New CATS film?

[all that jazz]

Posted: 12/1/13 at 7:05pm

I do love both ALW and CATS but this just seems random. I'm having a very hard time picturing how this would work on screen other than how it was already filmed or animation, which would make the film kind of pointless since most of it is dance.

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/CATS-Coming-To-The-Big-Screen-Andrew-Lloyd-Webber-Says-Theyre-Talking-About-It-20131201

[TheatreFan4]

Posted: 12/1/13 at 7:09pm

An exercise in redundancy.

[kieranbec]

Posted: 12/1/13 at 7:14pm

There's no plot. It's just cats.

[GlindatheGood22]

Posted: 12/1/13 at 7:16pm

No. It's idiotic on stage and would be worse on film.

[Kad]

Posted: 12/1/13 at 7:24pm

If they cast Grumpy Cat, I'll see it.

[ClydeBarrow]

Posted: 12/1/13 at 7:26pm

And Lil Bub. Otherwise I'll never see this crap.

[StageManager2]

Posted: 12/1/13 at 7:32pm

Who wants to bet they'll get Meryl Streep for Grizabella?

[all that jazz]

Posted: 12/1/13 at 7:37pm

Elaine's the only Grizabella as far as I'm concerned but I wouldn't mind seeing Meryl.

[Visceral_Fella]

Posted: 12/1/13 at 7:38pm

Why? Just why? I won't even be giving this a chance.

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 12/1/13 at 7:44pm

Even as a fan I'm not interested. There are very few ways that Cats could work as a legitimate film. It would likely need to be animated (which T.S. Eliot never wanted as he turned down Disney when approached) or it would have to be some kind of motion capture Avatar style computer animation which would be too expensive and too much of a gamble for a movie musical. It would also require some kind of additional narrative on film in order to make sense without the dance sequences. Since the Eliot estate put a ban on the inclusion of any material not written by T.S. Eliot for the stage show it is unlikely that they would allow it for a film adaptation. The DVD already available is good enough although it would have been nice if they had captured the complete stage show and not made arbitrary cuts.

[Roscoe]

Posted: 12/1/13 at 7:59pm

At last, a project worthy of Rob Marshall's talents. Cast Streep as Grizabella already, get it over with.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 12/1/13 at 8:21pm

Another sign of Armegeddon.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 12/1/13 at 8:40pm

I hope they add the Meow Mix song to it.

[disneybroadwayfan22]

Posted: 12/1/13 at 9:02pm

Ok, now Hollywood/Broadway has given up. This won't work at all.

P.S-Where's our WICKED adaption????

[g.d.e.l.g.i.]

Posted: 12/1/13 at 9:04pm

Actually, an animated version was what Universal was aiming for at one point. This post at IMDb reveals more.

The aforementioned post.

Updated On: 12/1/13 at 09:04 PM

[JohnyBroadway]

Posted: 12/1/13 at 9:49pm

The filmed presentation was enough.

[SidebySidebyLogan]

Posted: 12/1/13 at 10:41pm

I think Cats is a big reason why people who hate musical theater, hate it so much. ALW is on my fantasy plane crash right along with every Real Housewives cast member, Gwyneth Paltrow, & Miley Cyrus. I love Evita & JCS but let's chalk they're success up to Tim Rice

[darreyl102]

Posted: 12/2/13 at 4:30am

I will never be able to see ANYBODY else as Rum Tum Tugger after seeing John partridge. in my eyes, he was just SOOO perfect- not to mention hot as hell. seeing him in that film was when I was little was when I realized I like boys!

[jpbran]

Posted: 12/2/13 at 10:04pm

I heard that Sydney Poitier was developing an animated version. I picked up his son in a bar recently and he told me. (He also won't leave... Weird.)

[someone.else's.story2]

Posted: 12/3/13 at 1:49pm

I want to see this with real cats

[Adam Chris]

Posted: 12/3/13 at 3:16pm

I enjoy ALW's music and enjoy Cats moderately well but a movie version would be awful and waste of money especially when that money could be put towards a movie version Sunset Blvd or The Boys in the Photograph... or a "stage" version Hal Prince's version of Evita.
Of course, they could always use Laser Cats!
Updated On: 12/3/13 at 03:16 PM

[Wildcard]

Posted: 12/3/13 at 5:41pm

Vanity Fair's dream cast:

Grizabella—Meryl Streep
The Rum Tum Tugger—Channing Tatum
Old Deuteronomy—Ian McKellen
Skimbleshanks the Railway Cat—Alan Cumming
Mister Mistoffelees—Neil Patrick Harris


Andrew Lloyd Webber Says A Cats Movie Is Coming, And We Have A Cast In Mind

[CarlosAlberto]

Posted: 12/3/13 at 5:55pm

Meryl Streep has officially become the go-to actress for female leads in film musicals.

[all that jazz]

Posted: 12/3/13 at 10:02pm

I'm just waiting for her bebut album.

If she keeps this up in about 60 years from now she'll likely be remembered as the greatest musical film actress of this generation.

[broadwaybabywannabe2]

Posted: 12/4/13 at 1:24pm

please dear God NO!!!