CATS - Behind the Scenes

Take a behind the scenes look at the ✨magic ✨ of #CatsMovie.
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Oscar®-winning director Tom Hooper (The King’s Speech, Les Misérables, The Danish Girl) transforms Andrew Lloyd Webber’s record-shattering stage musical into a breakthrough cinematic event.

Cats stars James Corden, Judi Dench, Jason Derulo, Idris Elba, Jennifer Hudson, Ian McKellen, Taylor Swift, Rebel Wilson and introduces Royal Ballet principal dancer Francesca Hayward in her feature film debut.

Featuring Lloyd Webber’s iconic music and a world-class cast of dancers under the guidance of Tony-winning choreographer Andy Blankenbuehler (Hamilton, In the Heights), the film reimagines the musical for a new generation with spectacular production design, state-of-the-art technology, and dance styles ranging from classical ballet to contemporary, hip-hop to jazz, street dance to tap.

The film also stars Robbie Fairchild (Broadway’s An American in Paris), Laurie Davidson (TNT’s Will), hip-hop dance sensation Les Twins (Larry and Laurent Bourgeois), acclaimed dancer Mette Towley (featured in videos for Rihanna and Pharrell Williams’ N.E.R.D.), Royal Ballet principal dancer Steven McRae, and rising-star singer Bluey Robinson.

Universal Pictures presents a Working Title Films and Amblin Entertainment production, in association with Monumental Pictures and The Really Useful Group. Cats is produced by Debra Hayward, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner and Tom Hooper. The screenplay is by Lee Hall (Billy Elliot, Rocketman) and Hooper, based on Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats by T.S. Eliot and the stage musical by Lloyd Webber. Cats is executive produced by Lloyd Webber, Steven Spielberg, Angela Morrison and Jo Burn.

One of the longest-running shows in West End and Broadway history, the stage musical “Cats” received its world premiere at the New London Theatre in 1981, where it played for 21 years and earned the Olivier and Evening Standard Awards for Best Musical. In 1983, the Broadway production became the recipient of seven Tony Awards, including Best Musical, and ran for an extraordinary 18 years. Since opening in London in 1981, “Cats” has continuously appeared on stage around the globe, to date having played to 81 million people in more than fifty countries and in nineteen languages. It is one of the most successful musicals of all time.

[firstname]

I feel so bad the fact that they work so hard and in the end many people were disappointed because of the cgi

[gfloflo]

Honestly the hard work the actors and dancers put in makes me feel bad that Cats got hated on so hard. It ain’t their fault

[thehelllord]

Damn, it looks like the Behind the Scenes footage makes some films better than what they actually are

[queserasera]

I like how taylor really loves cat and now she's got to be one 🤣

[SharpDesign]

Waiting for Cats: the crosswalk musical, James

[flow]

This seems like a james cordon spoof bit on his show

[Fanboy-rqtv]

Wait so they didn't have mocap suits?

[pandaisbadatgame]

Guys the hate for this is stupid. Seriously. I think this looks damn cool.

[mont]

Act as cats.
*start dancing, running and walking like a human being*

[broadwayfordays]

All I gotta say is Jason Derulo better do my baby justice

[xevaquinnx]

I saw the movie yesterday... amazing is all I have to say about it! The dancing, the singing, the acting. All the bad reviews I don’t understand, people said bad things about the Greatest Showman but that was amazing! I 100% recommend seeing this movie.

[moniquehvshogendoornvs]

Are the suits animated? The tale and furr looks so real.

[TheBleath-.]

All the effort, work and how hard everyone worked on this film, we started to hate it just because of the CGI and they were so excited about this that we despised it.

[zackabdulbaki]

I hope this movie becomes a smash hit and ends up winning Best Picture at the oscars so all the haters can be like wtf :D

[grahamhaggerty]

So hyped already! dont change anything

[lukebrennan]

While I utterly ignored the stage play, , I am VERY MUCH looking forward to this movie. I think it looks brilliant.

[sueking]

As a movie fanatic. I've always adored musicals, even though I've never seen the Broadway version. I'm hyped too see this, personally the visuals are alright, and I think this is gonna be a really good movie. Glad I've found people who think the same! 😄


#cantwaitforCats

[Nothoughts]

Such amazing talents in this movie! What a shame that people chose to look away from that and rather complain about how "weird" this is.

[Mariner]

I think I have a crush on Francesca Hayward

[BCRivers]

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He's right, it *is* bonkers.