On: 2/8/16 at 01:07 PM
#13Cats allegedly headed for big screen
Posted: 2/8/16 at 1:13pm
Jeffrey Karasarides said: "Broadway.com may be the article you listed, but the information itself was originally reported in The Sun."
Ohhhh, i see. well hopefully this film doesn't come to fruition.
"Contentment, it seems, simply happens. It appears accompanied by no bravos and no tears."
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#15Cats allegedly headed for big screen
Posted: 2/8/16 at 1:20pm
He will be doing "Memories"
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#16Cats allegedly headed for big screen
Posted: 2/8/16 at 1:24pm
Hopefully Paul keeps to his promise and gets Ouisa and Flan and their friends in the film if Poitier is still attached.
#17Cats allegedly headed for big screen
Posted: 2/8/16 at 1:39pm
Even if it were true, why would it be sad news and why would you care of it gets made? How would it effect you and why would you want to prevent those with a desire to see it from doing so? Perhaps you also feel you should not be allowed to see anything you really like or even love because someone out there hates it.
I've never understood this ridiculously selfish notion. Just...don't see it and let it go. Sheesh!
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#18Cats allegedly headed for big screen
Posted: 2/8/16 at 1:44pm
jpbran said: "Is Sidney Poitier still involved?"
Exactly what I thought- 'in explaining all the reasons why there couldn't be a movie version of Cats...'
I'll watch 'Six Degrees of Separation' instead, thanks.
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#19Cats allegedly headed for big screen
Posted: 2/8/16 at 1:45pm
If it's a surreal CGI version where they look like actual cats
maybe.
#20Cats allegedly headed for big screen
Posted: 2/8/16 at 1:51pm
Mister Matt said: "Even if it were true, why would it be sad news and why would you care of it gets made? How would it effect you and why would you want to prevent those with a desire to see it from doing so? Perhaps you also feel you should not be allowed to see anything you really like or even love because someone out there hates it.
I've never understood this ridiculously selfish notion. Just...don't see it and let it go. Sheesh!
"
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#21Cats allegedly headed for big screen
Posted: 2/8/16 at 1:52pm
Feral cats courtesy of Stephen King
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#22Cats allegedly headed for big screen
Posted: 2/8/16 at 1:55pm
Jeffrey Karasarides said: "gypsy101 said: "this article is not from The Sun, it's Broadway.com"
Broadway.com may be the article you listed, but the information itself was originally reported in The Sun."
In general, I always look at Broadway.com for any ALW rumors because Webber's daughter, Imogen is on staff. If they don't report it, I normally don't trust it. However, that is not to say that they may never post ALW news that is wrong
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#23Cats allegedly headed for big screen
Posted: 2/8/16 at 1:55pm
Can this be an animated movie where the cats are cute and CGI and they make the songs really autotuned and cute? Because that is the only way that I will watch that. And even then maybe not.
#24Cats allegedly headed for big screen
Posted: 2/8/16 at 2:51pm
The cinematic problem with Cats is the same problem with A Chorus Line. There is only the smallest structure of a plot holding it in place. Each character comes forward, tells his/her story, then we move to the next. Then they pick a favorite (or favorites) for "redemption." The End.
Don't get me wrong, they both work beautifully on stage. A Chorus Line takes place in real time, with some "surreal" montage moments that don't so much qualify as full-on flashbacks as emotional illustrations of past or current (in the case of "One"
events. But we never leave the theatre. The film adaptation tried to "fix" that by leaving the stage for scenes played off to the side or for flashbacks, and every time they did, it lessened the tension and undermined the emotions holding it together.
For "Cats" we're in a garbage dump. But there are opportunities to flash back and illustrate events that take place outside the location. That's helpful, but Cats is also a "mood piece" of poetry and dance. If you leave the location too much or remove the dancing and the immediate atmosphere, you will lose the focus as well, just like ACL.
These are not "easy" adaptations to film. They could come off as repetitive and dull, where "nothing happens" for two hours.
Also the big payoff of seeing Grizabella ascend to the Heavyside Layer might not be as effective on film as spectacle unless they're willing to cough up some serious bucks to make it epic in scale. Otherwise, they'll end up leaving audiences with "That's it?" That's the big finale?" On stage it WAS a big finale. But they weren't competing with today's slew of CGI-ridden films where audiences are getting used to grand spectacle.
If they really want to do this as a film (and I'm doubtful), I wish them luck.
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Updated On: 2/8/16 at 02:51 PM
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#25Cats allegedly headed for big screen
Posted: 2/8/16 at 3:02pm
^ IMO the film adaptation of Into the Woods suffered from this as well. Most of the songs are park and bark numbers, which didn't leave much to adapt.
There's a few examples, but the most significant was Red Ridinghood's "I know things now." While she sang there was a rather weak, pastiche-y, slow-motion flashback of an action that had just occurred in "real time." It was honest, but dull.
Tricky tricky stuff adapting a musical these days.
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